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Aaron Garcia
614 PointsWhat is the document root?
Not sure what document root means.
<!DOCTYPE html>
4 Answers
wdgbmakhef
712 PointsThe <!DOCTYPE> it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in.
Devon Deason
7,061 PointsI believe they're looking for the html tag.
<!doctype html>
/*BELOW IS THE ROOT*/
<html>
</html>
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 PointsAaron,
That tag actually indicates that the document in question is an HTML5 document to the browser. I would always include it, though I don't think it's usually required by the browser. Just get used to including it at the top of every HTML document, as it keeps the file semantically correct. In terms of the root, the
<html>
tag is actually the root of the document. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_html.asp. I hope that clears some things up, and Happy Coding!
Nicolas
John Moya
17,963 PointsThis answer has to faces one is about directories, the document root on this case is the folder where files are stored, in your case the root of a document is the <html> tag