Web Design 1

Introduction

We will use html to mark up our content. The tags we use will let the browser know what kind of information our document contains. The browser can then present the information to the user in an appropriate manner.

Seeing the code in action

A really good way of picking up how html works is to look at the source code for a number of web pages. All browsers have a menu option to view source.

Some common html elements

We have used an unordered list

h1 - the main heading for a page
h2 to h6 - hedings of decreasing importance
p - paragraph
a - an anchor or link to another resource on the World Wide Web
body - contains the portion of the page that contains the content for the user
head - contains the page title and other information and links to support the page

Some common html elements - v2

We have used a definition list

h1: the main heading for a page
h2 to h6: headings of decreasing importance
p: paragraph
a: an anchor or link to another resource on the World Wide Web
body: contains the portion of the page that contains the content for the user
head: contains the page title and other information and links to support the page