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What is HTML?
H -T-M-L are initials that stand for H yper T ext M arkup L anguage (computer people love initials and acronyms -- you'll be talking acronyms ASAP). Let me break it down for you:
- Hyper is the opposite of linear. It used to be that computer programs had to move in a linear fashion. This before this, this before this, and so on. HTML does not hold to that pattern and allows the person viewing the World Wide Web page to go anywhere, any time they want.
- Text is what you will use. Real, honest to goodness English letters.
- Mark up is what you will do. You will write in plain English and then mark up what you wrote. More to come on that in the next Primer.
- Language because they needed something that started with "L" to finish HTML and Hypertext Markup Louie didn't flow correctly. Because it's a language, really -- but the language is plain English.
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| How to force line breaks
Just occasionally, you will want to force a line break. You do this using the br element, for example when you want to include a postal address: <p>The Willows<br> 21 Runnymede Avenue<br> Morton-in-the-marsh<br> Oxfordshire OX27 3BQ</p>
The br element never needs an end-tag. In general, elements that don't take end-tags are known as empty elements.
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How to introduce non-breaking spaces Browsers automatically wrap text to fit within the margins. Line breaks can be introduced wherever space characters appear in the markup. Sometimes you will want to prevent the browser from wrapping text between two particular words.
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Roll-Overs and other tricks A little JavaScript can go a long way to enliven your pages. You will be shown below how to create "rollovers" where the appearence of a link changes as you move the mouse over it.
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