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introduction
very basic information
what is important, and what doesn't matter
the basic page
HEAD and BODY
HTML Tags
META Tags
backgrounds - colors
backgrounds - images
pictures
links
pictures as links
email links
tables part 1
tables part 2
lining things up
frames part 1
frames part 2
frames part 3
what tools to use
putting it all together
making search engines love you
viewing your page as you work
making your page pay for itself
page counters
resources
how do they do that?
being sure it's right before you go public
my links
my sponsors
What NOT to do

HTML Tags

HTML Tags are instructions you put on your page to tell your visitor's browser program how to display your page.

You could make a webpage with no HTML Tags, but you wouldn't like the results. Browser programs make assumptions about how to display the pages. If you don't tell them what background you want they will put in either a white or gray background. If you don't tell them what color you want your text to be, they will make it black. They will run all your text together with no paragraph breaks.

HTML Tags normally come in pairs. The first (opening tag) starts the desired effect, and the second (closing tag) ends it.

Some tags that do NOT come in pairs are the line break: <BR>
The horizontal rule: <HR>
and the paragraph break: <P>.

If you want to leave a LOT of space between paragraphs, multiple paragraph tags won't do it, but multiple line breaks will.

The center tags are useful for centering titles and pictures:
<CENTER> and </CENTER> will make everything between them nicely centered between the right and left sides of the page.

The italic tags make everything between them italic print. <I> is the opening italic tag, and </I> is the closing italic tag.

The same pattern follows for all pairs of HTML Tags. The opening tag looks like: < > and the closing one looks like </ >

The bold type tags are: <B> and </B>

To change the size of your text, use the <FONT> tags. The instructions can range from <FONT SIZE=1>, to <FONT SIZE=6> or more. To put the font size back to the default of 3, use the closing font tag: </font>

You can put more information into the font tag. You can specify the font size, color, and face all in the same tag. for example: <FONT SIZE=5 COLOR="RED" face="ARIAL">. A closing font tag will end all of those specifications at once, just by using </FONT>

You can also change the font size relative to the size of the surrounding text. The tag: <FONT SIZE=+2> makes the following text 2 sizes larger than the text before it.

Heading tags: H1 Is the largest heading available. <H1> and </H1> will enclose your large headline. A space will automatically be left below the heading. H2, H3, and so on are smaller headings.

NESTING HTML TAGS

If you want more than one tag to control a certain section of your text, you can nest them. For example, if you want your text to be bold and italic, you would use the opening tags: <B> <I> and the closing tags </I> </B>. Notice that the italic tags are between the bold tags. You should avoid having your tags overlap, as it could cause unexpected results.




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