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HTML Only Web Site From Scratch

What is HTML and why do we use it?

• markup language that defines the structure of you content
• Cascading Style Sheets for styling
• JavaScript for action

What are the 3 main parts of an HTML element?

• Element…the entire string of code
• Opening and closing tag; <open></close>
• Content…the stuff enclosed by the tags <img src="../pics/HTMLParts.png" alt="the good parts">

What is it called when you give an element extra information?

• additional information is called attributes
  • attributes are generally attribute-name="value"
    • live specifically in the opening tag <img src="../pics/attributeimg.png" alt="not my copyright">
• Attributes always have
• _{a space between it and the element name (or previous attribute)}
• _{attribute name followed by an equal = sign}
• _{attribute value wrapped in quote marks}

What is a semantic element?

• Semantics refers to the meaning of a piece of code
• Inline text semantics define the meaning, structure, or style of a word, line, or any arbitrary piece of text