HTML Tutorials
HTML Elements
What is an HTML element?
An HTML element is a building block of a web page.
It represents a part of the content or structure on the page, like a paragraph, heading, image, or link.
Basic Structure of an HTML Element:
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>
is the opening tag
This is a paragraph.
is the content
</p>
is the closing tag
Some Elements Don’t Have Closing Tags:
These are called void elements, like <img>
or <br>
HTML elements define:
Structure (like <div>
, <header>
, <section>
)
Content types (like <p>
, <h1>
, <ul>
)
Functionality (like <a>
, <form>
, <input>
)