Datasheet

However, XHTML does not allow attributes without values (for example, checked).

Instead, you must supply a value, such as the following:

❑ Comment your code. Using the comment tag pair () should be as natural as com-

menting code in programming languages. Especially useful are comments at the end of large

blocks, such as nested tables. It can help identify which part of the document you are editing:

</table>

Your First Web Page

As you will see in the other chapters within this section, many elements can make up a Web document,

and you can use many HTML entities to format your documents. However, the following simple example

uses only the basic, necessary tags to produce a page.

The Basics of HTML

Example: A Simple Web Page

This example produces a simple HTML document with one line of text, using the bare minimum

number of HTML tags.

Source

Type the following code into a document and save it, in plain text format, as sample.html on

your local hard drive.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN”

“http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd”>

<html>

<head>

<title>A simple HTML document</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>This is sample text.</p>

</body>

</html>

Output

Now open the document in a Web browser. In most graphical operating environments, you can

simply use a file manager to find the

sample.html file and then double-click on it. Your default

Web browser should open and load the file. If not, select Open (or Open File) from the File menu

and find the

sample.html file using the browser’s interface.

Your screen should resemble that shown in Figure 1-5.

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