The Head Tag

ken's picture

Opening tag : <HEAD>
Closing tag: </HEAD>

Purpose:
The head tag appears at the top of an HTML page, containing other tags which then define the page. The Head tag can contain the following tags; BASE, BGSOUND, ISINDEX, LINK, META, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.

Attributes:
dir=direction
- Useful for languages that should be read from right to left.

lang=language
- Specifies the language of the text within the head of the page.

profile=URL
- Specifies a URL for a file containing Meta tags and Meta data.

Example:

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Web Guru Guide</TITLE>
<HEAD>

Related Tags:

<Body></Body> - Body Tag.
<BASE></BASE> - Base Tag.
<BGSound></BGSound> - BGSound Tag.

Back to:
Alphabetical Guide
Guide By Type