Web Page Intro
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Introduction to HTML
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Introduction to HTML
Terminology HTML◦ Hyper Text Markup Language
Tags◦ Keywords that are surrounded by angled brackets,
typically in pairs.
Opening Tag◦ This tag opens the pair of takes <html>
Closing Tag◦ This tag closes the pair and contains a slash
</html>
Attributes◦ Additional information placed with the opening tag
that modifies the tag
Tag ExamplesOpening Tag Closing
Tag
<html> </html>
<body> </body>
<p> </p>
<a href=“link”> </a>
HTML Basics Heading Tags◦ Defined with <h1> tag as the largest heading and
<h6> tag as the smallest
Paragraphs◦ Written paragraphs are placed between the <p>
tag
Links◦ The <a> tag is used to open links but will require
the use of attributes
Images◦ The <img> tag creates images and will also
require the use of attributes
HTML Attributes
Attributes provide additional
information to tags
Always placed in opening tags
Example
◦ <a href=“www.google.com”> Google </a>
<a> is the tag
href= is the attribute
HTML Attributes cont…
Always quote attributes
◦ Attribute=“….”
Always uses lower case
◦ Some browsers are case sensitive, its
best to use lowercase for all tags and
attributes
Don’t forget the end tag!
◦ You need to close out your tags </html>
