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Unit 9: Web Designing

3. …………………… is the main markup language for creating web pages and other Notes
information that can be displayed in a web browser.

9.2 Head Elements

A web page has headings that to inform the search engine of various page attributes.
Page headings are created with the <hn> tag, in which ‘n’ is a number between 1 and 5 depicting
the different sizes for the headings. <h1> defines the most important heading. <h6> defines the
least important heading.

Example:
Figure 9.2: The Different Heading Styles

Source: http://www.blogtechnics.com/wordpress/how-to-use-h1-h2-h3-h4-heading-tags-on-wordpress-
blog
We can create a page with headings and sub-headings as shown below:
<h1>Main Heading</h1> Main Heading

<p>First paragraph content</p> First Paragraph content.
<h2>Sub Heading</h2> Sub Heading
<p>Second paragraph content</p> Second paragraph content.

Heading tags can have many attributes.

Example: <h1 align=”center”>Main Heading</h1>

Every header leaves a blank line above and below it when displayed in browser.

Notes We can view the source of a web page by right-clicking in the page and selecting
“View Source” (IE) or “View Page Source” (Firefox), or similar for other browsers. This
will open a window containing the HTML code of the page.

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