Tips
This is code. Everything needs to be perfect.If you forget one symbol something won't display correctly. Test often. Sometimes you need to refresh your browser so the page will display correctly. Always use lowercase characters.
I'll add to this as we learn new things.
Basic Web Page
<html>
<head>
<title>Document title here</title>
</head>
<body>This is where text and pictures go.
</body>
</html>
Basic
Tags
<html></html>
Creates an HTML document
<head></head>
Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web
page itself
<title></title>
Puts the name of the document in the title bar. Goes in the head.
Body Attributes
<body></body>
Sets off the visible portion of the document
<body bgcolor=?>
Sets the background color, using name or hex value
<body text=?>
Sets the text color, using name or hex value
Text Tags
<hl></hl>
Creates the largest headline
<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest headline
<b></b>
Creates bold text
<i></i>
Creates italic text
<tt></tt>
Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text
<strong></strong>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<font size=?></font>
Sets size of font, from 1 to 7)
<font color=?></font>
Sets font color, using name or hex value
Links
<a href="URL"></a>
Creates a hyperlink
<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>
Creates a mailto link
<a name="NAME"></a>
Creates a target location within a document
<a href="#NAME"></a>
Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document
Formatting
<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph
<p align=?>
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center
<br>
Inserts a line break
<img src="name">
Adds an image
<img src="name" width="123" height="123">
Adds an image and size
<img src="name" align=?>
Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
<img src="name" border=?>
Sets size of border around an image
<hr>
Inserts a horizontal rule (a line)
