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Bsandberg: syntax details

2013-11-15T11:02:22Z

syntax details

Bsandberg: nowiki + space

2013-11-15T11:00:44Z

nowiki + space

Bsandberg at 10:39, 15 November 2013

2013-11-15T10:39:46Z

Bsandberg: Structure

2013-11-15T10:38:48Z

Structure

Bsandberg: Syntax

2013-11-15T10:09:19Z

Syntax

Bsandberg at 05:23, 19 September 2013

2013-09-19T05:23:45Z

Bsandberg at 05:21, 19 September 2013

2013-09-19T05:21:10Z

Bsandberg: removed legacy stubs

2013-09-19T05:16:59Z

removed legacy stubs

Bsandberg: HTML history

2013-09-19T05:04:57Z

HTML history

Bsandberg: more info

2013-09-18T22:32:24Z

more info

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 = Structure =
 == Head and Body ==
-All HTML documents must have <html> tags surrounding the whole of the entire document. Within those, we have 2 tags -- head and body. We're indenting with a single space here, for readability, but HTML can be strung out on a single line with a minimum of spaces, or can be generously indented as you please.
+All HTML documents must have <code><html></html></code> tags surrounding the whole of the entire document. Within those, we have 2 tags -- <code><head></code> and <code><body></code>. We're indenting with a single space here, for readability, but HTML can be strung out on a single line with a minimum of spaces, or can be generously indented as you please.
   <html>
    <head>

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 == Headlines and Paragraphs ==
 Recalling the term "markup" from earlier, we now proceed to use paragraph and headline tags to inform the browser where and how text should be displayed.
-  <nowiki><html>
+  <nowiki> <html>
    <head>
     <title>Free Geek HTML Class</title>

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   <nowiki><p>Please <a href="http://www.freegeek.org/">click here</a>.</p></nowiki>
-If we want, we can force a link to open in a new tab or window, by using the <code>target="_blank"</code> attribute.
+If we want, we can force a link to open in a new tab, by using the <code>target="_blank"</code> attribute.
   <nowiki><p>Please <a href="http://www.freegeek.org/" target="_blank">click here</a> to see our fancy site.</p></nowiki>

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   <html>
-As a rule, HTML tags typically come in pairs. The twin, or closing tag, is indicated by a back slash, and the element being closed.
+HTML tags typically come in pairs. The twin, or closing tag, is indicated by a back slash, and the element being closed.  There are some exceptions where a second, closing tag isn't appropriate (such as images), but as a rule, there should usually be a pair.
   <html></html>
 == Attributes ==
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 = Structure =
 == Headlines and Paragraphs ==
 == Links ==

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 == Tags ==
 == Attributes ==
-== Self-closing Tags ==
+Once a webpage is complete, there will be many hundreds of elements. We use attributes to add descriptive information to tags. These attributes should be single-spaced apart from each other, have an equal sign, and use double-quotes around the value.
 = Structure =

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	= Structure =		= Structure =

−	~~== Semantic Markup ==~~
	== Head and Body ==		== Head and Body ==
		+	== Headlines and Paragraphs ==
		+	== Lists ==

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 === Language Interpretation ===
-The L in HTML stands for Language, which is an important point.  Like spoken language, HTML can be interpreted differently, depending on whom (or what program) is doing the interpretation. This is why webpages can look different in Firefox vs. Internet Explorer.
+The L in HTML stands for Language, which is an important point.  Like spoken language, HTML can be interpreted differently, depending on whom (or, what computer program) is doing the interpretation. This is why webpages can look different in Firefox vs. Internet Explorer.
 == What's the big deal with HTML 5? ==
 === Versions ===
+In the early 1990s, HTML was written with style inline -- things like bold/italic, colors, fonts, backgrounds were written as normal HTML.  By 1999, CSS was being more commonly used, and these style elements began to move out of HTML and to CSS. This process is called deprecation; where certain features are still available, but are noted that they'll be removed in o future version.
 === Standards ===
-HTML is, at it's core, an engineering specification.  It is developed, and agreed-upon by representatives from large companies in the industry, such as Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Google and so on.
+HTML is, at it's core, an engineering specification.  It is developed, and agreed-upon by representatives from large companies in the industry, such as Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Google and so on. And HTML 5 isn't a ratified standard yet -- it's only a draft spec.
 = Syntax =