HTML Head
The head element contains general information, also called meta-information, about a document.
Meta means “information about.”
You can say that meta-data means information about data, or meta-information means information about information.
Information inside the Head Element
The elements inside the head element should not be displayed by a browser.
Only a few tags are legal inside the head section.
These are: <base>, <link>, <meta>, <title>, <style>, and <script>.
Check the illegal construct on the right:
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<head>
<p>This is some text</p>
</head>
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In this case the browser has two options:
- Display the text because it is inside a paragraph element.
- Hide the text because it is inside a head element.
If you put an HTML element like <h1> or <p> inside a head element like this, most browsers will display it, even if it is illegal.
Head Tags
| Tag |
Description |
<head> |
Defines information about the document. |
<title> |
Defines the document title. |
<base> |
Defines a base URL for all the links on a page. |
<link> |
Defines a resource reference. |
<meta> |
Defines meta information. |
| Tag |
Description |
<!DOCTYPE> |
Defines the document type. This tag goes before the <html> start tag. |
Demonstration
The following demonstration shows how the HTML script is displayed on the Web.
“My mom died when we couldn’t remember her blood type.
The last thing she said was, “Be positive.”
But it’s hard without her.
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