Pagination of a html document

Lesson n°1: Pagination of an html document

The pagination of an HTML document is made by using "tags" (ex. for fat)
The consultation software of the web site (Netscape or Explorer) named browser is going to read and to interpret these tags.
They play the role of " panels indicators ", they permit to show a document perfectly put in page on the screen.

Tags allowing a simple pagination of a text (this list is not exhaustive) :

most of the tags are doubled, the first is situated at the beginning and the second at the end of the selection. Ex: Sentence in italic
tags can be written indifferently in capital letters or small letters.

As you notice it, the principle is very simple. It is enough to learn a little vocabulary and you will be able to create your web sites!

< html > < / html >	take place at the beginning of the document. Indicate the browser that it is in a html environment.
< body > < / body >	Body of the text (not visible additional information about the page will be able to be put in a hidden part named head ( < head > < / head >)
< b> < / b >	Fat
< i > < / i >	Italic
< u> < / u >	Underlined
< h1 > < / h1 > (< h2 > < h3 > < h4 > < h5 >)	Allows to create titles in various sizes
< center > < / center >	Adaptation in the centre
< right > < / right >	Adaptation to the right
< div align = right > < div >	Allows an adaptation of a single part of the line
< br >	Return to the line
< p >	New paragraph
< blockquote > < / blockquote >	Paragraph in retreat
< hr > (< hr size=8 width = " 25 % " align = " center " >)	Insertion of a line (feature)
<font> < / font> < font size = "5" face = " arial " > < / make >	Character is associated to certain attributes: face: police size: size from 1 to 5 color

Notice: the creation of an HTML script has nothing to do with the computer programmation

Example of text:
explanation in italic

< html > at the beginning of an html document
< body > at the beginning of the text
< center > < h1 > Text drafted in HTML < / h1 > < / center > titles
 Here is my first text drafted directly there html new paragraph
  new line
< blockquote > new paragraph in retreat
I am going to test various functions of my browser,
  new line
 some words in fat  text in fat
  new line
 some words in italic  text in italic
 some underlined words  underlined text
< hr size=1 width = "25 %" align = "left" > milks of separation
 some words in fat, italic and underlined 
< / blockquote > at the end of the paragraph in retreat
 specification of the type
Writing in arial red cut 5

 at the End of the document
< / body > at the end of the text
< / html > at the end of the document html

Click here to see result

Name of a files: text.html

Very important!!!

It(he) is strictly forbidden to use accents or spaces to name your file (UNIX environment)
A small letter does not amount to a capital letter, we advise you to write everything in small letters
Two extensions are possible html or htm, but they are not exchangeable, choose one for your site, it will avoid confusions

" First page.html" is bad
" first_page.html " is good

Be careful : It could work on your computer and not on Internet, because UNIX contrary to Windows does not tolerate spaces and accents
(UNIX is a family of systems similar to MSDOS or Windows, which is used as a platform to the development of Internet. LINUX is an UNIX)

Notice:
HTML language has the peculiarity to be a not ownerd (and thanks God). It(he) does not make (too much *) the object of economic battles.
To read again a MSWord or WordPerfect document it is necessary for you to be in ownership of the same software.
This is not the case for an html document. They are read without conversion by numerous software packages on Mac, Window or UNIX.

* Microsoft and Netscape each developed some specific tags. These tags are not recognized by other browsers, but they are not a lot. Microsoft Front Page in particular inserts specific tags to Microsoft, working only with MS Explorer. It is advised, if you elaborate complex pages to test them with various browsers. It's better to use "neutral" software packages which do not appeal to these specific tags. Netscape Composer (that we use here) although bound(connected) to the browser Netscape Navigator does not make any major problem. Composer has the advantage to be simple and free. To realize more elaborated pages, we recommend you Dreamweaver of Macromedia, a very complete software which requires a training-time.

Exercise:

To realize an HTML document, with Notepad (Accessories under Windows)
Attention! save the document with the extension " .html ", it will then be recognized automatically by your browser
We encourage you quickly, to make attempts, going returns of the script to the result
Do not forget to save each time and to reload the browser with the new version

Have a playful approach and make experiences, it is the best way of learning !

Lesson n°2-Contents