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The <title> Tag

The <title> tag in HTML 5

The title tag's content should include only text. It should not have any child elements, like style tags, for example. Ampersands should be escaped with &amp;.

<title> Tag Syntax

Syntax of the <title> tag

Attributes of the <title> Tag

Attributes of the <title> tag

attribute
The attribute
common attributes
In addition to the attributes above, which are specific to the <title> tag, any of the common HTML attributes can also be used.
HTML 5 Examples

Examples of the title tag in HTML 5


Changes in HTML 5

What's new in HTML 5

Differences between HTML 5 and earlier versions

Last updated Saturday September 12, 2009


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