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Basic HTML documents consist of text and tags enclosed in angle brackets. Tags come in pairs with an opening and closing tag. Common tags include <html> to begin and end an HTML document, <head> for document information, <body> for visible content, and <p> for paragraphs. Headings, lists, and images are important elements to organize content. Headings use <h1> to <h6> tags, lists include <ol> for numbered, <ul> for bulleted, and <dl> for definition lists. The <img> tag embeds images with a src attribute, and alt text provides an alternative for images that fail to load.

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Basic HTML 1 HTML

Basic HTML documents consist of text and tags enclosed in angle brackets. Tags come in pairs with an opening and closing tag. Common tags include <html> to begin and end an HTML document, <head> for document information, <body> for visible content, and <p> for paragraphs. Headings, lists, and images are important elements to organize content. Headings use <h1> to <h6> tags, lists include <ol> for numbered, <ul> for bulleted, and <dl> for definition lists. The <img> tag embeds images with a src attribute, and alt text provides an alternative for images that fail to load.

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Basic HTML 1 HTML

documents consist of text, images, and HTML tags for labeling each element.
Tags come in pairs (i.e., a beginning tag and an ending tag) and are enclosed by angle brackets (the “less
than” and “greater than” signs).
The format for an HTML tag is

<tag name>text</tag name>

that the ending tag name is preceded by a slash (/).


It is important to include the ending tag with its slash character.
Otherwise, the rest of your document will have the properties of the tag you forgot to finish.

The file you have just created contains the essential elements of every HTML file:

*Every HTML file name has two parts, separated by a period.


The first part is any name you want to give the file.
The second part must be “html.”

*Every HTML file begins and ends with the <html> and </html> tags.
The <head> section of your document contains its title (and may contain other preliminary information).

Information in the <head> section is meant for the browser and is not generally displayed on the screen
(except for the <title> which appears in the browser window at the very top of the screen).
Text and images that you want to see displayed on the screen go into the <body> section of your
document.

Headings

The organization of your document depends upon your effective use of headings to produce
manageable sections.
There are six heading levels in HTML, numbered 1 through 6, from most important to least important:

<h1>Heading level 1</h1> most important


<h2>Heading level 2</h2>
<h3>Heading level 3</h3>
<h4>Heading level 4</h4>
<h5>Heading level 5</h5>
<h6>Heading level 6</h6> least important

Headings are usually larger and bolder than regular HTML text.
However, do not assume that the way each heading appears on your computer screen will be the Basic
HTML 1 way it looks on every computer.
Each browser can define how the headings look, and the user can often change settings too.

Paragraphs
To indicate paragraphs in HTML, use the <p> and </p> tags.
1.The paragraph tag (<p>) indicates breaks between paragraphs by inserting a blank line between them
on the browser page.
2.Blank lines in your text file are ignored. Only a <p> tag produces a blank line on the browser page.
3.Tabs and multiple spaces are collapsed into one space.
4.Word wrapping can occur anywhere in your text document and doesn’t affect the appearance of your
browser page.
In other words, you could type whole paragraphs or your entire HTML document on one line and still
have the page nicely formatted in the browser. (This isn’t recommended because it makes editing the
text difficult.)
5.To include short lines in your Web document with no extra spaces between lines (for example, lines in
a mailing address or a poem), use the line break <br /> tag.

HTML lists

After headings, lists are the next most important way of organizing information for your viewers.
Lists are useful for creating tables of contents, step-by-step instructions, outlines, glossaries, etc.
The most common HTML lists are:

Type of list Appearance on page


Ordered lists <ol> numbered
Unordered lists <ul> bulleted
Definition lists <dl> a term followed by a definition

Note: You can include a <br /> tag within a list item to move text to the following line.
The same indentation will be preserved, but no new bullet or number will be produced.

Ordered lists

Ordered lists (<ol>) number their items sequentially. Tags for an ordered list are
<ol> <li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li> </ol>

The list begins and ends with the ordered list tags <ol> and </ol>.
Each item in the list is indicated by a “list item” <li> tag.
This pattern is the same for most lists with only the tag for the type of list changing.

Unordered lists

Unordered lists (<ul>) use bullets to indicate items. Tags for an unordered list are

<ul>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ul>
The unordered list begins and ends with the tags <ul> and </ul>.
Each item in the list is indicated by a list item tag.

Definition lists

Definition lists (<dl>) are a little different from other lists because they use an additional tag.
Tags for a definition list are

<dl>
<dt>Definition term</dt>
<dd>Definition</dd>
<dt>Definition term</dt>
<dd>Definition</dd>
</dl>

The list begins and ends with the definition list tags <dl> and </dl>.
There are separate tags for the definition term <dt>
</dt> and for the definition itself <dd></dd>.

The definition term consists of a single line, while the definition can contain multiple lines or paragraphs.
Definition lists are useful for glossaries and for any situation where you want to set off one element (the
definition term) and expand upon it (the definition).

Background Color
The bgcolor attribute specifies the background color of a document.

<html>
<body bgcolor="#E6E6FA">
</body>
</html>

HTML Images Syntax

In HTML, images are defined with the <img> tag.

The <img> tag is empty, it contains attributes only, and does not have a closing tag.
The src attribute specifies the URL (web address) of the image:

The alt Attribute

The alt attribute provides an alternate text for an image, if the user for some reason cannot view it
(because of slow connection, an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader).

<img src="SamplePic.jpg" alt="Sample Caption of the Image">

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