Building Your First Web Page

Class #4

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Action:   Example:
Add Background color
  • Change <BODY> Tag by adding "attribute" before the ending ">"
  • Colors are listed in a 6-digit code
  • New browsers support basic color names.
  • Save as "testpage.htm" in directory of your choice.

Center the headings

  • Tag <CENTER>
  • Don't forget </CENTER>
  • Use to center graphics and

Add a line to separate sections

  • Tag <HR>
  • No ending tag is needed

Format the text

  • Tag<FONT>
  • color="******" size="**" (use either or both attributes)
  • Additional notes on "size="**"

Create a list

  • <UL> (without number) or <OR> (with numbers)
  • <LI> for each "line item"
  • End list with either </UL> or </OR>

Save work

  • save as "testpage.htm" in the directory of your choice
   <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">

<CENTER>

<H1> Building Your First Web Page</H1>

<H2> HTML 101 </H2>

</CENTER>

<HR>

This is what will be seen on the Internet.

<FONT color="red" size="4">

We will build our web site between the "body" tags.

</FONT>

Class #3 added HTML tags that would:

<UL>

<LI>Background color

<LI>Center tag

<LI>Add a horizontal line

<LI>Format text

<LI>Create a list

</UL

</BODY>

</HTML>
Action:   Results:
  • Start you browser
  • Click on "file" & "open"
  • Find "testpage.htm" in the directory you saved it and open file
   (If you see the last lesson, try the "refresh" or "reload" button on your browser.)

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