HTML BasicsHTML is the computer language upon which web pages are based. Don't worry - it's really not that difficult! You don't need to learn the whole language, you can do a lot with a few simple tags like the ones below. HTML tags are simple commands which indicate how text (and other elements such as graphics) should appear on the page. They consist of words, letters and/or numbers, and are contained in angle-brackets like this: <b>. This particular tag means "bold text". Most tags are used in pairs. The "opening tag" is placed where you want the format to begin, the
"closing tag" is placed at the end. The closing tag is typically the same as the opening
one, with the addition of a forward-slash character. |
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| Use this code: | This is how to add <b>bold text</b> to your page. |
| To get this effect: | This is how to add bold text to your page. |
| Some Basic HTML Tags | |
| Tag(s) | Meaning |
| <br> | Line break (new line of text) |
| <p> </p> | New paragraph (adds a space between lines) |
| <font color="red" face="arial" size="4"> </font> | red arial font, sized 4 (Change the colour, face and size to suit your needs) |
| <b> </b> | bold text |
| <i> </i> | italics |
| <hr> | Horizontal rule (line) |
| <img src="imagename.gif"> | Places the specified image on the page. |
| <a href="http://www.teawamutu.net">TeAwamutu.Net</a> | Creates a hyperlink which looks like this: TeAwamutu.Net |