HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It uses elements represented by tags to describe the structure of pages. Tags like <p> for paragraphs and <h1> for headings are used to label different pieces of content and how they should be displayed in browsers. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
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Lab 8 HTML Manual
HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It uses elements represented by tags to describe the structure of pages. Tags like <p> for paragraphs and <h1> for headings are used to label different pieces of content and how they should be displayed in browsers. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
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What is HTML?
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML describes the structure of Web pages using markup
HTML elements are the building blocks of HTML pages
HTML elements are represented by tags
HTML tags label pieces of content such as "heading", "paragraph", "table", and so on
Browsers do not display the HTML tags, but use them to render the content of the page
Begin Tag End Tag Summary
<p> </p> Separates two blocks of text by denoting a
paragraph break. To justify a paragraph, use ALIGN="left, right, justify, or indent" inside the tag.
<b> </b> Changes text between tags to a bold font
<strong> </strong> Logically strengthens the text between the
tags
<i> </i> Changes text between tags to an italic font
<u> </u> Underlines text between the tags
<ul> </ul> Defines an unordered list consisting of one
or more <LI> elements
<ol> </ol> Defines an ordered list in which each of
one or more <LI> elements are automatically numbered
<li> </li> Defines a list item.
<hr> </hr> Produces a divider between sections of text
<table> </table> Defines a series of rows and columns to
format the placement of text and images on the page <tr> </tr> Defines a row of a table.
<td> </td> Defines a data cell. The data cell contains
the actual text or image that is to be displayed in a table cell
<center> </center> Centers the text vertically between the
left and right margins
<A> </A> Defines text as a hypertext link. The A
element must have either the HREF or NAME attribute defined inside it. <A HREF="http://url here/">Text to display</A> <A NAME="destination tag">Text to display</A>
<BQ> </BQ> Defines a separated multi-line set of text to be
rendered as quoted text.
<img src="..."> Specifies an image file that is to be
displayed. The '...' must be replaced with the path and filename of the image. Additional parameters include: ALIGN="alignment option for image" ALT="description of image" WIDTH="width of image" HEIGHT="height of image" BORDER="value to specify width of border 0 indicates no border"
<blink> </blink> Causes the text between the tags to blink.
This tag is rarely considered professional by web developers and therefore should be used very sparingly Walkthrough Task
The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines this document to be HTML5
The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
The <head> element contains meta information about the document
The <title> element specifies a title for the document
The <body> element contains the visible page content