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© copyright 1996 Virginia Montecino HTML TAGS basic Web page format
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BASIC FORMAT OF A WEB PAGE [These tags are used to create basic Web pages without using a Web page composing program like DreamWeaver or Front Page. These tags are the basic, conventional Web page tags, not just used on UNIX servers.] <html> This tag signifies this is an html document. <head> This tag signifies the beginning of the header information. <title> The Title goes here - it shows at the top of the browser - but not on your Web page.</title> </head> This tag signifies the end of the header information. [Information above the <body> tag does not show on the Web page.] <body> This tag signifies the beginning of the html material. <h1> Your first header or title should go between these symbols. </h1> <p> This tag designates a paragraph.</p> <p> And this is the second paragraph...and so on.</p> </body> This tag signifies the end of the body of the document. </html> This tag signifies the end of the html document.
[Note: New html conventions (xhtml) will eventually require lower case for html tags, closing tags on paragraph endings: </p> and other "open" tags, like horizontal line tags: <hr /> - Note the space after the "hr"- and other changes. These conventions are compatible with xhtml. These changes are consistent with html. Current browsers do not use XHTML; however, it is possible to write XHTML that is compatible with HTML, and will work on existing HTML-based browsers. [W3C recommendation. Accessed 26 January 2000.] Meta search tags [All info in brackets is explanatory and not part of the HTML code.]: <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="english, English, distance learning, computer-mediated learning, computer-mediated education, Internet literacy, university, college, evaluate Web sites, web-based class, scholarship, composition "> [This tag goes between the <head>and </head> tags. Insert terms between the quotation marks to be searched by search engines to find your page contents. Some search engines recognize lower or upper case distinctions. It is not essential for you to create a content section. The terms above direct search engines to find my Web resources.] BASIC tags
<p> [This tag signifies a paragraph. No final paragraph tag is needed. Final tags, when used, have a "/" in front of the html letters.] <br> [This tag at the end of a line signifies a line break.] <center>Text between these two symbols will be centered on the page.</center> For example, if you place these tags before and after the <H2>,</H2> tags, your heading will be centered.] <hr>_________________________________________________________________
<b> Words between these tags will show as bold text</b> <i> Words between these tags will show as italicized text</i> Link Tag: <a href="http://www.abc.def/ghi.edu/">Name
for the Web document you want to appear on the Web page </a>
[This is how you create a tag that will allow someone using your Web page
to click and be taken to another Web page or Web site. Replace the
http:// address between the quotation marks: http://www.abc.def... with
the exact address of the web document to which you want to link.
The web address will not be displayed on your web page but only the name
which you give the address. Replace the text "Name for the Web document
..." with the title of the Web page to which you want to link - not
the http:// address. For example, my web page address in html
is:
Link to a Particular Place in your Document:[This linking operation requires you use both the link tag and the target tag.]
[The tags above will allow people to send you an e-mail by clicking on the link created when you type in the html tags above.] Set Font Size and Color other
than the default settings:
Indent quoted material:
Open a new window to display a
linked site:
Insert Graphics Files:
Tables
<td>cell contents</td>
Html tags for special characters:
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