While some tags have a very specific purpose, such as image and video tags, most tags are used to describe the content that they surround, which helps us modify and style our content later. There are seemingly infinite numbers of tags to use (many more than we've taught). Knowing when to use each one is based on how you want to describe the content of your HTML. Descriptive, well-chosen tags are one key to high-quality web development. A full list of available HTML tags can be found here.
You now know all of the basic elements you need to structure an HTML page and add different types of content. Very soon you’ll be creating beautiful websites!
Let’s review what you’ve learned in this lesson:
Headings and sub-headings,
to
tags, are used to enlarge text.
, and
tags specify text or blocks.
The and tags are used to emphasize text.
Line breaks are created with the
tag. Ordered lists (
tag. Ordered lists (
- ) are numbered and unordered lists (
- ) are bulleted.
Images () and videos (