# HEAD
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A list of everything that \*could\* go in the `` of your document
## Table of Contents
- [Recommended Minimum](#recommended-minimum)
- [Elements](#elements)
- [Meta](#meta)
- [Link](#link)
- [Favicons](#favicons)
- [Social](#social)
- [Facebook Open Graph](#facebook-open-graph)
- [Facebook Instant Articles](#facebook-instant-articles)
- [Twitter Cards](#twitter-cards)
- [Google+ / Schema.org](#google--schemaorg)
- [OEmbed](#oembed)
- [Browsers / Platforms](#browsers--platforms)
- [Apple iOS](#apple-ios)
- [Apple Safari](#apple-safari)
- [Google Android](#google-android)
- [Google Chrome](#google-chrome)
- [Microsoft Internet Explorer](#microsoft-internet-explorer)
- [Browsers (Chinese)](#browsers-chinese)
- [360 Browser](#360-browser)
- [QQ Mobile Browser](#qq-mobile-browser)
- [UC Mobile Browser](#uc-mobile-browser)
- [App Links](#app-links)
- [Notes](#notes)
- [Performance](#performance)
- [Other Resources](#other-resources)
- [Related Projects](#related-projects)
- [Other Formats](#other-formats)
- [Translations](#translations)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Contributors](#contributors)
- [Author](#author)
- [License](#license)
## Recommended Minimum
Below are the essential tags for basic, minimalist websites:
```html
Page Title
```
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## Elements
``` html
Page Title
```
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## Meta
``` html
```
- [Meta tags that Google understands](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/79812?hl=en)
- [WHATWG Wiki: MetaExtensions](https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/MetaExtensions)
- [ICBM on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICBM_address#Modern_use)
- [Geotagging on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging#HTML_pages)
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## Link
``` html
```
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### Favicons
``` html
```
- [All About Favicons (And Touch Icons)](https://bitsofco.de/all-about-favicons-and-touch-icons/)
- [Favicon Cheat Sheet](https://github.com/audreyr/favicon-cheat-sheet)
## Social
### Facebook Open Graph
``` html
```
- [Facebook Open Graph Markup](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters#markup)
- [Open Graph protocol](http://ogp.me/)
### Facebook Instant Articles
``` html
```
- [Creating Articles - Instant Articles](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instant-articles/guides/articlecreate)
- [Code Samples - Instant Articles](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instant-articles/reference)
### Twitter Cards
``` html
```
- [Getting started with cards — Twitter Developers](https://dev.twitter.com/cards/getting-started)
- [Twitter Card Validator](https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator)
### Google+ / Schema.org
``` html
```
### Pinterest
Pinterest lets you prevent people from saving things from your website, according [to their help center](https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/prevent-people-saving-things-pinterest-your-site). The `description` is optional.
``` html
```
### OEmbed
``` html
```
- [oEmbed format](http://oembed.com/)
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## Browsers / Platforms
### Apple iOS
``` html
```
- [Apple Meta Tags](https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariHTMLRef/Articles/MetaTags.html)
### Apple Safari
```html
```
### Google Android
``` html
```
### Google Chrome
``` html
```
### Google Chrome Mobile (Android Only)
Since Chrome 31, you can set up your web app to "app mode" like Safari.
``` html
```
- [Google Developer](https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/installtohomescreen)
### Microsoft Internet Explorer
``` html
```
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## App Links
``` html
```
- [App Links Docs](http://applinks.org/documentation/)
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## Browsers (Chinese)
### 360 Browser
``` html
```
### QQ Mobile Browser
``` html
```
### UC Mobile Browser
``` html
```
- [UC Browser Docs](http://www.uc.cn/download/UCBrowser_U3_API.doc)
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## Notes
### Performance
Moving the `href` attribute to the beginning of an element improves compression when GZIP is enabled, because the `href` attribute is used in `a`, `base`, and `link` tags.
Example:
``` html
```
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## Other Resources
- [HTML5 Boilerplate Docs: The HTML](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/dist/doc/html.md)
- [HTML5 Boilerplate Docs: Extend and customize](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/dist/doc/extend.md)
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## Related Projects
- [Atom HTML Head Snippets](https://github.com/joshbuchea/atom-html-head-snippets) - Atom package for `HEAD` snippets
- [Sublime Text HTML Head Snippets](https://github.com/marcobiedermann/sublime-head-snippets) - Sublime Text package for `HEAD` snippets
- [head-it](https://github.com/hemanth/head-it) - CLI interface for `HEAD` snippets
- [vue-head](https://github.com/ktquez/vue-head) - Manipulating the meta information of the `HEAD` tag for Vue.js
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## Other Formats
- [PDF](https://gitprint.com/joshbuchea/HEAD/blob/master/README.md)
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## Translations
- [Brazilian Portuguese](https://github.com/Webschool-io/HEAD)
- [Chinese (Simplified)](https://github.com/Amery2010/HEAD)
- [Italian](https://github.com/Fakkio/HEAD)
- [Japanese](http://coliss.com/articles/build-websites/operation/work/collection-of-html-head-elements.html)
- [Russian/Русский](https://github.com/Konfuze/HEAD)
- [Turkish/Türkçe](https://github.com/mkg0/HEAD)
- [Korean](https://github.com/Lutece/HEAD)
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## Contributing
**Open an issue or a pull request to suggest changes or additions.**
### Guide
The **HEAD** repository consists of two branches:
#### 1. `master`
This branch consists of the `README.md` file that is automatically reflected on the [\ Cheat Sheet](http://gethead.info/) website. All changes to the content of the cheat sheet as such should be directed to this file.
Please follow these steps for pull requests:
- Modify only one tag, or one related set of tags at a time
- Use double quotes on attributes
- Don't include a trailing slash in self-closing elements — the HTML5 spec says they're optional
- Consider including a link to documentation that supports your change
#### 2. `gh-pages`
This branch is responsible for the [gethead.info](http://gethead.info/) website. We use [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) to deploy the `README.md` Markdown file through [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/). All website related modifications must be directed here.
You might want to go through the [Jekyll Docs](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/home/) and understand how Jekyll works before working on this branch.
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### Contributors
Check out all the super awesome [contributors](https://github.com/joshbuchea/HEAD/graphs/contributors).
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## Author
**[Josh Buchea](http://joshbuchea.com/)**
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## License
[](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
To the extent possible under law, [Josh Buchea](http://joshbuchea.com) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.
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