2. TAGS WE USE A LOT
<!DOCTYPE html>
• The doctype instructs the browser to which version of HTML
the code is written in
• It must be typed just as it is above, it is case sensitive
3. TAGS WE USE A LOT
<html></html>
• The HTML tags instructs the browser that all of the code is
HTML code
4. TAGS WE USE A LOT
<head></head>
• Contains information about the page
• ie: The page title, meta tags, scripts, etc.
5. TAGS WE USE A LOT
<title></title>
• The title of the webpage
6. TAGS WE USE A LOT
<body></body>
• Everything within this tag is what we see on the page
(paragraphs, images, lists, links, etc.)
7. TAGS WE USE A LOT
• Below is a simple website structure using only the basic HTML tags
• The same structure is needed for any webpage you create.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page title goes here</title>
</head>
<body> Everything you see in your web browser goes in here.
Items like paragraphs, list, images, links, etc.
</body>
</html>
• Indenting is used to show the opening and closing tags and structure of the
page
• It is not required to make the page work correctly – just makes it easier to view
and edit!
9. FILE STRUCTURE
What do I call my pages?
• The homepage of most websites is often called “index”.
• Depending on the language it might be index.html, index.php, index.asp... etc.
• Most web servers are set up to look for the index.html file when loading the
homepage
• It can be set to something else – but would require some intervention with the
server…
10. FILE NAMES
What do I call my pages?
• When naming your web pages you should always use lower case
• Use the .html extension
• Don’t use spaces or smiley faces in file names
• Separate words or elements with a dash (-)
E.g.: aboutus.html (ok)
about-us.html (ok)
about us.html (no)
about*us.html (no)
• Spacing or using certain characters in a name can cause display errors or
break a site entirely
11. FILE STRUCTURE
How do I organize my site?
• Every file for a website has to be contained in one folder, our site “Root
Folder”
• You can have sub folders, but all site assets (images, scripts, css) have to be
reside in one main folder (or in sub folders of that folder…)
• The “ROOT” folder is the main folder that houses all of your files including the
sub folders
• In Dreamweaver, save the file
you have open onto your
memory stick in a folder
called “Website” (your new root folder!)
14. TAGS TO TRY OUT
<p></p> Creates a new paragraph
<br> Inserts a line break
<hr> Inserts a horizontal rule
<em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<strong></strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
Headings:
<h1></h1> Creates headings
<h2></h2> Creates second level headings
<h3></h3> Creates third level headings
<h4></h4> Creates forth level headings
<h5></h5> Creates fifth level headings
<h6></h6> Creates forth level headings
15. SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT…
• <em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
• <i></i> Creates italic text
• <strong></strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
• <b></b> Makes a word bold
• Often <strong> renders as <b>, and <em> renders as <i>
• However, there is a difference in the meaning of these tags:
<b> or <i> defines bold or italic text only
<strong> or <em> means that you want the text to be rendered in a way
that the user understands as "important”
• Today, all major browsers render strong as bold and em as italics
• However, if a browser one day wants to make a text highlighted with the strong
feature, it might be cursive for example and not bold!