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Basic HTML5 "Hello World!" document structure.
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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Hello World! Site Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
</body>
</html>
@konijn
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konijn commented Jun 10, 2018

Greetings, this is the #1 hit on Google for 'Hello World HTML'. Please consider a meta tag for charset, ideally utf-8?

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vakenbolt commented Nov 26, 2018

Agreeing with the comment above. Please consider adding the following as the first entry inside of the <head> tag...

<meta charset="UTF-8">

Thank you!! 🙏

@jslicer
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jslicer commented Nov 6, 2019

Would not be a bad idea to declare a language for the page as well:

<html lang="en">

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timbergus commented Nov 6, 2019

I'm pretty sorry but now it's the first time I have been notified about your messages. I have already added your changes. Thanks a lot for your comments :)

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syedzunaedislamamany-ctrl commented Jan 25, 2026

Hello World!

Hello World!

Hello World!

Hello World!

Hello World!
Hello World!

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timbergus commented Jan 25, 2026

I think that, considering all the modern tools like Vite generate this file by default, or Emmet in all IDEs, this code can be considered a museum piece and retired with dignity 😂

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