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

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Description and Tags

Web Design

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semantic

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

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header

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

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footer

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

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h1

Largest heading size

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h6

Smallest heading size

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blockquote

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

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br

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

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hr

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

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em

Tag used to italicize (preferred)

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strong

Tag used to bold words (preferred)

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margin

The outside edge of a block element.

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padding

The area inside the border of a block element.

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ul

Tag for bulleted list

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ol

Tag for numbered list

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li

Tag for each item in an ordered or unordered list

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dl

Tag for description list

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dd

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

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dt

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

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type

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

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start

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

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nesting

Putting a list inside another list is an example of this

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entity

Codes that do not go in tags that represent symbols

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ampersand

Entity codes begin with this

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semi-colon

Entity codes end with this

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©

Entity code for copyright symbol

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Entity code for a right pointing arrow

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