Chapter 4

HTML Tags and Attributes

Contents

4.1 Markup: Presentational, Structural, Semantic. 36

4.2 Tags.......................... 37

4.2.1 Most Tags Come in Pairs.............. 38

4.2.2 Some Tags Stand Alone (Void)........... 39

4.2.3 Starting and Ending a Tag............. 39

4.2.4 Nesting and Overlapping Markup.......... 40

4.3 Tag Attributes.................... 41

4.3.1 Blank Attribute Values............... 41

4.3.2 Spacing........................ 41

4.3.3 Quote Marks..................... 42

4.4 Global Attributes.................. 45

4.4.1 style=......................... 46

4.4.2 id=.......................... 46

4.4.3 class=......................... 47

4.4.4 title=......................... 47

4.4.5 hidden= (Advanced)................. 47

In this chapter we will provide more information about HTML markup.

4.1 Markup: Presentational, Structural, Semantic

Content is more than meets the eye. It is the meaning.

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