New Structure in HTML 5

The basic task of HTML is to create the structure of a Web page. Similar to the structure of an XML document. As a general rule, a web page has navigation, body content, sidebar, footer, and other parts. There are new tags introduced in HTML 5 that helps you in creating a basic structure of a Web page. The tags are as follows:

  • <section): Defines the different section of a page
  • <header>: Defines the header of a Web page
  • <footer>: Defines the footer of a Web page
  • <nav>: Defines the navigation of a Web page
  • <article>: Defines the primary content that is to be presented on a Web page
  • <figure>: Defines the images that are presented on a Web page as an explanation to the text

The basic structure of an HTML Web page is displayed below Picture:

HTML 5 structure

These will all be read in the incoming chapters