HTML tags


The meaning of some common HTML tags is shown below: 


Tag


Explanation


... 


This tag tells the browser this file is an HTML document. 


 signifies the end of a document 


... 


Beginning of the header. The header can contain other 


additional material that is not to be displayed on the 


page. These can be comments and meta tags provide 


information to browsers and search spiders about the 


document.  signifies the end of the header. 


... 


This indicates the start of your page title, which is not 


displayed in the document.  indicates the end 


of the title. 


...<\BODY> 


Tells the browser that the body of the document starts 


here, and that the background is white. For a list of 


hexadecimal colors, go to: 


http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html.  indicates 


the end of the body of the document. 


...
 


Centers the alignment of whatever is between 


 and 
 . 


 


This tag inserts an image called "clouds.jpg" and aligns 


it with the bottom of any nearby text. Alignment 


options include "Middle", "Left" and "Right". 


 


This links the text "Link Name" to the URL in  quotes 


 Link Name 


(http://amazon.com). If you click on the words "Link 


Name" in the browser, it will open the page at the URL.  


This opens a mail box when people click on the text 


 support@yourcompany.com"> 


between the tags, so people can email you from your 


support@yourcompany.com 


webpage.  The TO: field will contain the address 


specified in the first tag.  


 


This inserts a Horizontal Rule, which is a horizontal line. 


This is a Header
 


Headers can be created using tags 
 through 


. 


This is a Medium Header
  


This is a Medium Header. 


 


This starts a new paragraph. 


... 


Text between these tags will be bold text. 


... 


Text between these tags will be italicized. 


  


Note: Approximately 99% of all HTML tags need to be added in pairs. Notice that an  tag is 


located at the very beginning and the very end of the document. There are only a handful of tags that do 


not need this "pair" structure. 


  


  


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