The very basics: "mirrored" tags for every web page:
<html>
<body>
text
</body>
</html>
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a few more additions:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>My web page title</title>
</head>
<body>
text
</body>
</html>
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a few more additions:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>My web page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My Largest Heading</h1>
<p>text</p>
<p>Much more text. More text than you can even
imagine. So much text, in fact, that it makes my case about the amount of
text needed to make a good paragraph. Especially if it is repeated over and
over. Much more text. More text than you can even imagine. So much text,
in fact, that it makes my case about the amount of text needed to make a good
paragraph. Especially if it is repeated over and over. Much more text. More text
than you can even imagine. So much text, in fact, that it makes my case
about the amount of text needed to make a good paragraph. Especially if it is
repeated over and over.</p>
My Favorite Fruits
<ul>
<li>apples</li>
<li>pears</li>
<li>bananas</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>Basil</dt>
<dd>Annual. Can grow four feet high; the scent of its tiny white
flowers is heavenly</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>
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a few more additions:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>My web page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My Largest Heading</h1>
<p>text</p>
<p>Much more text. More text than you can even
imagine. So much text, in fact, that it makes my case about the amount of
text needed to make a good paragraph. Especially if it is repeated over and
over. Much more text. More text than you can even imagine. So much text,
in fact, that it makes my case about the amount of text needed to make a good
paragraph. Especially if it is repeated over and over. Much more text. More text
than you can even imagine. So much text, in fact, that it makes my case
about the amount of text needed to make a good paragraph. Especially if it is
repeated over and over.</p>
My Favorite Fruits
<ul>
<li>apples</li>
<li>pears</li>
<li>bananas</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>Basil</dt>
<dd>Annual. Can grow four feet high; the scent of its tiny white
flowers is heavenly</dd>
</dl>
<! adding an image tag, below with the image file in the
same directory!>
<img src="apple.gif">
<! adding an image tag, with the file in the an images
subdirectory!>
<img src="images/apple.gif">
<! hot link to a URL!>
<a href="http://www.millikin.edu">Millikin University</a>
<! hot link to a another web page in same
directory/folder!>
<a href="portfolio.html">My Portfolio Page</a>
</body>
</html>