HTML-The foundation of web design-part two October 12, 2010
Posted by martin in : Policies , trackbackPreviously we made a quick introduction into the realm of HTML, the code that web designers use to tell the internet what they want the computer screen to look like and what they want it to do. While this is in no way a HTML tutorial, not even close, it is just a few tips about understanding the fundamentals of the basics of HTML.
Web design with HTML-tags and brackets
First, HTML uses a range of words or codes, in computer lingo, called tags. Each tag has a certain effect on the computer screen and one tag is used to start the effect and a similar one is used to end it. Each one is surrounded by brackets, in web design, language called ‘angle brackets’.
Using the strong tag in web design
One example would be the “strong tag” which makes words appear bold. For example; imagine you are creating a very basic web page and you write the phrase “we sell discount computer hardware“. Yet, you would like to make the word ‘hardware’ really stand out. You want it to look this way “we sell discount computer hardware’. To do this you need to use a tag before and after the term ‘hardware’ to give the effect.
Using HTML to alter your web design
To achieve this you would use an HTML editor to make the following HTML code.
Right before the word ‘hardware’ you would ‘start’ the code by typing <strong>, now anything after this case will be in bold. Then you move beyond the word ‘hardware’ and ‘end’ the code by typing </strong>. Thats it.
You have to pay really close to the details. Do you see the difference? The closing, or ending tag has a ‘/’ a backslash. That’s the thing with HTML, it is a very meticulous and every letter or symbol will effect how the web design looks. Everything.
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