HTML Flashcards
The DOCTYPE declaration defines what?
The document type.
The text between the HTML and the /HTML describes what?
The web page.
The text between the BODY and /BODY is the what?
Visible page content?
The text between <h1> and </h1> is displayed as what?
A heading.
The text between <p> and </p> is displayed as what?
A paragraph.
What is html?
A Markup Language for describing web pages.
What does html stand for?
Hyper Text Markup Language.
A markup language is a set of what?
Markup tags.
The tags describe what?
Document content.
HTML documents contain what? And what?
HTML tags and plain text.
HTML documents are also called what?
Web pages.
What are the tags called at the beginning and end of a line of syntax?
Start and end tags or opening and closing tags.
How would you define what an HTML element is?
Everything between the start tag and the end tag (including the tags).
What is the purpose of a web browser?
To read html documents and display them as web pages.
What is the structure of an HTML page?
!DOCTYPE HTML html body h1 header /h1 p paragraph /p /body /html
What year did HTML 2.0 come out?
1995
What year did HTML 3.2 come out?
1997
What year did HTML+ come out?
1993
What year did HTML come out?
1991
What year did HTML 5 come out?
2012
What year did XHTML 1.0 come out?
2000
What year did HTML 4.01 come out?
1999
What year did XHTML 5 come out?
2013
What does the <!DOCTYPE> declaration do?
Helps the browser to display a web page correctly.
What is the doctype declaration for html 5?
<!DOCTYPE html>
What is the doctype declaration for html 4.01?
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”“http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”>
What is the doctype declaration for XHTML 1.0?
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN”“http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
Name 3 professional HTML editors?
Adobe Dreamweaver.
Microsoft Expression Web.
CoffeeCup HTML Editor.
How many heading tags are there?
Six, <h1> to <h6>
Which tag do you use in html to create a link?
The <a> tag</a>
Which tag do you use in html to create an image?
The <img></img> tag.
What is it called when you have other tags between the start and end of a tag?
Nesting.
Name 4 web browsers?
Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
What do you call an html element with no content?
An empty element.
Give an example of an empty element.
<br></br>
Are html tags case sensitive?
No
What is an html attribute?
Attributes provide additional information about an HTML element.
Where are attributes always specified?
In the start tag.
What is the syntax of an HTML attribute?
They come in NAME=”VALUE” pairs.
Attribute values should always be enclosed in what?
“Quotes”
Which type of quotes can you enclose an attribute value in?
Either “ or ‘ but “ are most common.
If an attribute value (eg a line of text) contains a quote like John “shotgun” Nelson how must you change your attribute syntax?
Change from “ to ‘
Are attribute names and values case sensitive?
no but both should be lower case.
What shouldn’t you use heading tags for?
Making text BIG or BOLD etc
What do search engines use headings for?
To index the structure and content of your web page.
Should headings be in order?
Yes
How do you create a horizontal line in an HTML page?
With the HR tag. <hr>
How do you write a comment within your html document that will be ignored by the browser?
<!--comment-->
