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BASIC HTML TAGS

Please refer to the following list of HTML tags to help you with your web page design.

<html> begins a new web page
</html> ends a web page

<head> use this tag below the <html> tag, this tag contains information about a Web page, such as the title.
</head> This ends the head tag.

<title> type this tag directly below the <head> tag. Type the title of the web page, using only letters and numbers.
</title> ends the title tag.

<body> you must place the BODY tags around the contents of a Web page.
</body> this is used directly before the </html> tag.

<p> This tag us used to begin new paragraphs within your web page.

<center> This tag centers text </center>

<b> makes text bold </b>

<I> makes text italic </I>

<br> Page break – similar to pressing enter </br>

<hr> Horizontal rule - this tag draws a line across your screen. Do you want a thicker line?
Try:
<hr size=5>
<hr size=10>

<font face ="comic sans"> changes the font of your text </font>

<font color="blue"> This is blue font.</font>

 

<h1> Very large heading size </h1>

<h2> Large heading size </h2>

<h3> Normal size heading </h3>

<h4> Smaller size heading </h4>

How do I create a list?

<ul> Use this tag before the list

<li> Use this tag in front of each item on the list.

</ul> Ends the un-numbered list.

Ex.

<ul> Fruits
<li> apples
<li> pears
<li> oranges
|</ul>

How do I add images?

  1. Find an image.
  2. Right click the image.
  3. Left click COPY IMAGE LOCATION
  4. Return to HTML page and use this tag:

<img src="URL> </img> Used to add an image

Do you wish to size an image? Follow this tag:

<img src="URL" height=100 width=100> </img>

Change the height and width numbers accordingly.

How do I add a link to my page?

<a href="URL"> Click here to go to… </a> used to create a link from one page to another

My link does not work! Go back to your HTML document and check the following:

  1. Is the tag typed correct?
  2. Did you use quotation marks before and after the URL?
  3. Did you type a message, such as Click here to go to…..?
  4. Did you end the tag? </a>

How do I add a picture link?

<a href="URL><img src="URL"> < Used to create a picture link from one page to another </a>

How do I add music to my site?

Click and listen music:

  1. Find the sound
  2. Right click the title of the sound
  3. Left click COPY LINK LOCATION
  4. Return to HTML document and follow this tag:

<a href="URL"> Click here to listen to my song. </a>

How do I add background music to my page?

Repeat Steps 1-3 from above.

Return to HTML document

Type the following tag right after the <HTML> tag:

<embed src="URL" autostart=true loop=true hidden=true>

Now that I did all this work, how can I view my page?

The URL is: https://www.angelfire.com/ny4/--------.html

Obviously, type in your URL after the ny4.

 

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