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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>Acorn User 168: HTML article - document title inset</title>
</head>

<body>

<h1>The document title</h1>

<p>The title - the text between the <var>&lt;title&gt;</var> tags - is often used by the browser or other programs to refer to the page, as it's usually a lot more meaningful than the file name. For instance, <cite>ArcWeb</cite>
displays it in the title bar of the window containing the page. You should
always include a title, and should try to make it meaningful as part of a
list of unrelated pages.

<p>Titles such as 'home page' or 'example 37' should be avoided, because out of context they will be meaningless. 'Lowlands University Accoustics Group home page' or 'Manx Shearwater mating calls: example 37' are better.

<p>However, it's not actually displayed on the page itself, and you'll often
find yourself repeating it after the &lt;body&gt; tag. Don't worry, this is
quite usual and is good HTML. A good title should be 50 characters or less
and carry enough information to identify the page in a list of unrelated
pages. The title in the body part of the document can often be shorter, as it
will usually be being viewed in the context of the pages around it. 'Example
37' might well be good enough for this, although it hardly shouts 'Read me!'
does it?

<p><a href="index.html">Back to the main article</a>.

</body>
</html>
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