HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard document format for creating Web pages. HTML commands define how Web pages will look, including text styles, graphic art-work, and hyperlinks to other documents on the Web. A great advantage of HTML is that all browses can read it.
Basically, a page
is created as an all-text file with an .htm or .html extension that Web
browser use to identify it. The file itself contains tags that
tell the browser how to format the information between the tags.
The browser simply displays the information according to the tags'
instructions.
| tags |
HTML
instructions that tell the browser how to display the Web page
information. Tags are enclosed in brackets. <LIKE THIS>. |
| bulleted
list |
Unordered
list in which raised dots or "bullets" precede each item. |
| ordered
list |
List
in which the items are displayed in order of importance. |
| numbered
list |
List
in which the items are sequentially numbered, indicating an order of
importance among the listed items. |
| hypertext
reference (HREF) |
HTML
code <HREF= > within an anchor tag whick
signifies to the browser that th address of the targer document follows. |
| image
source tag |
HTML
code that inserts a graphic image on a Web page. The image tag
begins with <IMG SRC = followed by the address of the image's file
location and ends with a closing bracket.> |
| anchor tag | HTML
codes that define a hyperlink to another document or Web page.
The anchor tag begins with <A> and ends with </A>.
The text or graphic between <A> and </A> is the link's hot
spot that, when clicked, transports the user to the linked location. |
| html>
>/html> |
This
tag is loaded first and indicates the beginning and end of an html file. |
| <head>
</head> |
Includes
information about the WEB page. |
| <title> </title> | Identifies
the title that appears in the title bar of your browser. |
| <body> </body> | Identifies
the body or main portion of text. |
| <H1> </H1> | Heading--the
number indicates the level of importance, with 1 being most important
and 6 being least important. |
| <B> </B> | Bold
text |
| <U> </U> | Underline
text |
| <P> | Begins
a new paragraph. No off tag needed. |
| <BR> | Breaks
a line and starts a new one. No off tag needed. |
| <HR> | Draws
a horizontal line. No off tag needed. |
| <font>
</font? |
Indicates
change of font style. |
| <fontsize=> | Indicates
font size. |
| <I> </I> | Italize
text |
|
To show email address |
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">E-Mail me</a> |
|
To link to someone else in Geocities |
<a href="/b4abel">Brooks</a> |
| To link within your own site | <A
href="/mhstiger_teacher/irsassign">Our Research Paper Assignment</a> |