HTML Tags

The main structural HTML tags are

<HTML> </HTML> – This tells the browser where the HTML pages starts amd stops.
<Head> </Head> – This is the header of the HTML page it is not displayed but contains information that is required for the page to be displayed properly.
<Title> </Title> – This is the title of the page, it is displayed in the tab at the top of the screen.
<Body> </Body> – The contents of the page are contained here/
– Takes a new paragraph
<!– Comment –> – This is a comment for the designer and is not displayed in the browser.

The main formatting tags are

green text – This changes the colour of the text, note the American spelling. Colours can be described by name or by a hexadecimal reference.
Fancy fonts – You can change the font the text is displayed in.
– Embolden the text.
– Italics the text
– Underline the text
<H1>..<H7> – Set the text as a header and specify a type
2 – Display as supertext (think squares)
&nbsp – Display a non blank space

Coltness High School – Computing Science