2.5 HTML2 - Miscellaneous Tags and Topics

OBJECTIVE

Explain and use <head> tags
Explain and use <meta> tags
Use tables to format forms

DISCUSSION

<Head> Tags

Contains document information
Can put the following tags in the <head> section:
- <title> - shows up in title bar
- <meta> - specifies info browsers and search engines
- <script> - includes scripting
- <link> - establishes relationship between documents... may be used to link to style file
- <style> -defines style for the sheet
- <base> - Identifies location where all relative URLs originate. Example
  - <base target = "_blank" /> forces all links to appear in new window

<meta> tags

Specifies information about the document to browsers, applications, and search engines
Belongs in the <head> section
Can put search-related info into meta tags.

<meta name = "description" contents = "Description of site that appears in search" />

<meta name = "keywords" contents = "key words here" />

EXERCISES

1. What does the <base target = "bob"> tag do? Where does this tag need to be?

2. Use the internet to determine how you...

Change the color of visited links
Limit the number of characters in a text box
Vertically align the contents in a tables cell
Enable a select box so that the user can choose multiple items
Force text to be indented from both sides
Force a cell in a table to span multiple columns
Use a hyperlink to send e-mail
Create a marquee

3. What are image maps? You do not have to create one.

4. What is the <embed> tag used for? You do not have to use one.

5. Create the following web page. Make sure that all labels are aligned next to the input boxes.

Image of form

LINKS AND HELP

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp

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