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What Is HTML?: Tag Tags

HTML is a markup language used to define the structure and layout of web pages. HTML uses tags like <b> and </b> to mark up elements like paragraphs, headings, links, images, and tables. Tags have opening and closing versions with the element content in between. Attributes like href and src provide additional information about elements. Comments can also be added to HTML code to help explain the code. Common elements include headings, paragraphs, line breaks, text formatting, links, images, and tables.

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What Is HTML?: Tag Tags

HTML is a markup language used to define the structure and layout of web pages. HTML uses tags like <b> and </b> to mark up elements like paragraphs, headings, links, images, and tables. Tags have opening and closing versions with the element content in between. Attributes like href and src provide additional information about elements. Comments can also be added to HTML code to help explain the code. Common elements include headings, paragraphs, line breaks, text formatting, links, images, and tables.

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What is HTML?

HTML is a language for describing web pages.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language


• HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages

HTML Tags
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags

• HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like


<html>
• HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b>
• The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end
tag
• Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing
tags

Envirnment setting for HTML ?

HTML Elements
An HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

Start tag * Element content End tag *


<p> This is a paragraph </p>
<a href="default.htm" This is a link </a>
>
<br />
HTML Element Syntax
• An HTML element starts with a start tag / opening tag
• An HTML element ends with an end tag / closing tag
• The element content is everything between the start and the
end tag
• Some HTML elements have empty content
• Empty elements are closed in the start tag
• Most HTML elements can have attributes

HTML Attributes
• HTML elements can have attributes
• Attributes provide additional information about the element
• Attributes are always specified in the start tag
• Attributes come in name/value pairs like: name="value"

Always Quote Attribute Values

Attribute values should always be enclosed in quotes.

Double style quotes are the most common, but single style quotes are
also allowed.

In some rare situations, like when the attribute value itself contains
quotes, it is necessary to use single quotes:

name='John "ShotGun" Nelson'

Note:Attribute names and attribute values are case-insensitive.

HTML Headings
Headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags.

<h1> defines the largest heading. <h6> defines the smallest heading.

HTML Rules (Lines)


The <hr /> tag is used to create an horizontal rule (line).

HTML Comments
Comments can be inserted in the HTML code to make it more readable
and understandable. Comments are ignored by the browser and are
not displayed.

HTML Paragraphs
Paragraphs are defined with the <p> tag.

HTML Line Breaks


Use the <br /> tag if you want a line break (a new line) without
starting a new paragraph.

HTML Text Formatting


This text is bold

This text is big

This text is italic

superscript etc
This is subscript and

HTML styles
Look! Styles and colors

This text is in Verdana and red

This text is in Times and blue

This text is 30 pixels high

HTML links
A link is the "address" to a document (or a resource) on the
web.

HTML Images
The Image Tag and the Src Attribute

In HTML, images are defined with the <img> tag.

The <img> tag is empty, which means that it contains attributes only
and it has no closing tag.

To display an image on a page, you need to use the src attribute. Src
stands for "source". The value of the src attribute is the URL/local disk
address of the image you want to display on your page.
HTML Tables

Tables are defined with the <table> tag. A table is divided into rows
(with the <tr> tag), and each row is divided into data cells (with the
<td> tag). The letters td stands for "table data," which is the content
of a data cell.

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