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Head & Body Elements
CompuScholar - Web Design - Chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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Attributes | Used to control how a tag behaves on a web page; identified by a name (followed by = ) and a value (surrounded by " " ). |
<meta> | Element that doesn't display any content but gives the browser (and search engines) information about each page. |
<meta> charset | Element that tells the browser what type of encoding is used for the characters on the page. |
<meta> description | Element used by search engines to help identify the page and calculate rankings. |
<meta> keywords | Element used to list commonly misspelled keywords related to your page that might be used by search engine users. |
<meta> author | Element used to attach the name of the web page designer to a site. |
<meta> copyright | Element used to record the year the page was published and the name of the copyright owner. |
<meta> rating | Element used to rate the intended web page audience, similar to movie ratings. |
<title> | Element that displays a short phrase (usually on the browser tab) that describes the page content. |
<h1> | Element used to turn regular text into a large headline. |
<h2> | Element used to create headlines slightly smaller than the primary headline. |
<p> | Element used to separate content into paragraphs. |
Content | Visible information on your web page including words, pictures, files, videos, games, etc... |
<strong> | Element that makes your text appear bold (a little bit darker and fatter). |
<em> | Element that creates emphasis by making text appear in italics (slanted to the right). |
<blockquote> | Element used to surround a quote (that is longer than one line) and off-set it from the rest of your content. |
<cite> | Element used to identify the author or speaker of a quote. |
<br /> | Element used to force a break between lines of text. |