[THIS AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION] Click on a tag in the menus to see information about it in this window. We will show
the tag's syntax, attributes (if any) and, examples of what it will look like on a web page.General HTML InformationHTML is a markup language that allows you to determine how text, images and other elements are displayed on a web page. It was never intended to be the equivalent of typesetting for publications. HTML has undergone some changes but it still has many formatting weaknesses. Add to that the fact that not all browsers display the exact same HTML in the same way and that people use a wide variety of screen resolutions and it can be a difficult process to make sure web pages display as intended. Cascading Stylesheets or CSS was created to overcome some of these limitations but that is beyond the scope of this section. With best practices, you may ensure that your HTML displays correctly to about 90% of users. Alternatives that produce better results are discussed elsewere on this site.About FontsBrowsers can only display fonts available on the visitor's computer. If you want to use a special font, one good way is to use a graphics program to create an image of the text. The downside to this is that it will increase download time, so use it sparingly. We also discuss image optimization elsewhere in this website.HTML TagsHTML tags begin with the less than symbol < and end with the greater than symbol >. With very few exceptions, HTML tags are used in pairs. We will point out those that do not. Also, with the advent of XHTML specification, it is important to make make sure that closing tags are used or to use the shortcut closing method as follows <BR /> to close tags. One opening tag: <FONT size="1"> and one closing tag: </FONT>.The opening tag is the only one to contain attributes such as the size="1" in this example. A tag can contain multiple attributes and their order is not important. Attributes are given in name=value pairs such as height=50. Everything placed between the tags will be affected by the tag. |