The BODY element contains all the content of a document, as opposed to the HEAD, which contains information about the document. Various mark-up elements are allowed within the body to indicate headings, paragraphs, lists, hypertext links, images, and so on. These are described and illustrated in documents following this one.
The following shows typical use of HEAD and BODY elements, using this document as an example:
<HEAD> <TITLE> BODY element in HTML </TITLE> <BASE HREF="http://www.utirc.utoronto.ca/HTML/body.html"> </HEAD> <BODY> [<a href="htmlindex.html">Index</a>] [<a href="htmlindex.html">Up</a>] [<a href="base.html">Back</a>] [<a href="fido.html">Next</a>] <H1> BODY Element in HTML </H1> <p> The BODY element contains all the content of the document, as opposed to the <a href="head.html">HEAD</a>, which contains information about the document. Various mark-up elements are allowed within the body to allow for headings, paragraphs, lists, hypertext links, images, and so on. These are described and illustrated in the following document pages. </BODY>