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The Basic MUST HAVE Tags



<html></html>  Allows the document to be readable from any Internet browser

<head></head> necessary if you want a title (the thing that shows up when someone marks your page as a bookmark)

<title></title> what shows up at the very top left of the browser (identifies your page in bookmarks, also). This page title is "Kathleen's Easy HTML: The Basic Must Have Tags". The title does not appear on the page itself (see the upper left hand of your browser). Because it is in the HEAD, it is used to identify your page.

<body></body> this is where the meat & potatoes of your page is placed

<body bgcolor=XXXXX> The background of your page (solid color)

My Web Page
<html>
<head>
<title>My Web Page</title>
<body bgcolor=yellow>

My Web Page<p>

</body>
</html>

My Web Page
 
 
 
 
 
 


? What is this <p> tag? See Breaks & Spaces

Note that when you write a tag you must always close the section with the "ending tag," such as </html> which ends the html document.



<body background="file.gif"> The background of your page (graphic)

My Web Page
<html>
<head>
<title>My Web Page</title>
<body background=/bg/bg1.gif>

My Web Page<p>

</body>
</html>

My Web Page