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More tags to make your web page look FANCY.

Horizontal line      
<HR> 
(No closing tag necessary)

 

Character formatting
Bold characters       <b>    </b>
Italic characters       <i>     </i>
Underlined                <u>    </u>   

Linking to another file (anchor)   
<a href="   "> </a>
Don't close the <a> right bracket until you have typed which file you refer to.
HREF="filename"
Don't put the end anchor </a> tag until you have typed the text you
want to function as the hypertext
The result looks like this:

<A HREF="otherfile.htm">Click here to go to my other file</A>

            Click here to go to my other file
There is more information about file tags in my other file!!!

Linking to an Internet site           
<a href="http   ">    </a>

Internet site are files just like the HTML files in your web site.
Instead of a file name, you just type the internet address.
To link to the weather channel
<A HREF="http://www.weather.com">Click here for the weather channel</A>
                                       Click here for the weather channel

Letting people e-mail you a message  
<a href"mailto:   :>  </a>

<A HREF="mailto:student@uky.edu"> Click here to mail me</a>
   
                                     Click here to mail me

Inserting a picture                                <img src="   ">

Type the filename as the image source, and it shows up in your browser.
WATCH OUT: When you transfer your file to the Internet, your picture needs to be transferred, too!! Place it in the same directory as the file, to avoid confusion. If only the file is on the website, it is needless to say that the image will not be displayed!

<IMG SRC="picture.jpg>

Background and font colors

To learn more about changing colors on your web page, click HERE

Background image
<body background="    ">

<BODY BACKGROUND="picture.gif">

Bulleted lists          
<UL>    </UL>
(UL stand for unnumbered list.)
The listing items all have to start with <LI>
(No </LI> is needed)            Click here for examples

Your page is looking better and better. More tips and tricks will follow soon.