In the last section we have learned different ways to format paragraphs of text. Now, we will learn different ways to format individual characters or words in text. Methods of Text control You can control the look and formatting of text in your documents using various means. The direct method of controlling the […]
The web is used to transfer information in various formats, but text is still the main form of communication across the internet and even on the multimedia rich World Wide Web. In this section we will see formatting of text supported by HTML at paragraph level. Formatting Paragraphs The most basic form to […]
Now, let’s see what elements fit into the head section of a HTML document (web page). <title> Tag The <head> element of a HTML document contains various other elements. Among them the title tag (<title>) is used to assign a title to the HTML document (web page). For example, to display the title […]
HTML has come a long way right from its initial version HTML. However, despite the fact that you can use HTML for much more than serving up static text documents, the basic organization and structure of the HTML document remains the same. Before we dive into the specifics of various elements of HTML, it […]
Text that isn’t processed by the user agent (browser) can be beneficial for a couple of reasons. The first reason is simple documentation, that is, to make your documents more legible and easy to follow should you need to edit them later. The second is to include more information within the document for later access […]
HTML Syntax The basic syntactic units in any HTML document are: tags, elements and attributes. HTML describes information in a web document with the help of tags, which provide a way for marking the text. The syntax of a tag is shown below: < tag-name > For example, using HTML, we can […]
Initially work on HTML was started in 1989 by Tim Berners Lee. In 1995, HTML 2.0 was published by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). HTML 2.0 is the first standard HTML specification. In 1997, HTML 3.2 was published by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). In 1997, HTML 4.0 was published by W3C. It provides three […]
HTML is a mark up language used to describe the content in a web document. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) was defined using SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) which is an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard for describing text-formatting languages. One must remember that HTML is not a programming language. A file with […]
In this article you will learn about session data management techniques in web applications like cookies, hidden fields, etc. Introduction Most web applications or websites require a user to interact with it multiple times to complete a business transaction. For example, when a user shops in Amazon or Flipkart, the user will select […]
In this article we will learn about the basics of HTTP protocol and about various HTTP request methods. All web communications use the same protocol HTTP. Latest version of HTTP is 1.1 released in 1999. A HTTP communication consists of two phases: a request (from client to server) and a response (from server to […]