Coding the Web Lesson 2-3: Layouts and Basic Formatting Tags

semantic

Elements that define specific tags to indicate clearly what role is played by the content those tags contain.

header

Semantic element that typically is used for the main heading at the top of the page.

footer

Semantic element that typically is used for the bottom copyright information.

h1

Largest heading size

h6

Smallest heading size

blockquote

Tag that sets words apart just like a paragraph except it indents from the left and right.

br

Tag that creates a line break while in a paragraph; simply goes to next line (does not set apart from other text).

hr

Tag for horizontal rule; it's basically a line across the page

em

Tag used to italicize (preferred)

strong

Tag used to bold words (preferred)

margin

The outside edge of a block element.

padding

The area inside the border of a block element.

ul

Tag for bulleted list

ol

Tag for numbered list

li

Tag for each item in an ordered or unordered list

dl

Tag for description list

dd

Tag used for the second part of a description list, the actual definition part.

dt

Tag used for the first part of a description list, the word or term being described

type

The attribute used with an ordered list to change the number to letters or roman numerals

start

The attribute used with an ordered list to change the value of the first item (begin with letter E, for example)

nesting

Putting a list inside another list is an example of this

entity

Codes that do not go in tags that represent symbols

ampersand

Entity codes begin with this

semi-colon

Entity codes end with this

©

Entity code for copyright symbol

→

Entity code for a right pointing arrow