HTML Tutorial Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: A little more tags
The CENTER tag...

The center tag pretty much explains itself. The opening center tag is <center> and the closing center tag is </center>. Whatever you put between will be centered on the current line!

Example of CENTER tag...

Center Works
<center><h1>Center Works</h1></center>

The BODY attributes...

In Chapter 1 you learned the BODY tag. The BODY tag has many attributes... here are a the most useful ones...

BACKGROUND="location_of_image" - Background Image

BGCOLOR="#hexadecimal_here" - Background Colour

LINK="#hexadecimal_here" - Colour of Links

VLINK="#hexadecimal_here" - Colour of Links the User has Already Visited

TEXT="#hexadecimal_here" - Text Colour

Your own HTML page...

Right click in the centre of the image below, and select "Save Image As" / "Save Picture As", or similar. Save it as "bgnd.gif" in the same directory where your home page "Home.htm" is stored.

Add the following to your HTML page ("Home.htm"): (the blue text is what to add)

<html> <head><title>My Home Page</title></head> <body background="bgnd.gif"> <center><h1>YOURNAME's Home Page</h1></center> <hr> This is the home page of <b>YOURNAME</b>. <p>Type something about yourself here. Describe briefly who you are and what you do for a living. Remember to use bold and italic text, for emphasis.</p> </body> </html>
Save the text file as "Home.htm".

Please note that the NBA logo is the sole property of the National Basketball Association. All rights reserved.

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