HTML INTRODUCTION

HTML INTRODUCTION

Andrew Scott
Friday 26 March 2021

Some Examples The DOCTYPE declaration defines the document type to be HTML The text between and describes an HTML document The text between and provides information about the document The text between and provides a title for the document The text between and describes the visible page content The text between

and

describes a heading The text between

and

describes a paragraph Common Declarations For HTML HTML Headings Headings are defined with the

to

tags.

defines the most important heading.

defines the least important heading. Headings Are Important Use HTML headings for headings only. Don't use headings to make text BIG or bold. Search engines use your headings to index the structure and content of your web pages. Users skim your pages by its headings. It is important to use headings to show the document structure. h1 headings should be main headings, followed by h2 headings, then the less important h3, and so on. HTML Paragraphs Publishing any kind of written work requires the use of a paragraph. The paragraph tag is very basic and a great introductory tag for beginner's because of its simplicity. The

tag defines a paragraph. Using this tag places a blank line above and below the text of the paragraph. These automated blank lines are examples of how a tag "marks" a paragraph and the web browser automatically understands how to display the paragraph text because of the paragraph tag. HTML Bold And Strong Formatting The HTML element defines bold text, without any extra importance. Hyper Links This is used to redirect the page to another page.To do this we use tag target Attribute This attribute used to open the given link in a required webpage Types In Targets Attributes There are 4 Types of attribures _blank _self _top _parent _blank In Target Attribute The link page is opened in the new tab in browser _self In Target Attribute The link page is opened in the Same tab in browser _parent In Target Attribute The link page is opened in the parent page _top In Target Attribute The link page is displayed in the full body of the window Lists These lists are used to arrange the text in an single order. There are 3 types of list in Html Ordered list UnOrdered list Description list Ordered List An ordered list starts with the

    tag. Each list item starts with the
  1. tag. Syntax
    1. ------content-----
    2. ------content-----
    Type Attribute In Ordered List This attribute is used to change the mark of the list given Default type for ordered list is 'numbers'. Syntax :
    1. ------content-----
    2. ------content-----
    Unordered List An Unordered list starts with the
      tag. Each list item starts with the
    • tag. Syntax
      • ------content-----
      • ------content-----
      Type Attribute In Unordered List This attribute is used to change the bullets of the list given Default type for Unordered list is 'disc'. Syntax :
      • ------content-----
      • ------content-----
      Description List A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term. The
      tag defines the description list, the
      tag defines the term (name), and the
      tag describes each term: Syntax :
      ------content-----
      ------content-----
    HTML Text Formatting Elements If you use a word processor, you must be familiar with the ability to make text bold, italicized, or underlined; these are just three of the ten options available to indicate how text can appear in HTML and XHTML. In the previous chapter, you learned about HTML styling, using the HTML style attribute. HTML also defines special elements, for defining text with a special Meaning Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text: Bold text Important text Superscripts Italic text Emphasized text Deleted text