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-Stands for hypertext markup language
-HTML is a formatting code. It simply provides directions for how information is to be displayed in a web browser.
-Most tags that you use in HTML are put between angle brackets < >
-Every web page starts with -<html> and ends with </html>
-All heading information is within the <heading> tag.
-Within the <heading >tag, put the <title> tag. The title will show up on the browser tab.
-The body tag contains all the websites content and information. -The body can have a background color if desired. The code is <body bgcolor="000000">

Structure of a simple HTML page.

<html>
   < head >
     < title ></title>
   < /head >
   < body >
      All page content goes here
   < /body >
< /html >

Every web page starts with <html> and ends with </html>
All heading information is within the <heading> tag.
Within the <head tag>, put the <title> tag. The title will show up on the browser tab.


Useful HTML Codes

<br /> makes a line break
<hr /> makes a horizontal line on the page
<strong>Makes bold text</strong>
<em> Makes italic text--stands for emphasis </em>
&nbsp; makes a space
&amp; makes an ampersand
&lt makes a left angle bracket <
&gt; makes a right angle bracket >
If I want to add notes in my html text, I can put it in this tag: <!--Comments-->
Here is a helpful link: http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm
Page Created By: Alice
January 25, 2010