Basic Tags

There are a few basic tags that are used frequently by html designers. They include headings, paragraphs, and line breaks.

HEADINGS

Headings are used to create large text for titles and headings (of course). There are six sizes of headings ranging from 1 to 6. 1 is the largest, and they get progressively smaller as the numbers increase, six being the smallest. The tags for headings are <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, etc., down to <h6>. A blank line is automatically added before and after a heading.

<h1>Largest Heading</h1> <h2>2nd Largest Heading</h2> <h3>3rd Largest Heading</h3> <h4>3rd Smallest Heading</h4> <h5>2nd Smallest Heading</h5> <h6>Smallest Heading</h6>

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PARAGRAPHS

The <p> tag is used to create a paragraph. Paragraphs automatically have an extra line before and after them.

<p>This is a paragraph</p> <p>This is another paragraph</p>

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LINE BREAKS

<br> is the tag used to create a line break. It is useful for when you want to end a line and make a new one, with out starting a new paragraph. It has no closing tag (</ >).

<p>This <br> paragraph has <br> many breaks <br> in it.</p>

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COMMENTS

The comment tag is used to insert a comment into the html source code. It is ignored by the browser. You can use the tag to make a note in your code for when you come back at a later date.

<!-- This is a comment -->

Note that you only need the exclamation mark after the start of the tag, and not before the end.
To learn how to create < and >, click on “next”.