A basic HTML question

[kenny]

We all use it,

[HTML]
[/HTML]

what exactly does this tag do?

[AdultWire]

It indicates that its contents are to be rendered as an HTML document.

[kenny]

Originally posted by AdultWire
It indicates that its contents are to be rendered as an HTML document.

but html still works without it

[FreeOnes]

Originally posted by kenny
We all use it,

[HTML]
[/HTML]

what exactly does this tag do?

It makes you money

[kenny]

Originally posted by freeones


It makes you money

[HTML]
[HTML]
[HTML]

<--// CONTENTS //-->

[/HTML]
[/HTML]
[/HTML]

Then I am gonna start making pages like this

[FATPad]

It's for the old browsers back when the net first started. It was used to differentiate between a document with html tags and a document that was pure text with no formatting.

[AdultWire]

Well yes, sort of. It's to declare that it is a document in HTML format. You can leave it off, and the document still works, but you can also malform tables, and leave quotes off around your links, and all sorts of shit like that, and stuff still works. See, 99% of people who write HTML haven't got a fucking clue what they're doing, so the browser authors have made it their job to read the dirty code as well as the clean stuff.

[hyper]

leaving off the html.. gives you better se ranking

[TFCash]

Originally posted by hyper
leaving off the html.. gives you better se ranking

Where did you pick that bit of information up at ??

[mike503]

some very strict browsers (maybe in embedded devices or something) may still look for these tags. it's best to keep them in, it doesn't hurt anything. it also ensures your document is within w3c spec, which is what browsers are based from.. many of the major browsers have now become lazy and such.. xhtml should help out in that respect

[raymo]

<b>hardcorehosting</b>, I believe <i>hyper</i> was just being silly.

[hornycash]

i always use.....

[CASH]

<-- CONTENT -->

[/CASH]


it makes me more money than [html]