<html> <head> <title>insertBefore() Example</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function insertMessage() { var oNewP = document.createElement("p"); var oText = document.createTextNode("www.java2s.com"); oNewP.appendChild(oText); var beforeMe = document.getElementsByTagName("p")[0]; document.body.insertBefore(oNewP, beforeMe); } </script> </head> <body onload="insertMessage()"> <P>Hello World!</p> </body> </html>