Tag syntax

HTML marks up content with HTML ‘tags’. HTML tags are the basic building blocks of all web pages. Essentially, they format the way that information and text is displayed. They put the content into categories (called elements!) such as ‘heading’, ‘paragraph’, and ‘table’. A basic HTML tag consists of a name enclosed within ‘angle brackets’ i.e., less than and greater than symbols. Also, these tags usually come in pairs of opening and closing tags. The closing tag is the same as the opening tag except that the closing tag has a forward slash after the less-than symbol. Have a look at the example below.