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Advanced tags and troubeshooting

Other Tags

This is sort of a teaser.

There are lots of tags, and each HTML update (HTML 4.0 ) is the current standard) makes changes. Some useful tags are

<table>. . .</table> to create tables and columns on a page.
<form>. . .</form> to process information.
<frame>. . .</frame> to create more than one window in a browser.

We have just scratched the surface

trouble shooting

Avoid overlapping tags. Remember FILO--first in, last out. Tags must be nested, meaning

<b><i>bold and italic</i></b>

Check your links!

When you are saving your HTML file, be sure to save it as a text file-- not a Word file or anything else. Also, be sure that the filename ends in .htm or .html -- even on a Mac. Finally, remember that the filenames for links are usually case-sensitive-- myfile.htm is different than MYfile.htm

some standard mistakes:

• Forget to close a tag sequence <i> all your text is italic.
• Leave off a quote in a link. HTML keeps looking for one more quote and swallows most of the text until it finds one.

  <>li> extra stuff

• misspellign file names

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