Remember when I said that the browser doesn't understand formatting, it just displays text in a steady stream? Kind of like this...
<BODY> ///\\___ (@ @) +----oOO----(_)-----------+ | TONY BLAIR| | for | | President | +-----------------oOO-----+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo </BODY>
///\\___ (@ @) +----oOO----(_)-----------+ | TONY BLAIR| | for | | President | +-----------------oOO-----+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo |
Well, with the <PRE> (preformat) tag, we can put a stop to that and have things displayed the way we type them.
<BODY> <PRE> ///\\___ (@ @) +----oOO----(_)-----------+ | TONY BLAIR| | for | | President | +-----------------oOO-----+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo </PRE> </BODY>
///\\___ (@ @) +----oOO----(_)-----------+ | TONY BLAIR | | for | | President | +-----------------oOO-----+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo |
Notice that a monospaced font is used.
The last tag we're going to discuss is a comment.
<BODY> <!--This is a comment--> This is not <P>A comment can be placed anywhere in the document and the browser will ignore everything inside the brackets. You can insert hidden messages, <!--Your homework is due--> notes to yourself, <!--Get your marking done--> or write a helpful message to someone looking at the source of your page.<!--Confused? You will be!--> </BODY>
This is not A comment can be placed anywhere in the document and the browser will ignore everything inside the brackets. You can insert hidden messages, notes to yourself, or write a helpful message to someone looking at the source of your page. |
Just
to be absolutely clear, the comment must start with <!--
and end with -->
You can (usually)
even put other html tags in a comment and they will be ignored. The browser will
just keep ignoring everything until it sees a -->
