Adding Content

Now we can start adding content to the page.

Inside the <head> tags, you will see a <title> tag. The <head> section of an HTML document contains metadata, including the page title, which appears in the browser tab.

<head>
  <title>YOUR PAGE TITLE GOES HERE</title>
</head>

Replace YOUR PAGE TITLE GOES HERE with your desired page title. Then open the file in a web browser to see the updated title in the browser tab.

Next, let’s add content to the <body> section. The <body> contains the content that will display in the web browser. HTML provides many formatting tags — you can explore them on W3Schools “HTML Reference”.

For now, we’ll use <h1> for a main heading and <p> for a paragraph.

After the opening <body> tag, add a <h1> tag on a new line:

Note: HTML does not require indentation, but properly indenting your code helps keep it organized.

<body>
  <h1>Hello World!</h1>
</body>

Enter your content between the <h1> and </h1> tags. The <h1> tag formats text as a first-level heading.

Next, add a paragraph using <p> tags:

<body>
  <h1>Hello World!</h1>
  <p>This is my first HTML document.</p>
</body>

Why index.html?¶

index.html is the default landing page for websites. Web servers automatically recognize index.html as the home page. Some servers use other variations like home.html, but we will use index.html.

Why index.html?¶

Why `index.html`?¶