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Melissa Crouch
192 PointsIs it necessary to add a forward slash (</h1>) when closing the bracket, or could you do without it?
Does typing a forward slash make a difference?
3 Answers
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsYou know if you don't close it? Everything will be messed up and browser will eventually mess it up : p it may forgive you some of it but not long. You have to do it. its a rule really . you open it with <h> and close every tag with the slash. There is na exception on <img > where you don't close it. Look at my code how i do it.
I hope you get the idea .
the code is quite old so please don't point out ^^
John Sanchez
3,325 PointsYes, the forward slash tells the browser that the contents inside the tag should no longer be affected by that particular tag. Otherwise, the browser would not know which tags are opening tags and which as closing tags.
Melissa Crouch
192 PointsOk, so closing a tag without a forward slash would be the same as having two opening tags. Correct?
Daniel Nora
2,550 PointsThat is correct, Melissa. You can verify that by opening an h1 tag, entering some text, opening another h1 tag (instead of closing it) and then entering some more text after. If the h1 tag had been properly closed, the text coming after the second h1 tag (which should actually be a closing tag) wouldn't be in such a large font size. However, since the browser doesn't know that you want the h1 tag to be closed, it just displays the text "outside" of it as a headline too.
MUZ140084 Lawrence Masiiwa
102 Pointsvery necessary
Melissa Crouch
192 PointsMelissa Crouch
192 PointsOk, thank you sir :)
This is my first time in the forum and appreciate the responses.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsAurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsIm glad it helped.
For better usage of forum you could also :
If you will have problem with your code post . I will write you an edit and you could check how i did it to achieve the effect of the highlighted code ^^