Lecture

body Tag

The <body> tag contains the content that is actually displayed on a web page.

All web content that interacts with the user must be located inside the body tag.

The <body> tag can include elements such as the following:


Text Elements

Tags commonly used to display text content on a webpage are as follows:

  • <h1>, <h2> ... <h6>: h stands for Heading, allowing representation from the largest heading h1 to the smallest heading h6.

  • <p>: A tag representing a paragraph of text.

Displaying heading and paragraph
<body> <h1>Welcome!</h1> <p>This is my first webpage.</p> </body>

Images, Videos, and Audio

Use the following tags to display multimedia content on a webpage.

  • <img>: Tag for displaying images

  • <video>: Tag for displaying videos

  • <audio>: Tag for displaying audio

img, video, audio tags
<body> <img src="myimage.jpg" alt="my photo" /> <video src="myvideo.mp4" controls></video> <audio src="mysong.mp3" controls></audio> </body>

Lists

Display ordered or unordered lists on a webpage.

  • <ul>: Unordered List

  • <ol>: Ordered List

  • <li>: List Item within a list

ul, li tags
<body> <!-- Unordered list --> <ul> <li>Apples</li> <li>Bananas</li> </ul> </body>

Links

The <a> tag creates a hyperlink that navigates to other pages or websites.

a tag
<body> <a href="https://www.example.com">Go to example.com</a> </body>

Practice

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