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Learn the fundamentals of HTML, such as tags, elements, and structural components, required to create captivating web pages effectively.
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HTML is a Markup Language • HyperText Markup Language (HTML) • Hypertext refers to the fact that Web pages are more than just text (e.g., can contain multimedia, provide links for jumping within & without) • Markup refers to the fact that it works by augmenting text with special symbols (tags) that control formatting when the document is viewed by a special application (e.g., a Web browser interprets HTML)
HTML Editors • HTML documents are basically ASCII text documents • Any Word Processor, preferably Window’s Notepad can be used to create the necessary text • Many high-level tools exist for creating Web pages (e.g., Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Composer, etc…) • Machine language vs. high-level language analogy
HTML Tags • HTML specifies a set of tags that identify structure and content type • Tags are enclosed in < > • Most tags come in pairs, marking a beginning and an ending • <b>Tags</b> • Single Tags have a single tag and all the information required is contained within the single tag <IMG SRC="picture.gif" ALIGN="Left" >
HTML Elements • An HTML element is an object enclosed by a pair of tags <title>My Home Page</title> is a TITLE element <b>This text appears bold.</b> is a BOLD element • An HTML document is a collection of elements
Structural Elements • An HTML document has two main structural elements • HEAD contains setup information for the browser & the Web page (e.g., the title for the browser window, etc…) • BODY contains the actual content to be displayed in the Web page HTML documents begin and end with<html>and</html>tags Comments appear between<!--and--> HEAD section enclosed between<head>and</head> BODY section enclosed between<body>and</body> <html> <!–- Version information -- -- File: sample1.html -- --> <head> <title>My first HTML document</title> </head> <body> Hello world! </body> </html>
Opening and Closing Tags • Start all pages with these tags: • <html> • <head> • <title> </title> • </head> • <body> • End all pages with these tags: • </body> • </html>
<html> • <head> • <title>Text here appears in browser title bar</title> • </head> • <body> Text to form the body of the message • </body> • </html>
Headings • Headings serve as headlines for a document • There are six (6) levels of header tags. Level 1 is the largest and boldest, Level 6 is the smallest • Headings can also include placement information inside the tag • For Example:<h1 align="center">text here</h1> • Or:<h1 align="right"> text here </h1>
Paragraphs • HTML does not recognize carriage returns or enters, you will need to add a Paragraph tag • The paragraph tag is <p> and the closing tag is a </p> • NOTE: To get the look of a <p> paragraph tag without really using one, you may choose to use two (2) break tags <br> together
Line Breaks & Paragraphs • The <br> tag leaves normal spacing between lines, whereas the <p> tag leaves 2 to 3 times the space • This sentence represents the spacing between <br> lines with the break tag • This sentence represents the spacing between <p>lines with the paragraph tag
Justified Text in Paragraphs • Use the <p align=“justify”>Text </p> tags (SEE SAMPLE HTML PAGE #1)
Listing Items on a Web Page • Adding lists to your Web page • Bulletscalled Unordered Lists <ul> • Numbered listscalled Ordered Lists <ol>
Unordered Lists <ul> • When you want to make a bulleted list do the following: • Use the <ul> tag as in the following example: <ul> <li>How </li> = l How <li>Now </li>= l Now <li>Brown </li>= l Brown <li>Cow </li>= l Cow </ul>
Ordered Lists <ol> • When you want to make a numbered list to drive your point home, do the following: • Use the <ol> tag as in the following example: <ol> <li>How </li> = 1. How <li>Now </li>= 2. Now <li>Brown </li> = 3. Brown <li>Cow </li> = 4. Cow </ol>
Colors • The color of the background and text of a document can be defined using tags • Colors can either be defined with their values in hex (e.g. #FF0000 for red) or by the use of one of the sixteen predefined colors (Black,White,Silver,Gray,Red,Maroon,Lime,Green,Blue,Navy,Magenta,Purple,Yellow,Olive,Cyan, andTeal) • If you want red try <font color=red>This is red</font>
Style • This is how you ask for a <b>bold font</b> • This is how you ask for an <i>italic font</i> • This is how you ask for an <u>underlined font</u>
Using Images <IMG SRC="image.location"> <IMG SRC="image.location" WIDTH=135 HEIGHT=200> <IMG SRC="image.location" ALIGN=Right> <BODY BACKGROUND="image.location"> (SEE SAMPLE HTML PAGE#2)
Adding Links <a href="location">Text that is underlined to indicate a link</a> (SEE SAMPLE HTML PAGE#3)
Writing Your Own Page • Start Notepad by clicking on the Start button, Programs, Accessories, then Notepad • Anything you save on your W: disk is accessible to the outside world by the StFx Web server. But what is your URL? • If your login id is, for example, x2005abc, your URL is • http://www.stfx.ca/people/x2005/x2005abc Name your HTML file index.html