Web Page Skeletons

Just like every person, every web page has a basic skeleton complete with a head and a body. These are the bare bones of your web page. After you build the skeleton, you can fill it out to make your own unique page! And every time you start a new page, you will always start with this same skeleton.

HTML

The HTML tag opens every HTML document. This tag tells your browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) that you are coding in html. The opening HTML tag should be your first tag on your Note Pad (or Simple Text) page and the closing tag should be the last tag on your page!

The HTML code looks like this:

<html>



</html>

Head

The Head tag is the first tag after the HTML tag. The HTML code looks like this:

<html>
<head>

</head>


</html>

Title

The title tag goes inside the head tag. Don't be confused. You still haven't added anything to the body of the page. That will be next. The title tag will put a title on the window bar of your browser. This title usually tells something about the page you are making. The HTML code looks like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Web page! </title>
</head>


</html>

Body

The content of your web page goes inside the body tags. This is the part you see when you visit a web site. The HTML code looks like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Web page! </title>
</head>

<body>

Your content goes in here!

</body>
</html>
See how it looks in a browser
Remember, you still haven't added anything to the body yet. But you can use this skeleton anytime you want to start a new page.