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HTML Guide
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Quick Reference
- Introduction to HTML
- Before you begin
- Basic Tags
- Alternative Resources
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is simply a list of instructions that let a web browser
such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer display text, images and multimedia in a
specified manner. This can then be viewed on the World Wide Web by all. The basic
structure of an HTML page includes plain text with special "tags" or commands that enable manipulation
to the contents of the page.
There are a few guidelines that must be understood before starting to create an HTML
document. All tags and commands are placed in angled brackets such as these
<>. Whatever is in those brackets will not show up on the page. However, always
make sure that every tag has both beginning and ending brackets. In addition, all ending
tags must be preceded by a backslash (/). Otherwise the commands will not be carried out
as planned and the tags might even show up on the page as text.
There are so many different commands that can be carried out using various tags. Although
there are many to choose from, here are some of the basic ones that is included in almost
all pages. Remember that these are all contained within angled brackets!
HTML.../HTML.........Identifies a a text document as an HTML document
HEAD.../HEAD.........Contains information about URL and relationship with other pages
TITLE.../TITLE.........This is the title that is displayed in the title bar
META.../META.........May contain the name as well as other information about the page
BODY.../BODY.........This is the main section on your page
H1.../H1.....................Displays different size headings (h2,h3,h4...)
P.../P.........................Creates new paragraphs
A HREF=.../A...........Creates links
br.............................Inserts a line break (doesn't require closing brackets)
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