Tag is a signal to web browser for displaying contents. It has two types.
- · Standalone tags
- · Container tags
- Tags used in Document head
- Tags used in Document body
- Tags used in Forms
- Tags used in table
1.Tags
used in Document head
As everybody knows,Document head is the
beginning part of HTML file.
It includes
base information, heading,title of the page, document meta,information, type of
scripting language used in the file,cascading style sheet information and so on…
Each tag
has served for unique purpose. It has different attributes too.
i)
<BASE>
It is a standalone tag
in which the user can establish a base URL in a document. It has an attribute
called HREF.
<BASE HREF=” www.rajeeva84.com/home.html”>
ii)
<HEAD>
This is a container tag
denotes the start of the document head.
Syntax:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
Elements…..
</HEAD>
…………
</HTML>
iii)
<LINK>
If you want to link a page
from the your current page, this stand alone tag is used.
It has many attributes.
HREF- URL of the
document to be linked
NAME- Defines the name
of the URL
METHODS- List of functions
supported by current document
REL- Defines the
relationship between the current document and the document linked
REV- Defines the reverse
relationship between these two documents
TITLE- provides the title
of linked document
URN- Uniform Resource
Number
The example which shows
a GM Biography is shown below….
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Export
corporation limited </TITLE>
<BASE HREF=”http://exportcorporation.com/overview.html”>
<LINK HREF=”Directors/gm.html”
REL=”precedes”>
<LINK HREF=”Directors/gm.html”
TITLE=”GM Biography”>
<LINK HREF=” mailto:your_email@yourcompany.com”
REV=”made”>
</HEAD>
iv)
<META>
This stand alone tag provides
the document meta information. It specifies the content, HTTP equivalent and the
piece of meta information.
Eg:
<META name=”Reply To”
content=”your_email@yourcompany.com”>
v)
<SCRIPT>
This container tag shows
the information about the scripting languages used.
Eg:
<SCRIPT src=”javacript.js”>
..............
</SCRIPT>
These are the tags used in document head.
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