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HTML Elements

Understanding HTML Elements

An HTML element includes a starting tag, some content, and an ending tag.

Syntax:
<tagname>Content here...</tagname>

🧾 Examples of HTML Elements

<h1>Welcome Title</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph example.</p>

Start Tag Content End Tag
<h1> Welcome Title </h1>
<p> Paragraph text </p>
<br> (no content) (no end tag)

🧩 Nested HTML Elements

Elements can be placed inside each other. This is called nesting.

Example:
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Nested Title</h1>
    <p>Nested paragraph.</p>
  </body>
</html>

⚠️ Don’t Forget the Closing Tags

While some browsers still show content correctly if you forget the end tag, it’s always best to close your tags to avoid issues.

❌ Incorrect Example:
<p>Missing end tag

🔖 Empty Elements

Some elements like <br> don’t hold content and don’t need a closing tag.

This line breaks
right here using a <br> tag.

🔠 HTML is Not Case Sensitive

These two tags are treated the same:

<P>Hello</P>

<p>Hello</p>

Best Practice: Always use lowercase tag names for clean and readable code!

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