Simple yet powerful HTML 5 cheat sheet for beginners & advanced users, so anyone can easily reference. This HTML guide will tremendously help you expand your knowledge base on customizing your blog.

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HTML is the coding and markup language of the internet. It is used to provide structure and presentation for your content on the World Wide Web. Every single website made has HTML ingrained within. The latest version, five, was implemented in October of 2014. The fourth version was instituted in 1997 so it’s been quite some time since revisions were made. The new version’s purpose is to make the coding more user-friendly on both the human and computerized fronts.

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Namely, the language is meant to be equally readable between humans and web browsers, computers, etc. This new version of the language responds to issues that arose as a result of features introduced in web browsers and web documents. It is also designed to work as on cross-platform mobile applications. A lot of the new changes aim to make the new version more mobile and tablet friendly. A few noteworthy changes also come in the form of syntactic features: The new video, audio, and canvas elements help create better syntax, or order to the coding. SVG or scalable vector graphics are now integrated. Sections like article, header, and nav are new elements that allow content to be more structured and visually appealing. Ultimately, these new features remove the need to resort to plugins or APIs to accomplish certain tasks. In short, it makes things easier for beginners and experts alike.