Page Comparison

Code

Description

Example

<a>

Creates a hyperlink

<a href=”httphttps://students.salisbury.edu/~user/welcome.htm”>link</a>

<img>

Used to create an image. Doesn’t need a separate closing tag.

<img src=”httphttps://staff.salisbury.edu/~user/image.htm” />

<p>

Used to define a paragraph. This creates a line break and a space between the lines.

<p>Here is some text</p>

<br>

Inserts a line break with no space between the lines. This does not require a separate closing tag.

<br />

<h1>, <h2>, etc.

Used to define headings and subheadings

<h2>Here is a subheading</h2>

<table>

Used to define a table. The table itself <table> consists of rows <tr>, and within the rows table cells <td> that make up the columns. Each row in the table should have the same number of cells <td> for even columns.

<table>
                <tr>
                                <td>row 1 column 1</td>
                                <td>row 1 column 2</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                                <td>row 2 column 1</td>
                                <td>row 2 column 2</td>
                </tr>
</table>

<ol>, <ul> and <li>

Ordered lists (ol) are numbered lists. Unordered lists (ul) are bullets. Within a list are list items (li).

<ol> or <ul>
                <li>List item 1</li>
                <li>List item 2</li>
                <li>List item 3</li>
                <li>List item 4</li>
</ol> or </ul>

<hr>

This inserts a horizontal rule. This does not require a separate closing tag.

<hr />