UNDERSTANDING HTML Tags VS Attributes. Element An element in HTML represents some kind of structure and generally consists of a start tag, content, and

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Tags VS Attributes

Element

An element in HTML represents some kind of structure and generally consists of a start tag, content, and an end tag.

Tag

Tags are used to mark up the text.A Start Tag consists of an opening angle bracket (<),

the element, the attribute, and the closing bracket. <body> start tag with no attribute

An End tag consists of an opening angle bracket followed by a forward slash, the element name, and a closing angle bracket </body>

Empty Container

There are also some elements that are empty, meaning that they only consist of a single tag and do not have any content. In HTML, such tags look just like opening tags:

 <hr><img src>

Attributes

An attribute defines a property for an element, consists of an attribute, and appears within the element’s start tag.

Tags Attributes

<body bgcolor= “black” text=“white” link= “red” vlink= “pink”> … </body>

Tag Attributes

Shirt

Jewelry

Long sleeve, blue, turtle neck, sweater

Bracelet, silver, with round diamonds and saphires, and a heart charm.

Tags VS Attributes

Attributes are ways to describe your tags!

Tag or Attribute

<body><hr>behavior= “…”direction= “…”height= “…”…width= “…”<marquee>…</marquee>

The answers…

<body><hr>behavior= “…”direction= “…”height= “…”…width= “…”<marquee>…</marquee>

Tags are green

Attributes are purple

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UNDERSTANDING HTML Tags VS Attributes. Element An element in HTML represents some kind of structure and generally consists of a start tag, content, and