There are some tags which don’t have a closing tag e.g the break tag <br>. Do these tags have a special name compared to those tags having a closing tag?
@FangSep 09.2003 — #Not really, the use of the closing tag depends if you are scripting for HTML or XHTML.
Both are valid, but XHTML is a newer standard.
Learn the differences [URL=http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp]here[/URL] or for a more detailed view of the standards [URL=http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/]here[/URL]
@spufiSep 09.2003 — #[i]Originally posted by 96turnerri [/i]
[B]i think the term is closedtag another xample is <hl> [/B][/QUOTE]
Incorrect. Opening tag is <h1>. Closing tag is </h1>. You can and should place information between the tags. A tag that doesn't have a closing tag to go with it because there is nothing to define outside of the tag itself is a empty tag. Empty due to no information outside of the tag itself. Using XHTML shows this better. A <br> tag in XHTML is <br />. The tag does what it needs to with no extra information needed outside of the tag.