Basic Tags
Tags are elements of the HTML language. Almost every kind of tag has
an opening symbol and a closing symbol. For example, the <HEAD>
tag identifies the beginning of heading information. It also has a closing
tag </HEAD>.
<HTML></HTML>
This element tells browsers that the file is a HTML document. Each HTML
document starts with the tag <HTML>. This tag should be first thing
in the document. It has an associate closing tag </HTML> which must
be the last tag in the file.
<HEAD></HEAD>
The head contains important information about the document.
<TITLE></TITLE>
The title tag is an important tag. It is used to display a title on the
top of your browser window. Both the opening and the closing tags go between
the head tags.
The following example shows how to use the tags:
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML For Beginners</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
<META>
Another tag that can be added in the head is a <META> tag. It is
used to help search engines index a page. There are several different
meta names.
The author meta:
<META NAME="author" CONTENT="iTech College">
The description meta:
<META NAME="description"
CONTENT="A very easy tutorial for HTML beginners">
The keyword meta. Note that always seperate Keywords with a comma:
<META NAME="keywords"
CONTENT="html,tutorial,beginner,web design">
The following example shows how these tags are coded:
<head>
<title>HTML For Beginners</title>
<meta name="Author"
content="iTech College">
<meta name="Description"
content="A very easy tutorial for HTML beginners">
<meta name="Keywords"
content="html,tutorial,beginner,web design">
</head>
<BODY></BODY>
The Body Tag is used to identify the start of the main portion of your
webpage. Between <BODY> </BODY> tags you will place all images,
links, text, paragraphs, and forms. For example:
<body>
Free Web Design Courses from www.itechcollege.com
</bofy>
We will explain each tag that is used within the body of the HTML file. |
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