(HTML) Marking Up With Tags

Since HTML stems from the basic concept of using tags, the more a person becomes familiar with various tags, the better that person will be able to create customized web pages. HTML tags are made up of a left angle bracket ( < ), a tag name, and a right angle bracket ( > ). Tags normally have a start and end tag but some tags only need a beginning tag to function. The end tag is identical to the start tag with a backslash ( / ) preceding the text between the angle brackets. The general form of a tag is as follows:

<tagName> </tagName>

Where tagName is the name of the tag element. Some elements may include additional instructions in the start tag, called attributes. Attributes give additional information about the element to the web browser.

The following is a brief overview of the basic document structure HTML tags:

Foundation

Text

Style Format

Scripting

Tables

Graphics

Lists

Input

Hyper Links

<a>
<link>

Block

Frames

Embedded

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