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There are some snippets of information that you really need to know and simply don't fit it anywhere else - that's what this page is for. I strongly advise you read it, even if it doesn't seem relevant yet. Line Breaks The P tag can be used to create paragraphs, but what if you just want a line break? Use the BR tag, as in this example: <P>Using the BR tag<BR> Using the BR tag Note that you don't have to have a line break in your actual code - I do it so I can see what's going on. DOCTYPE Tag There's one tag that goes before the HTML tag at the top of your HTML document - the DOCTYPE tag. It's not strictly necessary, but including it tells your visitor (or their browser) about what version of HTML your using. Currently we're on version 4, but since we're not obeying all the strict rules of version 4, we call it transitional. Therefore just put this - you don't have to understand all the bits at this stage: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> None of this displays on your page, so just paste it in and forget about it. Annotating Code You can add annotations to your code to help you when you look at it later. Just tell the browser to ignore them, by surrounding them with <!-- and --> - for example: <!-- My Annotation Here --> Special Characters Some characters are used by the HTML language and so can't be displayed on your page. For example, when the browser sees < it expects a tag. To use these characters, you need to put their codes. All character codes begin with an ampersand and end with a semi-colon. The most common characters and their codes are:
Horizontal Rules If you want to rule a horizontal line accross your page, you can use the HR tag: <HR SIZE="3" WIDTH="50%"> The size attribute controls the thickness of the line. You can specify the width either in percetage terms or in pixels. To make the line a solid, add the noshade command to the tag: <HR SIZE="3" WIDTH="50%" NOSHADE> Some browsers will respond to a COLOR attribute (with a normal hex code) but this will not always work. If you want a coloured line, it would probably be safer to use an image. |
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Quick Essentials
