01) BASIC HTML SKELETON REVIEW

     Occasionally, you wish to start a new line, but don't want it as a paragraph (because the extra added blank line that comes with the paragraph <P> tag isn't needed). A line break is useful for this. <BR> is the tag for a line break. It does NOT need to be turned off.

     What is a horizontal line? It's a line that looks as though it's been etched into a Web page. A horizontal line can be useful to separate sections in a Web page. In it's simplest form, the tag is <HR>, standing for Horizontal Rule. There is NO tag needed to turn it off. In it's more complex form, it can be enhanced in many ways; allowing changes to the line's size, width, alignment, or shading. Directly below is an example of a simple <HR>.

     Listed below are some extensions to the <HR> tag that will enhance horizontal lines, if needed.

HTML CODE		DEFINITION OF THE CODE
<HR WIDTH=n>		Sets the width of the horizontal line to n, where n is a number that you determine, pixels.
<HR WIDTH=n%>		Sets the width to n percent of the screen.
<HR SIZE=n>		Sets the thickness of the line to n, whatever you number you wish. 1 is the default. Using 0 as the number would, of course, cause the size to be nothing, making it useless as a value.
<HR ALIGN=LEFT>		Aligns the line with the left margin.
<HR ALIGN=CENTER>		Centers the line.
<HR ALIGN=RIGHT>		Aligns the line with the right margin.
<HR NOSHADE>		The line becomes solid, rather than 'etched'.

     A combination of the above tags can be used within ONE tag. For example, to set the width to 90% of the screen, with a thickness 3 times the normal, and to center it, the tag would be:

<HR WIDTH=90% SIZE=3 ALIGN=CENTER>

     The above horizontal rule would look like this:

     Another example of a horizontal rule that's set to 300 pixels wide, with a thickness 7 times the normal, and aligned on the left is:

<HR WIDTH=300 SIZE=7 ALIGN=LEFT>

     This horizontal rule would look like this:

The two horizontal rules above show up great in some browsers and not so great in others. Such is the life of different browsers, different versions, viewing from different types of computers (PCs, laptops, etc.).

05) FORMATTING TEXT IN DIFFERENT WAYS

     It is possible to add some pizazz to a Web page. Text can be boldfaced, italicized, underlined,

  preformatted to keep  these     extra spaces,

<B>This boldfaces text.</B>
<I>This italicizes text.</I>
<U>This underlines text.</U>
<PRE>

This text will keep all of its      spaces      and tabs.

     Different formats can also be combined. Make sure to turn these off in the opposite order they were turned on!

     This is bolded, italicized, and underlined.  It will
also keep the 5 indented spaces before the first sentence.

     The above tag would look like this:

<B><I><U><PRE>

     This is bolded, italicized, and underlined.  It will also keep the 5
indented spaces before the first sentence.

     Within the body, headings can be added. Headings come in six different sizes, <H1> through <H6>, with <H1> being the largest and <H6> being the smallest. Headings act as mini-titles within a Web page. Headings are great when used to separate different sections within a Web page. REMINDER: A header (<H1>) must also be turned off at the end of what is being enlarged (</H1>). For example, to enlarge text, use this:

<H1>This is the largest size of header available.</H1>

to get this:

This is the largest size of header available, <H1>.