This document will contain the basic tags found in every Web page, as well as text in various sizes, formats and colors. Refer to Chapter 3 of the Lemay text for information regarding both the basic HTML tags and the tags which control font sizes. Skip ahead to Chapter 5 to learn more about controlling text formatting and color. Students will analyze a web site , based on design criteria provided by the instructor. When you point your Web browser to a Web page, the browser interprets the HTML commands embedded in the page and uses them to format the page's text and graphic elements.
Many tags have optional attributes that use values to modify the tag's behavior.
When you write HTML in a simple text program, you create a document that can be read by a browser like Netscape. Some other browsers are Mosaic, Internet Explorer, and Lynx. Each of these browsers may read your HTML a little differently, and may read it in a manner that you did not intend or envision. Remember, too, that HTML is a constantly changing language, and older browsers often don't support the newest tags. When a browser sees an HTML tag it doesn't understand, it tends to ignore both the tag and the material the tag affects.