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The Basic Page
Most of the tags used in HTML come in pairs and they affect all of the text in between them. The tags described on this page are the standard tags used in HTML documents. They set up the structure of the page.
There are two sections in every web page. The first is the heading and it contains information used by the browser. This information does not appear on the web page itself. Think of the heading as being the stub attached to your paycheck. The stub usually contains information such as your gross pay and taxes withheld. That information is necessary to create your paycheck, but it does not appear on the check itself. The second section of the web page would be analogous to the check in the previous example. This second section is referred to as the body, or main section, and contains all of the text and tags necessary to make the web page appear the way it does.
<HTML> and </HTML> are the tags used to indicate that this is an HTML document. They must be included and everything else must be between them. <HTML> is the first item on the page and </HTML> is the last item on the page.
<HEAD> and </HEAD> are the tags used to indicate the heading section. Remember, this information DOES NOT appear on the page itself. Usually the title is the only element included in the heading section. You don't have to include anything in the heading, but it is a good idea to include a title.
<TITLE> and </TITLE> are the tags used to indicate the title of the page. The title appears in the title bar which is located at top of the window in the browser and on the top of a printout of the page. If someone creates a bookmark for the page, the title is shown in the bookmark window. The title DOES NOT appear on the page itself. It is used only for informational purposes(think back to the taxes withheld from before).
<BODY> and </BODY> are the tags used to indicate the body of the page. Text that is included between the body tags will appear on the page. Any tags that you put in this section will affect the way the page looks. For example, including images, creating blinking text, and drawing horizontal lines. The body tag has attributes that change the way the whole page looks. For instance, a hot pink background with neon green text. We will discuss these attributes later. Remember, if you want something to appear on your page, it must be in between the two body tages.
This is the way a page is set up.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Your title goes here </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
All of the neat facts about you go here. When you get done, you close this section and end your page.
</BODY>
</HTML>
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