How to Make Your Own Webpage
A Beginners' Guide to HTML by Dave Alger
World Wide What?
TEXT
HYPERtext
This text is <b>BOLD</b>
Take a look at the HTML code below...
Exercise 1
Try typing different <tags> around the word Experiment
below until
you find 3 that work.
Note: The first one is already done for you
Hints:
- Knowing that these tags will make the text bold... <b>Experiment</b>
- Which tags might make the text underlined or italics?
One or more ATTRIBUTES can also be set inside the begin tag
<span style="color:red">Apple</span>
The tag name is ...span
The attribute name is ...style
The attribute value is ...color:red
Take a look at the HTML code below...
Exercise 2
See if you can get the word RAINBOW to display in a large
font where each letter is a different color of the R
A
I
N
B
O
W.
Hints:
- Start by wrapping the entire word in a span tag and setting the style
attribute to a value of font-size:4em
- <span style="font-size:4em">RAINBOW</span>
- Then wrap each letter in another span tag and setting the style
attribute to different color values...
- <span style="color:red">R</span>
- <span style="color:orange">A</span>
- ...
The anchor tag <a> uses the href attribute to link to other webpages
<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>
The tag name is ...a
The attribute name is ...href
The attribute value is ...http://google.com
The image tag <img> uses the src attribute to show a picture
<img src="mario.jpg"
/>
The tag name is ...img
The attribute name is ...src
The attribute value is ...mario.jpg
Exercise 3
Make a simple page about yourself with your name in large text at the
top.
Use at least 1 image <img> and 1 hyperlink <a>
Hints:
- Start by typing your name between <h1> and </h1> tags
- Add an image using the <img> tag
-
<img src="picture8.jpg" />
- Add a hyperlink using the <a> tag
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<a href="http://jsfiddle.net">jsfiddle</a>