HTML Tags
What are HTML tags? HTML tags are used to mark-up HTML
elements HTML tags are surrounded by the two characters < and >
The surrounding characters are called angle brackets HTML tags
normally come in pairs like <b> and </b> The first tag in a
pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag The text between
the start and end tags is the element content HTML tags are not case
sensitive, <b> means the same as <B>
Logical vs.
Physical Tags In HTML there are both logical tags and physical tags.
Logical tags are designed to describe (to the browser) the enclosed
text's meaning. An example of a logical tag is the <strong>
</strong> tag. By placing text in between these tags you are
telling the browser that the text has some greater importance. By
default all browsers make the text appear bold when in between the
<strong> and </strong> tags.
Physical tags on the other
hand provide specific instructions on how to display the text they
enclose. Examples of physical tags include:
<b>: Makes the
text bold. <big>: Makes the text usually one size bigger than
what's around it. <i>: Makes text italic.
Physical tags
were invented to add style to HTML pages because style sheets were not
around, though the original intention of HTML was to not have physical
tags. Rather than use physical tags to style your HTML pages, you should
use style sheets.
HTML Elements Remember the HTML example from the previous page:
<html>
<head> <title>My First Webpage</title>
</head> <body> This is my first homepage. <b>This
text is bold</b> </body> </html>
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