In HTML, b stands for bold, i for italic and p for paragraph. A p tag generally skips a line. I say 'generally' because the exact action depends on the browser. A br (for break) tag causes a new line, with no extra spacing.
HTML files are all text. You include images (and other things) in a Web page by using tags. The tag to include an image is the img tag. The source parameter (src stands for source) tells the browser where to find the file. In this case, the birdhome.gif file is located in the same folder as this html file.
A hyperlink is done using an a tag (a stands for anchor) and a closing a tag. The a tag includes a href (hyperlink reference) parameter that indicates the new file. Here is a link to the Purchase College web site . What is in-between the a and the /a is what you see to click on. You can test your html file even if you are not connected to the Internet. In this case, the browser will display an error message indicating that it could not find the file.
. In this case, the same image used above is used to be a link. Notice also that we modified the size. Lastly, we include a link to another page located in the same folder. A web site usually includes many different HTML files. This is an example we will get to later in the course on image maps .
You can create a link for sending e-mail. It will only work if the computer has been set up to do e-mail. This is not the case in the computer lab.