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The word 'head' between brackets.

HTML Head

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Below is a list of elements commonly used within the HTML head element of a web page. These elements have been ordered for best performance.

/index.html

<head>



    <!-- Set character encoding for this document. -->

    <!-- Ensures all characters within the UTF-8 space (such as emjois) are rendered correctly. -->

    <meta charset="utf-8" />

    

    <!-- Use the physical width of the device & set the initial zoom level to none. -->

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />

    

    <!-- The above 2 tags must come 1st to ensure proper document rendering. -->



    <!-- Description of the document (limit to 150 characters) -->

    <!-- This content may be used as a part of search engine results. -->

    <meta name="description" content="A full-stack engineer's digital garden." />

    

    <meta name="author" content="Brad Woods" />

    

    <!-- On some browsers, this sets the theme color. -->

    <meta name="theme-color" content="#c15a58" />



    <!-- The document's title (displayed in a browser's tab) -->

    <title>Brad Woods' Digital Garden</title>



    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">

    

    <!-- Helps prevent duplicate content issues -->

    <link rel="canonical" href="https://garden.bradwoods.io" />



    <!-- Links to a JSON file that specifies "installation" credentials for the web applications. -->

    <!-- An example of this can be found in the favicon link below). -->

    <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.json">



</head>

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