TAG: HTML
Technical Description: This tag is used to begin and end all documents coded in HTML. Syntax: < html >< /html >
Plain English Description: This tag is needed to start and end an HTML page.
Attributes: n/a.
TAG: HEAD
Technical Description: This particular tag permits a title to be specified for the page. Syntax: < head >< /head>
Plain English Description: The tag allows the writer to use a title for his or her page.
Attributes: Title, Meta Name, Script (IE--JavaScript) can all be specified by utilization of this tag.
TAG: BODY
Technical Description: This tag specifies what will appear on the page. That is, anything intended to be placed on a page must be included in between these tags. Syntax < body >< /body >
Plain English Description: The body tag does just that--starts and ends the body of the HTML document.
Attributes: Within this tag, the user may specify a background color, font, font color, link color. ALINK--color of active links; BACKGROUND--image, BGCOLOR--background color, LINK--color of all document links, TEXT--color of document text, VLINK--color of visited links in document.
TAG: HEADING TAG (H1, H2...)
Technical Description: A heading tag is utilized to display text as a prominent header. Syntax: < h1 >< /h1
Plain English Description: This tag allows the writing to specify large header text, similar to on a word processing program.
Attributes: There are six levels of importance that can be specified for headers--1 through 6, 1 being the most important and largest to 6 being the smallest.
TAG: BREAK--< BR >
Technical Description: The break tag, "br" allows the user to insert a break in the text. It skips one line. Syntax: < br >< /br >
Plain English Description: The tag allows the writer to skip one line and insert text on the next. The "br" does not have to be closed.
Attributes: n/a.
TAG: PARAGRAPH TAG--< P >
Technical Description: The "p" tag is the paragraph break tag. It begins a new paragraph. Syntax: < p >< /p >
Plain English Description: This tag allows the writer to start a new paragraph.
Attributes: The tag can be used in conjunction with the ALIGN tag as explained below, or with other tags such as clear, nowrap, id, class, title, style.
TAG: ALIGN
Technical Description: This particular tag enables the writer to set a location for the text.
Plain English Description: The writer can specify where he/she wants to put text.
Attributes: Alignment can be made to the left, right or center of the document.
TAG: ANCHOR -- "A" TAG/p>
Technical Description: An anchor is a piece of text or some other object (for example an image) which marks the beginning and/or the end of a hypertext link. Syntax: < a > < /a>
Plain English Description: Allows you to create a hypertextual relationship with another item (image, text..)
Attributes:HREF--link to an object, as described below; NAME--link from an object; REL/REV--relationship between objects; TITLE--title of document
TAG: A HREF
Technical Description: This tag creates a link to a remote location specified by the writer. The anchor "a" tag is used in conjuction. Syntax: < a href="insert location here" >Link Text Here < /a>
Plain English Description: Allows you to put a link to another page.
Attributes: User can specify text for the link as displayed above. Color of link can be specified as well. It is also possible to specify a picture to be a link by utilizing the IMG tag specified below in conjunction with this tag.
TAG: IMAGE
Technical Description: The tag defines an image and allows the user to insert an image on the page. Syntax: < img src="location">
Plain English Description: Allows you to put a picture on the webpage.
Attributes: ALT (for a description), SRC (points to image source), ALIGN (aligns position), HEIGHT, BORDER, WIDTH.
TAG: HR-- HORIZONTAL RULE
Technical Description: Inserts a horizontal line on the webpage. Syntax: < hr >
Plain English Description: This tag can be utilized to draw a line. Tag does not need to be closed.
Attributes: WIDTH, ALIGNMENT, SIZE, NOSHADE.
TAG: MARQUEE BEHAVIOR
Technical Description: This tag allows you to insert a marquee on your page. Syntax: < marquee behavior="type of behavior" >Insert Text for Marquee Here< /marquee>
Plain English Description: The writer can animate text by means of a scrolling display.
Attributes: Attributes such as behavior may be specified as well as loop, direction, width, height and background.
TAG: BOLD TEXT--"B"
Technical Description: This tag makes any text contained within it boldface. Syntax: < b>Insert text to be bold here.< /b>
Plain English Description: Allows you to make your text stand out by making it bold.
Attributes: n/a.
TAG: ITALIC TEXT--"I"
Technical Description: This tag allows you specify text to be italicized. Syntax: < i>Insert text to be italicized here< /i>.
Plain English Description: The writer can specify text to appear in italics.
Attributes: n/a.
TAG: UNORDERED LIST--UL
Technical Description: The UL tag defines an unordered list. An unordered list is defined by one or more list elements (LI). Syntax: < UL >List goes here< /UL>
Plain English Description: Allows you to make a bulleted list.
Attributes: The style of the actual bullet can be manipulated using DISC, SQUARE, CIRCLE.
TAG: LIST - LI
Technical Description: The LI element defines a list item and can be used in conjunction with the tag above. Syntax: < LI >Item to be bulleted appears here.< /LI>
Plain English Description: Allows you to make a bulleted list.
Attributes: See UL attributes. Uses A, a, i, I, 1, DISC, SQUARE, CIRCLE.--to specify types of bullets.
TAG: EMBED
Technical Description: This tag embeds an item in the page. Syntax: < EMBED SRC= >Specify source of item here< /EMBED>
Plain English Description: Allows you to insert an item such as a wav or midi file into a webpage.
Attributes: Width, height, allignment and loop properties can be defined.
TAG: BLOCKQUOTE
Technical Description: The LI element defines a list item and can be used in conjunction with the tag above. Syntax: < LI >Item to be indented goes here.< /LI>
Plain English Description: Allows you to indent a section of text on your page.
Attributes: CITE--you can specify a URL of a quotation to cite. You can use multiple 'blockquote' tags together to indent further. This particular line utilized two blockquotes to indent it further than the line above it.
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