A beginner's guide to website creation.
Basic HTML Tag Guide
The following are brief explanations of the basic HTML tags used in this article:
<HTML></HTML> - tells browsers the page is written in HTML; entire document goes between HTML tags
<HEAD></HEAD> - appears just below the HTML tag in every HTML document; contains information about the document but does not appear on the Web page
<TITLE></TITLE> - specifies the title of the document; the text between these tags appears in the browser's title bar but not on the Web page itself
<BODY></BODY> - contains all the text and images that will appear on the Web page, together with all the HTML elements that provide the control/formatting of the page
BODY attributes:
BGCOLOR - designates the background color, using a name or a hex value
BACKGROUND - designates an image as a page's background (wallpaper)
TEXT - designates the text color, using a name or a hex value
LINK - designates the color of links, using a name or a hex value
VLINK - designates the color of followed links, using a name or a hex value
ALINK - designates the color of links on click, using a name or a hex value
<H1><H6></H1>-</H6> - codes text as headings; <H1> is the largest, <H6> the smallest
<CENTER></CENTER> - centers text and other elements on a page
<BR> - breaks text onto a new line (no vertical space between lines)
<P></P> - breaks text into a new paragraph (leaves a blank line above the new paragraph)
<I></I> - creates italicized text
<B></B> - creates bold text
<PRE></PRE> - designates preformatted text
<TT></TT> - designates teletype or monospaced text
<HR> - inserts a horizontal rule; helpful in breaking up sections of a page
<HR SIZE=x> - designates the size (height) of a rule
<HR WIDTH=x> - designates the width of a rule, in percentage or absolute value
<HR NOSHADE> - inserts a rule without a shadow
<A></A> - marks text as the start and/or destination of a link; requires the HREF or NAME attribute
HREF - attribute of the <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags a hyperlink
NAME - attribute of the <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags the target of a hyperlink
<IMG SRC="x"> - Adds an image
<UL></UL> - creates an unordered (bulleted) list
<OL></OL> - creates an ordered (numbered) list
<LI> - used in conjunction with the <UL> or <OL> tag, designates a list item in an unordered or ordered list
<DL></DL> - creates a definition list
<DT> - used in conjunction with the <DL> tag, designates a definition title in a definition list
<DD> - used in conjunction with the <DL> tag, designates a definition description in a definition list
If you're curious about the myriad HTML tags we didn't cover, check out the HTML Compendium's comprehensive list of HTML elements.
The steps to getting your pages on the Web vary by Internet service provider. You'll have to contact your ISP to find out exactly what you have to do. And if your ISP doesn't give you server space on which to post Web pages.
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