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Revision Guide - HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. Key elements include tags for document structure, text formatting, images, and tables, with specific tags like <html>, <head>, <body>, <img>, <table>, <tr>, <th>, and <td> serving distinct purposes. Additionally, the bgcolor attribute can be used to set background colors for web pages.

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Revision Guide - HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. Key elements include tags for document structure, text formatting, images, and tables, with specific tags like <html>, <head>, <body>, <img>, <table>, <tr>, <th>, and <td> serving distinct purposes. Additionally, the bgcolor attribute can be used to set background colors for web pages.

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Year 8 – HTML Revision

What is HTML? HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard language
used to create web pages and websites.

Tags: A piece of code used to add content to a webpage.

• <!DOCTYPE html>: Tells the browser that this is an HTML5 document.

• <html>: The root element of the HTML document.

• <head>: Contains meta-information like the title.

• <body>: Contains the content that appears on the web page.

TEXT FORMATTING HTML Tags:

• <h1> to <h6>: Headings (from largest to smallest). HTML provides six levels of
heading tags used to define headings and subheadings on a webpage.

• <p>: Paragraph - used to define a block of text as a paragraph.


Year 8 – HTML Revision

IMAGE Tag:

• <img> tag is used to display images on a webpage.


• The <img> tag is self-closing – it does not need a closing tag.

Consists of two attributes:

Tables-

The <table> tag in HTML is used to display data in rows and columns.

Structure of a table

<table> — Table Tag

• Purpose: Starts and ends the table.


• It holds all rows, headers, and cells.
Year 8 – HTML Revision

• Like a container for the entire data layout.

<tr> — Table Row

• Purpose: Defines a single row of data in the table.


• You need at least one <tr> for each row.

<th> — Table Header

• Purpose: Defines a heading cell (usually the top row).


• Text appears bold and centered by default.
• Use it for column or row titles.

<td> — Table Data

• Purpose: Defines a regular data cell in the table.


• Used to show actual content (numbers, names, etc.)

Common Tips:

• Always close each tag properly (</td>, </tr>, etc.)


• Use <th> for column titles.
• You can add border="1" to make the table visible.

Background Color in HTML

Bgcolor attribute is used to sets the background color: Following code will set the color to
blue.

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