Summary

You now have a basic understanding of Web page coding. Once you understand the general nature of HTML code, creating and formatting Web pages becomes a simple matter. When you are ready to add tables, frames, and other advanced elements to your page, you'll need to master more advanced command tags, but you should have little trouble doing so as long as you build gradually on the knowledge you have already. Using only the tags discussed in this chapter, you can create nice- looking, although simple, Web pages that contain text, graphics, and links to other sites.

  • HTML text files end in the .htm or .html extension.

  • Use command tags to format your HTML commands.

  • The <title> tag determines the words that appear at the top of your browser window. ...

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