•HTML
Tag Syntax
Simple Tag Syntax <name>
Extended Tag Syntax < name
attribute=value
>
Closing tag </name
> (no attribute=value
in the closing tag)
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•Basic
Simple tags (no closing tags necessary)
<p> = new paragraph
<br> = new line
<hr> = draw line across screen
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•Tags
that Format Text (Simple Syntax)
<center> text </center>
<b> text </b> = text
<i>
text </i> = text
<u> text </u> = text
<s> text </s> = 
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Tags
that Format Text (Extended Syntax)
<font
color=red>
type text here <font>
<font size=6>
type text here </font>
<font face=arial>
type text here </font>
<font color=red size=6>
type text here </font>
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•Tags
that create lists
<ul>
</ul>
creates an unordered (bulleted) list
<ol>
</ol>
creates an ordered (numbered) list
<li>
indicates a list item within the <ul> or <ol> tags
for example…
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–<a
href=type_url_here> type link text here </a>
•Link
example to a specific About Me page:
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–<a
href=http://www.ebay.com> Visit eBay! </a>
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TIP:
the HTML used to create any web page is always viewable from your
browser.
If you notice something interesting in a web page and you don’t
know how the web designer did it, follow the steps below (fig 57)
Fig. 57
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In Internet Explorer, click View, then
Source. This will display the HTML formatted text behind the web page you
are viewing.
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That concludes this tutorial in Basic HTML
for eBay Sellers. Uncle hope's you found it useful!
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