Explorers Guild April 27, 2000

What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the basic building block of the World Wide Web page. HTML files are on a web server Pre-defined set of tags to format text, create hyperlinks to other places, and insert graphic images. Structural language

HTML File Start with HTML tag, End with HTML tag, Everything in-between is the content Must have a filename extension of.html or.htm

HTML Tags The basic HTML tag has four parts: 1. Opening angle-bracket end of tag Closing tags end with forward slash (/) Almost all HTML tags appear in pairs

Structure Tags …

Headings … – … largest – … smallest 6 levels of headings This is Heading 1. This is Heading 2. This is Heading 3. This is Heading 4. This is Heading 5. This is Heading 6.

Paragraphs closing paragraph tag is not essential as other paired tags Line Breaks specifies where to break lines

Horizontal Rule –non-paired tag Default: 2 pixels thick, stretches across page, outlined in light grey attributes –

Lists Unordered list (bulleted) - … Ordered list (numbered) - … used to list items –non-paired attributes – … Don’t forget end list tag.

Emphasizing Text Bold tag - … Italic tag - … Insert around the words you want to emphasize Do NOT use too frequently

Colors Body tag attributes – … Background images Background colors

Fonts …

Tag Guidelines Tags are not case sensitive. Place a single space between the tag name and each attribute. When using an attribute, type the name followed by an equal sign and the attribute value with NO space between them. – Surround the value of the attributes in quotations. If an attribute and value is not specified, the browser uses the default value.

Common Tag Problems Missing angle bracket Missing quotation mark Missing end tag TYPOS