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3.

02D HTML Overview

3.02 Develop webpages.


(Note to instructor: HTML tags are in red only to differentiate from regular text.)

HTML Tags
Purpose of Tags:
Define and describe text,
graphics, hypertext links,
and other multimedia
elements found on
webpages
Tell the browser how to
display the document.
By viewing the source
code of a webpage, the
user can see the HTML
tags used to display the
page.

To view a webpages
source code:
In the browser window,
Click on the View menu
and choose Source.

Using HTML Tags


An HTML tag begins with a < character and ends
with a > character.
Between these characters is the actual tag name,
such as body or head. <body> is an example of a
correct tag.
Tags should appear in pairs, with an opening tag
<html> and a closing tag </html>.
The only difference between the opening and
closing tag is the / used in the closing tag.

Using HTML Tags


Text entered between
the HTML tags is
formatted with the code
specified by those tags.
Example:
<h1>Welcome to my website!
</h1>

The browser will turn on


formatting at heading
level 1 to display the
text and then turn it off
at the end of that text.
Note the source code showing the 6 levels of the heading tag.

HTML vs. XHTML


W3C created XHTML as an
extended version of HTML.

While many old browsers


can display old HTML,
newer ones rely on the
XHTML requires some
current standard.
modification of the old HTML
Remember, web pages are
standard.

All tags must be in lowercase.

All tags must have a closing tag.

All tags must be properly


nested.

The <html> tag must be the root


tag for every document.

accessed from desktop


computers, mobile phones
and handheld devicesall
using a variety of browser
technologies!

Nesting HTML Tags

Nesting refers to the order in which tags are opened and closed.
Enter the closing tags in the reverse order from the opening tags.
Closing tags in a different order than they were opened may keep
the browser from displaying the page as intended by the author.

Adding Attributes to Tags


Attributes provide additional information about tags and
control how the tag will be interpreted by the browser.
Example:
The anchor tag, <a>, defines an anchor that converts text or an
image into a hyperlink.
<a href=http://www.unc.edu>University of North Carolina</a>

href is the attribute instructing the browser to set the


text between the anchor tags as a hyperlink to the
specified web address.

Rules for Using Attributes


Attributes are entered inside the opening tag but not in the
closing tag.
Attributes are keyed in name/value pairs. Syntax: name=value
The attribute should have an equal symbol followed by the value
or setting for the attribute.
Attribute values should be enclosed inside quotation marks.

Using Multiple Attributes


Example:
<img src=image.gif alt=smiley face
image />
Space once between multiple
attributes.
The source attribute tells the
browser where the image is
located.
The alt attribute instructs the
browser to display alternative
text if the image file will not
load.
For a comprehensive list of tags and attributes visit www.w3schools.com/html/html_reference.asp

Creating and Saving HTML Files


Use any text editor to enter HTML code and
create a web page.
Save the file as an HTML file using .html as the
extension.

Many old browsers will display files with the .htm


extension but the latest standard requires .html

Launch a web browser and open the file to


display the page. (Check the page out with
several different browsers to see how each
browser displays the HTML file.)

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