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.
The following shows typical use of HEAD and BODY elements:
<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>