Body

Category:HTML Tags

Body

The <body> tag defines the main content of the HTML document that will be directly visible on your web page. This body tag <body> contains all the content of an HTML document, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.

Examples

Using <body> to create a simple webpage.


<html>
<head>
  <title>Title of the document</title>
</head>

<body>
  <h1>This is a heading</h1>
  <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>

</html>

Syntax

<body></body>

Tips

There is only one <body> element in an HTML document.
The <body> tag should be placed under the closing </head> tag.
All the contents of an HTML document, such as headings, images, lists, etc should go inside the <body> tag.
No content should be written after the closing </body> tag.

Additional Information

For more information, see http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_body.asp

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