document create element
//create and append element
var node = document.createElement("LI"); // Create a <li> node
var textnode = document.createTextNode("Water"); // Create a text node
node.appendChild(textnode); // Append the text to <li>
document.getElementById("myList").appendChild(node); // Append <li> to <ul> with id="myList"
document.body.onload = addElement;
function addElement () {
// create a new div element
var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
// and give it some content
var newContent = document.createTextNode("Hi there and greetings!");
// add the text node to the newly created div
newDiv.appendChild(newContent);
// add the newly created element and its content into the DOM
var currentDiv = document.getElementById("div1");
document.body.insertBefore(newDiv, currentDiv);
}