Common Tags and Samples of their Usage
Print this page and keep it handy.  These are the things that people forget.

A tag is a command to the browser that tells it how to display the content.  On a
word processor you would select a word or a phrase and then make it bold, italics,
centered, larger, right justified, or a different color.  You can do the same thing
with a browser and a web page.  

Tags are not case sensitive and they can be placed with or without indentations
anywhere.  All tags are enclosed in brackets, e.g., <P>, <BR>, etc.

Except for <P> and <BR>, all tags require an Open Tag and a Close Tag.  The
difference is that the Close Tag includes a slash.  For example, <center> vs.
</center>.  If you omit the Close Tag, the results will be unpredictable.

I.  Display Tags:
<P> Forces the content to skip a line.  
Stands for "paragraph". Equals 2 carriage returns in a typewriter.

<BR> Forces the content to continue on the next left margin.  
Stands for "break". Equals 1 carriage return.

<I>Your witty text.</I>
Displays the text in italics.

<B>Your witty text.</B>
Displays the text as bold.

<DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Your witty text.</DIV>
Centers the text.

<FONT SIZE="+2">Your witty text.</FONT>
Displays the text 2 sizes larger than the default size of the visitor's PC.

<FONT COLOR="RED">Your witty text.</FONT>
Displays the text in red.

<!--  Your witty text.  -->
Comments out and does not display the text.  Used mostly to document the code.


II.  Link Tags (Anchor Tags)
<A HREF="Lesson1.htm">First Lesson</A>
Creates a link to a file named "Lesson1.htm".  
The visitor sees the phrase "First Lesson" underlined.

<A HREF="MAILTO:csclark@calweb.com">Send EMail to Candise</A>
Wiil use your email application to send an email to "csclark@calweb.com" when
the user clicks on this link.  
The visitor sees the phrase "Send EMail to Candise" underlined.