Time for action – building the website's HTML structure

  1. Create a new HTML file named index.html. Then, open it in Sublime Text, our code editor of choice In this module.
  2. Let's add the basic HTML5 structure as follows:
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Startup</title>
</head>
<body>
  
</body>
</html>
  3. Add the meta X-UA-Compatible variable with the content value IE=edge to allow Internet Explorer to use its latest cutting-edge rendering version:
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  4. Not to forget the meta viewport tag required to make the website responsive; add it in <head> as follows:
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  5. Add the favicon, as well as the Apple icon, below ...

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