Lecture 3: HTML5: HTML History, Tags, Element

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Lecture 3: HTML5

HTML HISTORY, TAGS, ELEMENT


HTML: HyperText Markup Language
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Welcome to the world!</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML Page Structure
<html>

<head>
<title>Hello World </title>
</head>

<body>

<p>Welcome to the World </p>

</body>

</html>
Tree structure of HTML
html

head body

title p
History of HTML
HTML, initially defined by a single person, Tim berner Lee in 1991
◦ A HTML document contains only text.

HTML+, defined by Marc Andreeseen and Eric Bina, in 1993


◦ A HTML document can display images and play video clips as well as sounds.

From 1993 to 1997, HTML was being defined by the elements that browser
software developers chose to implement. - The “War” Years
HTTP4
Following the “war” years, the standards community pushes for further changes
in HTML standards.
◦ In particular, the W3C has attempted to clean up the definition of HTML.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards


organization for the World Wide Web.

HTTP4 is defined in 1999


HTTP5
What is HTML5?
◦ In 2012, HTML5 is defined, which is the new standard for HTML.
◦ It can display everything you want including text, images, music and movies, and
animations.
◦ It is cross-platform. It will display content on a desktop computer, laptop, a tablet,
smartphone, a notebook or a Smart TV.
◦ All major browsers support many of the HTML5 elements.
HTML5 <!DOCTYPE>
Tells browser which HTML standard to expect.
Must appear first in the HTML document.

HTML5 has a very simple <!DOCTYPE> element.


◦ <!DOCTYPE html>

HTML4 <!DOCTYPE> element


◦ <!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd>
Basics of HTML5
Every HTML document (web page) consists of tags and character data
◦ <html>, <body>, <title>, <a>.
◦ Starting (opening) tag and ending (closing) tag.
◦ </html>, </body>, </title>, </a>
◦ Opening and ending tags must be used together.

Character data is the content between an opening and closing tag


◦ E.g., <title>Hello World</title>
HTML Element
We can also say that a HTML document are made of elements.

An element is a combination of a tag and its character data.


◦ <title>Hello World</title>
◦ <body><p>Welcome to the world></p></body>
◦ <a></a>
◦ <br/>
HTML Element
Nested Element: an element contain other HTML elements

Empty Element: an element with no content/character data

Tips of writing HTML elements:


◦ Don’t forget the End tag.
◦ Use lowercase Tags:
◦ <a> and <A> are the same. This is called case insensitive.
◦ Better use <html>, <body>, <title>, <p>, </html>
◦ Not <HTML>, <BODY>, <TITLE>, <P>, </HTML>
Start to write a HTML document.
Now, let us try to write a HTML document.
Attributes
Attributes provide information about HTML elements
An element can have one or more attributes
◦ id
◦ class
◦ style
◦ href

An attribute comes in name/value pairs.

e.g., <a href=“www.yahoo.com”>go to yahoo’s website</a>


Attributes
Some attributes that can be used on any HTML element:
◦ class: specifies one or more classnames for an element (refers to a class in a style sheet)
◦ id: specifies a unique id for an element
◦ style: specifies an inline CSS style for an element
◦ title: specifies extra information about an element (tool tip)

HTML Global Attributes Reference


Headings
Heading are used to show the document structure.
<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>

<h1> defines the most important heading and <h6> defines the least important
heading.

Browsers automatically add some empty space before and after each heading.
Comment
Comments can be added into the HTML code to make it readable and
understandable.

Browser will not display any comments.

Syntax: <!-- -->


◦ E.g., <!-- This is my comment -->
Paragraph
Paragraphs are defined with the <p> tag.

<p> can have many attributes.


◦ <p style=“”>

Line Break: <br>


◦ Use <br> if you want a new line without starting a new paragraph.
Special Symbol
You cannot change the output by adding extra spaces or lines in HTML code.

New horizontal line: <hr>


New Line tag: <br>
Whitespace: &nbsp
Text Formatting
Use tags for formatting output.
◦ E.g: bold or italic text

A list of formatting tags:


◦ <b>: defines bold text
◦ <i>: defines italic text
◦ <sub>: defines subscripted text
◦ <sup>: defines superscripted text
◦ <mark>: defines marked/highlighted text
Hyperlink
The <a> tag defines hyperlink.
A hyperlink is a word, group of words, or image that you can click on to jump to
another web page.

The href is the most important attribute, which indicates the link’s destination.
◦ E.g., <a href=“http://www.yahoo.com”>GO TO YAHOO</a>

The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.


◦ _blank: in a new window or tab
◦ _self: in the same frame as it was clicked (default)
Images
<img> tag is always an empty tag. It contains attributes only and no closing tag.

You need to use the src attribute. The value of this attribute is the URL of the
image.
◦ Syntax: <img src=“sampleImage.JPEG” alt=“hint”>

alt defines the text for an image when the image cannot be displayed.

The width and height attributes define the size of the image.
Next Class
Tables
Lists
Blocks
◦ Div and span

Inline Style

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