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This section of the site is a compilation of all the HTML tags you're likely to need to get started on a professional looking website, with the instructions you need to assign properties. It's divided into the following sections:
As you get to understand how HTML works you will want to know more. Much of what you're looking for will be up on this site by then, and there'll be links to places where you can find more. |
REMEMBER - Most tags have endtags identified with a forward slash after the first bracket. Always use them when required - REMEMBER
| tag | FUNCTION | end tag | |
| <html> | Starts and finishes any html (web) page | </html> | |
| <head> | This is the area where the invisibles go - invisibles include title, meta tags, description, keywords, stylesheets and javascript | </head> | |
| <body> | All the page content goes in
between these tags. You can use the body tag to define backgrong colour,
background image and text colour.
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</body> |
| tag | FUNCTION | end tag | |
| <title> | The page title which appears at the top of the browser goes in here. | </title> | |
| <meta> | You can give you site a meta name which doesn't
show in the browser, but can be found by the search engines. In it you include
a brief description of your site and as many keywords as you think people
might use to search for your site. Here's an example:
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| <style> | Style sheets are a brilliant way of controlling text properties. More on this later as it's advanced stuff | </style> |
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