There are many elements in HTML4 and HTML5 that don't require closing tags for the page to be valid. But there are reasons for using the closing tags anyway. Find out what these closing HTML tags do for your documents and why you should or shouldn't include them in your pages.

Read the full article: Closing Tags Not Required

Other Important Types of HTML Tags

• Do you use the closing /P tag and other optional end tags? Why or Why Not?
• HTML Singleton Tags
• Block-Level vs. Inline Elements
• Box Elements and Block-Level Elements Are Key to HTML Documents

Paragraphs Don't Need the Closing

Tag originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 at 02:25:43.

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