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HTML 101
1. H Basic language of the World Wide Web
English roots
T Invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, Swiss
Uses embedded code tags to describe elements
M Simple ASCII text files
Scripting and NOT PROGRAMMING
L Versions - HTML 2.0, HTML 3.0, and HTML 3.5
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2. Basic Tools to setup a Web Site
Text editor - Page Spinner for Macintosh
- NotePad for Windows
Web Browser - Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
A graphic program - Graphic Animator
- Photo Editor
Photoshop
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3. HTML Document Template
<HTML> - tells the web browser on
the type of document
<HEAD> - technical information about the
document is stated.
<TITLE> - gives the document a name.
<BODY> - where the actual document
contents are placed
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4. HTML Document Example
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE> A BASIC HTML FILE </TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
This is a very basic HTML file showing the use
of document template tags. It’s very easy!
</BODY>
</HTML>
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5. HTML Tag
- Any Object or Element enclosed in < > angle brackets
<tag attribute=“value“>
Webpage Property Value
Element or Format assigned
or Object to attribute
6. Items enclosed by this tag is the
<BODY> actual document content.
BACKGROUND = “image file”
- the image file to be used as page background
- this will be tiled if it is smaller than the viewing screen
BGCOLOR = “color or Hexa Decimal”
- defines the background color of the page
TEXT = “color or Hexa Decimal”
- defines the color of the normal body text
LINK = “color string”
- defines the text color of the hypertext link
VLINK = “color string”
- defines the text color of the visited links
ALINK = “color string”
- defines the text color of the active link
(it’s the color that briefly flashes when the link text is clicked)
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7. formats the texts of the
<Font>...</Font> web page
• Size = n (n = 1 to 7) normal size is 3
Attributes : • Color = “#rrggbb” or “color name”
• Face = “font name”
Other Text Control Tags
<Small>...</Small> makes text smaller
<Big>...</Big> makes text bigger
<SUB>...</SUB> makes text subscript
<SUP>...</SUP> makes text superscript
<I>...</I> makes text italic
<B>...</B> makes text bold
<U>...</U> makes text underlined
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<STRIKE>...</STRIKE> makes text strike
8. - syntax for declaring single space
<br> - bring object to the next line (line break)
PARAGRAPHS
<P> defines the paragraph element
</P> is optional since a new <P>
: implies the end of the preceding
: paragraph
</P>
<P align = left / center / right >
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9. HEADING TAGS
<H1>….</H1>
<H2>….</H2> heading tag marks
<H3>….</H3> texts as heads
it has 6 level H1 to H6
<H4>….</H4> H1 has the largest font
<H5>….</H5> size while H6 the smallest
<H6>….</H6>
<H4 ALIGN = left / center / right >…. </H4>
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10. HORIZONTAL RULED LINE
used to separate different areas
<HR> of a web page
it does not have a closing tag
Attributes :
color = “#ffffff” defines the color of the line
width = n (pixel width)
= n% (certain percent of screen width)
size = n (line thickness in pixel)
NOSHADE ---- to turn off line shading
align = left / center / right
Example: <HR width=80% size=4 align=right NOSHADE>
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13. ANCHORED LINKS
<A> indicates an anchor for a piece of
: text or image that serves as the
</A> origin of the hyperlink
<A href = “URL”>linking text and/or image</A>
•This URL can be another HTML document, a
program, an image, an audio, or video file.
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14. <A>…</A> attributes :
HREF = “link destination”
• specifies the hyperlink reference : the file to be accessed, in the
form of a filename or URL.
NAME = “bookmark”
• gives a name to the link destination marker. It is used to identify
a bookmark destination within an HTML file.
TARGET = “frame label”
• Indicates the name of a specific frame into which you load the
linked document.
Special TARGETS :
“_BLANK” link is loaded into a new blank window
“_SELF” link is loaded into the current browser window
“_TOP” link is loaded into the frame where link was clicked on
“_PARENT” link is loaded into in the immediate frameset parent
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