HTML Lecture Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering key HTML concepts, tags, and best practices from the lecture notes.

HTML files

Must be plain text files.

Relative path

A file path that can be just a file name if the referenced file is in the same folder as the page that links to it.

Singleton tags

HTML tags that do not require a closing tag, such as

---

and
.

Web page layout

Depends on the tags used, not on the layout of the source file.

Absolute pathname (for hyperlinks)

Required for hyperlinks to pages on another Web site.

Relative pathname (for hyperlinks)

May be used for onsite links (links within the same website).

Basic Web page structure

Composed of a head and a body.

Properly nested HTML

Tags are opened and closed in the correct order (e.g.,

Happy New Year!

).

Required basic HTML tags

, , .

tag attributes

src (specifies the image file source) and alt (provides alternative text for the image).

Anchor tags

HTML tags () that create hyperlinks.

Path to image in subfolder

Specified as subfolder_name/image_name.jpg (e.g., images/roses.jpg).

HTML tags syntax

Enclosed in angle brackets, < and >.

Used to specify the text that appears on the title bar of the browser.

tag

The preferred way to specify a break that continues the text on the next line in a Web page.

tag

The tag for the heading that is the largest and the darkest.

tags

Inserting these tags into an HTML page has no effect on the display of the page by themselves (without additional styling).

'id' attribute

Provides a unique 'handle' on an HTML input element so the web developer can manipulate the element individually.

tag

HTML tags that create drop-down menus.

Absolute path (in a link)

A link that contains the full URL, like http://www.coffeecup.com.

Image aspect ratio

Should be preserved by specifying both the height and width in an <img> tag.

tag

Creates a bulleted (unordered) list of items.

tags

All text and images that are to be displayed in the browser window should be placed between these tags.

(ordered list)

Requires a closing tag to be properly structured.