Coding

Cards (39)

  • HTML
    Hyper Text Markup Language, the standard markup language for creating Web pages
  • HTML
    • Describes the structure of a Web page
    • Consists of a series of elements
    • Elements tell the browser how to display the content
    • Elements label pieces of content
  • HTML element

    Defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag
  • Some HTML elements have no content (like the
    element). These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag!
  • HTML headings

    Defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags, <h1> defines the most important heading, <h6> defines the least important heading
  • HTML paragraphs
    Defined with the <p> tag
  • HTML images

    Defined with the <img> tag, the source file (src), alternative text (alt), width, and height are provided as attributes
  • HTML links

    Defined with the <a> tag, the destination is specified in the href attribute
  • Attributes are used to provide additional information about HTML elements
  • HTML elements can be nested (this means that elements can contain other elements)
  • HTML is not case sensitive, tags are not case sensitive
  • The HTML standard does not require quotes around attribute values, but W3C recommends quotes in HTML, and demands quotes for stricter document types like XHTML
  • Double quotes around attribute values are the most common in HTML, but single quotes can also be used
  • HTML attributes

    • href
    • src
    • width
    • height
    • alt
    • style
    • lang
    • title
  • The <!DOCTYPE> declaration represents the document type, and helps browsers to display web pages correctly
  • The <!DOCTYPE> declaration for HTML5 is: <!DOCTYPE html>
  • The <html> element is the root element and defines the whole HTML document
  • The <body> element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents
  • The <title> element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)
  • The
    tag defines a line break, and is an empty element without a closing tag
  • HTML
    Hypertext Markup Language - used to create web pages
  • Style Attribute

    Used to set the style of an HTML element
  • Setting the style of an HTML element

    1. Use the style attribute
    2. The property is a CSS property
    3. The value is a CSS value
  • Background Color

    The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element
  • Setting background color

    • body style="background-color:powderblue;"
    • This is a heading
    • This is a paragraph
  • Text Color
    The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element
  • Setting text color

    • h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
    • p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph</p
  • Fonts
    The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element
  • Setting font family

    • h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
    • p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph</p
  • Text Size

    The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element
  • Setting text size

    • h1 style="font-size:30px;">This is a heading</h1>
    • p style="font-size:36px;">This is a paragraph</p
  • Text Alignment

    The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element
  • Setting text alignment

    • h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
    • p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph</p
  • Use the style attribute for styling HTML elements
  • Use background-color for background color
  • Use color for text colors
  • Use font-family for text fonts
  • Use font-size for text sizes
  • Use text-align for text alignment