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| Always start each page with a DOCTYPE, but following that, the HTML element must always be on top, or root, element of your Web Page. So after DOCTYPE, the HTML tag will start the page, and the ending HTML tag will end the page. |
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| Only the HEAD and BODY elements can go directly inside your HTML element. This means that every other element must go either insid the HEAD or the BODY element. |
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| Always give your HEAD element a TITLE element. Failure to do so will result in HTML that isn't compliant. The HEAD element is the only place you should put your TITLE, META and, STYLE elements |
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| Fill your BODY with block elements |
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| You can out only block elements (H1, H2..., H6, P, BLOCKQUOTE, and so on. directly into you BODY element. All inline elements and text need to be inside another block element before they can go in the BODY element. |
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| Keep block elements out of inline elements |
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| You can only put in an inline eement is text and other inline elements. Block elements are not allowed. |
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| Keep block quotes out of you P element |
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| Paragraphs are for text, so keep black elements out odf your paragraphs. You can only use inline elements in them. (EM, A, STRONG, Q, and so on.) |
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| Only the LI element is allowed in the UL and OL elements. |
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| You can put anything in your lists |
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| you can out text, inline elements, or block elements iside of your list |
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| Block quotes only likes block elements |
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| the BLOCKQUOTE element requires one or more block elements inside it. Always put the text and inline elements inside block elements before adding them to a BLOCKQUOTE. |
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| Be careful about nesting an inline element inside another inline element |
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| While you can nest just about everything in an inline element there are a couple of cases that don't make sense. Never nest an A element inside another A element. Also, empty elements like IMG provide no way to nest other inline elements within them. |
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