h1: Intro to HTML

p: Paragraphs

some emphasized or strongly emphasized text in a p paragraph tag. Notice that whitespace (blanks and newlines) is not preserved. Text flows. All the structuring of the document is specified by the tags.

Here's another short paragraph.

View the source to see the HTML of this web page.
HTML element: <tag attribute="value" ...>optional content</tag>

Lists

ul: Unordered list:

• first li item
• second li item
• let me think... third item. Each item can be as long as wanted or needed and be many lines long and include other tags etc.
• fourth item

ol: Ordered list:

1. first li item
2. second li item
3. third item
4. fourth item. by default it's numbered, but can be ABC or abc or I II III etc

dl: Definition list:

dt term

dd definition

aardvark

lovable furry critter. watch out for the claws

wombat

another obscure animal you'll find in the zoo

echidna

you're kiddin!

img: Images

An inline image is in-line with the text: and here's the text after the image.

table: Table

a: Links