HCI 201 Multimedia and the World Wide Web

Fall 1999 - Section 703 - Introduction to HTML


Structural Tags

<HTML> </HTML> - Identifies content as HTML
<HEAD> </HEAD> - Contains title and other summary info on the contents
<TITLE> </TITLE> - Title of content, appears in browser title bar
<BODY> </BODY> - Main section of content

Common Structure of a Document

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My Document</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
The WWW is an exciting place to be.
</BODY>
</HTML>

Formatting

<BR> (no close) - Line break
<P> </P> - Paragraph
<H1> </H1> - Largest heading (font size)
....
<H6> </H6> - Smallest heading (font size)

Comment

<!-- --> contents not shown by browser

Intro to HTML Example


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