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Nov
20
PBS 4 of X – HTML In-line Elements
Filed Under Computers & Tech, Software Development on November 20, 2015 | 1 Comment
In the previous instalment we introduced the concept of block-level tags, and inline tags. Block level tags define blocks of text like headers, paragraphs and lists, and starting a new block-level tag generally starts a new line in the page. Inline tags on the other hand effect a part of a block, and opening an inline tag generally doesn’t start a new line. In the previous instalment we looked at some of the most important block-level tags, in this instalment we’ll look at some of the most common inline tags.
Nov
5
PBS 3 of X – HTML Block Elements
Filed Under Computers & Tech, Software Development on November 5, 2015 | 6 Comments
In the previous instalment we introduced HTML, learned about HTML tags in the abstract, and looked at a basic template for all HTML pages. Over the next few instalments we’ll be working our way through the common HTML tags.
There are two major types of HTML tags, block-level tags, and inline tags, though it should be noted that there is a much less common third type which is a hybrid of the two, referred to as inline-block. For now, we’ll be ignoring these odd-balls.
Block level tags define regions of content – things like titles, paragraphs, lists, list items, and so on. Inline tags affect parts of a block – for example, a few words within a paragraph can be marked for emphasis. With practice the distinction will be comes obvious, especially when we get to the more advanced aspects of CSS, but the different in type can be confusing. A handy way of remembering the difference is that opening a new block-level tag will always start a new line on your page.
In this instalment we’ll start with some of the most common block-level tags.