HTML uses tags to control the formatting of text. A tag consists of a less than sign (<) followed the tag name and sometimes one or more attributes, and then a greater than sign (>).
Most tags apply to a region of text. The region starts where the tag and it's
attributes are, and extends to the end tag. An end tag is the tag name
preceeded by a forward slash (/). For example, the word "tags" is
italicized in the previous paragraph using the following tags:
<i>tags</i>.
If you forget to include the end tag, the effected region will extend to the
end of the page. So for example, if you forget the </i>
to close out the italicized region in your game description, the remainder
of the page will be italicized.
<p> |
The paragraph tag. The paragraph tag separates paragraphs. The
end paragraph tag </p> is optional.
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<br> |
The break tag. The break tag forces the following text onto a new line.
There is no end tag for <br>.
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<b> ... </b> |
Bold a region of text |
<i> ... </i> |
Italicize a region of text |
<hr> |
Insert a horizontal rule. Insert a line dividing the text before from
the text that follows. There is no end tag for <hr>.
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This is just a small sample of the many HTML tags you can use. You can get more information at one of the many HTML references on the web. For example, the NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML is a good place to start.