Chapter 6. Standards and All that Jazz: Getting Serious with HTML

  • To specify Unicode for your web pages, you’ll need a <meta> tag in your HTML
  • The <meta> tag belongs in the <head> element (remember that the <head> contains information about your page).
  • The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the standards organization that defines what standard HTML is.
    • The W3C validator is a free online service that checks pages for compliance with standards.
  • Always begin with the <doctype>. The document type definition (doctype) is used to tell the browser the version of HTML you’re using.
  • Include a <meta charset="utf-8"> tag in your <head>. The charset attribute of the <meta> tag tells the browser the character encoding that is used for the web page.
  • Always give your <head> element a <title> element. The <head> element is the only place you should put your <title>, <meta>, and <style> elements.
  • The alt attribute is required for the <img> element.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Head First Lounge</title>
  </head>
  <body>
   ...
  </body>
</html>

Word list

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