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HTML Header tag is used as a container of introductory content or navigation links. Generally a <header> element contains one or more heading elements, logo or icons or author’s information.
HTML Header Example:
Document declaration tag
<html>
<head>
this is Document header related tags
</head>
<body>
Document body related tags
</body>
</html>
This chapter will give a little more detail about header part which is represented by HTML <head> tag.
The <head> tag is a container of various important tags like :
i. <title>
ii. <meta>
iii. <link>
iv. <base>
v. <style>
vi. <script>
vii. <noscript>
The HTML <title> Tag:
The HTML <title> tag is used for specifying the title of the HTML document. Following is an example to give a title to an HTML document :
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Title Tag Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello, World!</p>
</body>
</html>
The HTML <meta> Tag:
The HTML <meta> tag is used to provide metadata about the HTML document which includes information about page expiry, page author, list of keywords, page description etc.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Meta Tag Example</title>
<!– Provide list of keywords –>
<meta name = “keywords” content = “C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Python”>
<!– Provide description of the page –>
<meta name = “description” content = “Simply Easy Learning by Tutorials Point”>
<!– Author information –>
<meta name = “author” content = “Tutorials Point”>
<!– Page content type –>
<meta http-equiv = “content-type” content = “text/html; charset = UTF-8”>
<!– Page refreshing delay –>
<meta http-equiv = “refresh” content = “30”>
<!– Page expiry –>
<meta http-equiv = “expires” content = “Wed, 21 June 2006 14:25:27 GMT”>
<!– Tag to tell robots not to index the content of a page –>
<meta name = “robots” content = “noindex, nofollow”>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello, World!</p>
</body>
</html>
The HTML <base> Tag:
The HTML <base> tag is used for specifying the base URL for all relative URLs in a page, which means all the other URLs will be concatenated into base URL while locating for the given item.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Base Tag Example</title>
<base href = “https://www.———-.com/”/>
</head>
<body>
<img src = “/images/logo.png” alt = “Logo Image”/>
<a href = “/html/index.htm” title = “HTML Tutorial”/>HTML Tutorial</a>
</body>
</html>
The HTML <link> Tag:
The HTML <link> tag is used to specify relationships between the current document and external resource. Following is an example to link an external style sheet file available in css sub-directory within web root :
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML link Tag Example</title>
<base href = “https://www.——–.com/” />
<link rel = “stylesheet” type = “text/css” href = “/css/style.css”>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello, World!</p>
</body>
</html>
The HTML <style> Tag:
The HTML <style> tag is used to specify style sheet for the current HTML document. Following is an example to define few style sheet rules inside <style> tag :
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML style Tag Example</title>
<base href = “https://www.——-.com/” />
<style type = “text/css”>
.myclass {
background-color: #aaa;
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class = “myclass”>Hello, World!</p>
</body>
</html>
The HTML <script> Tag:
The HTML <script> tag is used to include either external script file or to define internal script for the HTML document. Following is an example where we are using JavaScript to define a simple JavaScript function :
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML script Tag Example</title>
<base href = “http://www.——–.com/” />
<script type = “text/JavaScript”>
function Hello() {
alert(“Hello, World”);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type = “button” onclick = “Hello();” name = “ok” value = “OK” />
</body>
</html>
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