meta name Attribute - HTML CSS HTML Tag

HTML CSS examples for HTML Tag:meta

Introduction

The name attribute specifies the name for the metadata.

Attribute Values

ValueDescription Example
application-name name of the Web application that the page represents <meta name="application-name" content="nodejs">
author name of the author of the document. <meta name="author" content="your name">
description a description of the page.<meta name="description" content="Free web tutorials">
generatorsoftware used to generate the document.<meta name="generator" content="FrontPage 4.0">
keywords a comma-separated list of keywords <meta name="keywords" content="HTML, meta tag, tag reference">
viewport Controls the viewport. <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

The width=device-width part sets the width of the page to follow the screen-width of the device.

The initial-scale=1.0 part sets the initial zoom level when the page is first loaded by the browser.

The following code shows how to Use the name attribute to define a description, keywords, and the author of an HTML document.

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
  <meta name="keywords" content="HTML5,CSS,JavaScript">
  <meta name="author" content="your name">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head><!--from  ww  w.j  a  v a  2 s. com-->
<body>

<h1>My Website</h1>
<p>Some text...</p>

</body>
</html>

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