HTML5 Flashcards
Elements
Specific components of an HTML document that provide content and attributes to a Webpage.
Markup Tags
Enclose elements in angle brackets.
aka Start Tag / End Tag
Wicket
aka Bracket
Container Tag
Comes in pairs to enclose a block of text.
< strong>text here< /strong>
Empty Tag
Stand alone, do not modify a block of text.
aka Self-closing tags
Attribute
Specifies an aspect of an element, not always required
Value
Gives value to element and its attribute. Surrounded by quotation marks.
Metadata
Data about the document
Style Sheet
.css file name extension, placed in a subdirectory for Webpage.
< !DOCTYPE>
Document Type Declaration
Describes markup language and version of your code
Tag Nesting
Tag within a tag. Tag opened last closes first.
Block-Level Elements
Markup Elements that affect an entire paragraph or multiple paragraphs. Automatically preceded and followed by paragraph breaks.
Text-Level Elements
Markup elements that affect something as small as a character or word
Fixed-Width Font
Every character has equal width. Different from proportional-width font.
Unicode
Universal character set that supports all written languages and scholarly discipline.