246996016-HTML5-Step-by-Step

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1. Replace the existing opening tag with this one:
Note To avoid having to specify a path to the image file, place the image file and the
HTML file in the same folder.
2. Save the file, and then refresh the Internet Explorer display to check your work.
CLEAN UP Close the Notepad and Internet Explorer windows.
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To create a numbered (ordered) list, use the tags. For a bulleted (unordered)
list, use the tags.
Within the or tags, use tags for each list item. These tags are all
two-sided. HTML does not require the closing , but XHTML does.
Ordered and unordered lists can be nested. Enclose the second-level or
list within a tag inside the main list.
To use a different bullet character or numbering style, use the style ”list-style-type:
type” attribute in the or opening tag.
To create a definition list, use the tags. Within the tags, enclose
each term in a tag, and enclose each definition in a tag.
You can display special characters on a Web page by using HTML character entity
references.
To insert a horizontal line, use the tag. This is a one-sided tag. Put any specifications
for the line within it, such as color, height, and width.
You can specify colors by using basic or extended names, RGB values, or hexadecimal
values.
To assign a background color to a page, insert a style ”background-color: color”
attribute into the opening tag. For a foreground color, use style ”color:
color”. These attributes can be combined into a single statement with a semicolon
separator, like this: style ”background-color: red; color: white”.
To assign a background image to a page, insert a style ”background-image: image”
attribute into the opening tag.