Reawen's HTML Help
~Format~

There are a few basic codes that you need to make any page function. The basic format of your page should be this:

<html>
<head>
<title>
</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

HTML: This tag tells the browser to start reading HTML! Without it, none of your code can be transfered into a webpage!
HEAD: Head tags should surround your TITLE, and meta tags (for SEARCH ENGINES)...
TITLE: This is where you put the title that you want to appear in the colored bar at the top of your browser (if you are unsure where I mean, look at the top of your browser now. It should say: Reawen's HTML for Beginners - Format. That is my "title." This should be descriptive, but not too long. Search engines pick up on these "Titles," so it's good to have a title that relates to the page's topic.
BODY: The bulk of your page goes between the <body> and </body> tags. Unless I specify otherwise, put all other tags between these <body> tags.
CLOSE YOUR TAGS: You MUST remember to close your tags. Some browsers will read the page if they're not closed, but not all will! It's best to make your page as compatable as possible, so you shouldn't rely on things that only work some of the time.

EXAMPLE: Here's a sample page format... I'll show my basic code for this page (excluding some of the stuff in the middle). Some of the codes you won't know yet, but notice where they go in relation to the basic format codes I gave you above. Also, try to find on my page which sections result from which codes:

<html>
<head>
<title>Reawen's HTML for Beginners - Format</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#EECBAD" background="background-paper.gif" link="#006400" vlink="#8B2252">

<center><!--#geoguide--></center>

<!--TITLE-->

<font size="7" color="#0000EE"><center><b>Reawen's HTML Help</b><br>
<font color="#000000">~Format~</center>

<!--GET YOUR WEBSPACE-->

<center><img src="line-rainbow.gif"></center>

<font size="2"><p>
There are a few basic codes that you need to make any page function. The basic format of your page should be this:<br>

{I'M SKIPPING THE MIDDLE CODE OF MY PAGE HERE!!!}

Hope that was helpful - remember that aside from the middle chunk I omitted, that is the exact code of this page, so please look and see which parts of the code correspond with which parts of this page.<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="3">
<center><a href="HTML.html">Back to Reawen's "HTML for Beginners"</a></center>

</p>
</font>
</body>
</html>

Hope that was helpful - remember that aside from the middle chunk I omitted, that is the exact code of this page, so please look and see which parts of the code correspond with which parts of this page.


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