References
Collection of references for web development.
HTML head tag
Description
The HTML <head> element is a container, it contains information that is not displayed in your web browsers document e.g. page title, favicons, metadata, and links to external resources.
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
| xmlns | http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml | Specifies the xml namespace for the document. |
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
Page Content
</body>
</html>
Example #2
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,minimum-scale=1">
<title>Page Title</title>
<meta name="description" content="Page Description">
<meta name="keywords" content="Page Keywords">
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.png">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
Page Content
</body>
</html>
More Examples
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<!DOCTYPE>
<a>
<abbr>
<address>
<area>
<article>
<aside>
<audio>
<b>
<base>
<bdi>
<bdo>
<blockquote>
<body>
<br>
<button>
<canvas>
<caption>
<cite>
<code>
<col>
<colgroup>
<data>
<datalist>
<dd>
<del>
<details>
<dfn>
<dialog>
<div>
<dl>
<dt>
<em>
<embed>
<fieldset>
<figcaption>
<figure>
<footer>
<form>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>
<h4>
<h5>
<h6>
<head>
<header>
<hr>
<html>
<i>
<iframe>
<img>
<input>
<ins>
<kbd>
<label>
<legend>
<li>
<link>
<main>
<map>
<mark>
<meta>
<meter>
<nav>
<noscript>
<object>
<ol>
<optgroup>
<option>
<output>
<p>
<param>
<picture>
<pre>
<progress>
<q>
<rp>
<rt>
<rtc>
<ruby>
<s>
<samp>
<script>
<section>
<select>
<small>
<source>
<span>
<strong>
<style>
<sub>
<summary>
<sup>
<table>
<tbody>
<td>
<template>
<textarea>
<tfoot>
<th>
<thead>
<time>
<title>
<tr>
<track>
<u>
<ul>
<var>
<video>
<wbr>
accept
accept-charset
action
allowfullscreen
alt
as
async
autocomplete
autofocus
autoplay
buffered
capture
charset
checked
cite (attr)
cols
colspan
content
controls
coords
crossorigin
data (object)
datetime
decoding
default
defer
dir
disabled
download
enctype
for
form (attr)
formaction
formenctype
formmethod
formnovalidate
formtarget
headers
height
high
href
hreflang
http-equiv
integrity
ismap
kind
label (attr)
label (track)
list
longdesc
loop
low
max
maxlength
media
method
min
minlength
multiple
muted
name
name (meta)
nonce
novalidate
open
optimum
pattern
ping
placeholder
played
playsinline
poster
preload
readonly
rel
required
reversed
rows
rowspan
sandbox
scope
selected
selectionDirection
selectionEnd
selectionStart
shape
size
sizes
span (col)
src
srcdoc
srclang
srcset
start
step
target
text
type
type (button)
type (input)
type (list)
type (object)
typemustmatch
usemap
value
volume
width
wrap
xmlns