Getting Started Steps

• Expression Web 3
• Expression Web 4

 

• HTML 5
• HTML Basics
• CSS for Beginners

Expression Web 4:  Most Commonly Used HTML Tags

You only need to learn a handful of HTML tags in order to use Expression Web Successfully.  And you don't even have to write any of the code. 

 

HTML Tags

HTML Tags, or Elements, are used to Structure a Web Page.  For instance, the <div> tag is used to make the various sections of the Layout.  Then we have <h1> through <h6> Heading tags which are used to format text into headings.

 

 <div>

:used to 'divide' a web page into sections.  Example: Make a Layout  (more about the div)

<p>

:defines a paragraph  (creating paragraphs)

h1, h2, h3

:defines Heading Tags.

<ul>

:creates a bulleted list.  (ul=unordered list)  Example: Used to make Navigation Menus.

<ol>

:creates a numbered list.  (ol=ordered list)

<li>

:each item in a list is wrapped in <li> </li> Tags.  (li=list item)

<a>

:indicates a hyperlink.  (a=anchor)  An anchor is really the text used to create the hyperlink.

<img>

:defines an image in the HTML.  (this is different from CSS images)

<br>

:inserts a line break.  (empty space, a white space character)

<blockquote>

:defines a chunk of text as a quote.

<span>

:Used along with a class style to define the portion of text that is targeted to be styled.  (this is not a tag we will use directly, rather, it is inserted for us.)

<iframe>

:inline frame.  Is a page within a page.  (avoid using if possible. not accessible, and not valid with all doctypes)

<address>

:can be used to wrap around an address.  Will make the text italicized by default.  But, create a CSS Style using "address" as the Tag Selector, and style the address any way you would like.