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HTML Documentation HTML

Documentation and syntax for HTML

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HTML HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTML

HTML Tag HTML

Tags are the building blocks of an HTML document

Tag

Indentation General

Indentation is the visual structure of how your code is laid out. It uses tabs to organize code into a hierarchy.

Tree HTML

The structure of an HTML document

HTML Formatting HTML

HTML provides several tags for formatting text on web pages.

<a> Tag HTML

Allows putting links on a web page. It uses the href attribute to specify what the link should point to.

<img> Tag HTML

Allows adding an image to a web page. It is self-closing. The attributes of an `<img>` tag include `src`, which specifies where to get the image from (the url for an image ), and `width` and `height` attributes, which specify the size of the image in pixels.

HTML Lists HTML

Way to organize information with a simple structure that is easy to read and write on a webpage. There are ordered and unordered HTML lists.

<ul> Tag HTML

Defines an unordered list in HTML.

<li> Tag HTML

defines a list item inside an HMTL list.

HTML Tables HTML

Tables display information in a grid.

Style Attribute HTML

Allows adding several different types of styles to HTML elements.

CSS CSS

Cascading Style Sheets. The language for designing web pages and adding style.

Selector CSS

Defines which HTML elements a CSS rule applies to.

Class Attribute HTML

`class` is an attribute we can add to HTML tags in order to style a specific group of elements.

id Attribute HTML

`id` is an attribute we can add to an HTML tag to style that specific element.

Website General

A collection of related webpages, usually registered under the same domain name

Hyperlink HTML

The connection between one HTML page to another HTML page

Div HTML

A tag that creates a new area of content on a web page that can be styled independently of the rest of the site

Span HTML

A tag that creates an inline area of content on a webpage that can be manipulated separately from the block it is enclosed in

Visibility HTML

An attribute that determines if a particular element can be seen by the viewer of the web page

Animation General

Creating the illusion of motion using rapidly changing still images.

Tooltip HTML

A small box with extra information about an element that appears when the cursor hovers over the element.