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HTML

Introduction to Web and HTML

How the Web Works What is HTML Why Learn HTML

HTML Basics

HTML Structure and Syntax HTML Tags HTML Elements HTML Attributes Anatomy of an HTML Document Creating Your First HTML Page

HTML Document Structure

Document Type Declaration (<!DOCTYPE>) The `<html>` Element The `<head>` Section The `<meta>` Element The `<title>` Element The `<body>` Element HTML Comments

Text Formatting

Headings (<h1> to <h6>) Paragraphs (`<p>`) Line Breaks (`<br>`) Text Formatting Tags Preformatted Text (`<pre>`)

Lists

Unordered Lists (<ul> and <li>) Ordered Lists (<ol> and <li>) Definition Lists (<dl>, <dt>, and <dd>)

Links

Anchor Tags (<a>) Internal Links in html External Links in html Links to Email Addresses Linking to Other Resources Link Target Attributes Image Links

Images

Inserting Images (<img>) Image Attributes Image Formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF) Image Size and Alignment Image Maps

HTML Forms

HTML Form Structure Text Fields and Textareas Radio Buttons and Checkboxes Dropdowns / Select Box Text, Password, and Email Inputs in HTML Forms Date and Time Inputs in HTML Forms Submit and Reset Buttons Form Elements Attributes Form Validation Grouping Form Elements File Uploads Creating a Contact Form

Tables

Table Structure Table Rows and Columns Table Headers Table Data Table Captions Table Borders and Styling Spanning Rows and Columns

Multimedia

Embedding Audio (<audio>) Embedding Video (<video>) Video Formats (MP4, WebM, Ogg) Multimedia Attributes

HTML5 Sematic Elements

HTML5 Structural Elements Role of Semantic Elements Accessibility and SEO

HTML Entities

Special Characters and Symbols Common HTML Entities
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Common HTML Entities

list of common HTML entities that you can use in your HTML documents:

  1. &lt; - Less than sign (<)
  2. &gt; - Greater than sign (>)
  3. &amp; - Ampersand (&)
  4. &quot; - Double quotation mark (")
  5. &apos; or &#39; - Apostrophe or single quotation mark (')
  6. &copy; or &#169; - Copyright symbol (©)
  7. &reg; or &#174; - Registered trademark symbol (®)
  8. &trade; or &#8482; - Trademark symbol (™)
  9. &euro; or &#8364; - Euro currency symbol (€)
  10. &pound; or &#163; - Pound sterling currency symbol (£)
  11. &yen; or &#165; - Yen currency symbol (¥)
  12. &cent; or &#162; - Cent currency symbol (¢)
  13. &dollar; or &#36; - Dollar currency symbol ($)
  14. &sect; or &#167; - Section symbol (§)
  15. &deg; or &#176; - Degree symbol (°)
  16. &frac14; or &#188; - Fraction one-fourth (¼)
  17. &frac12; or &#189; - Fraction one-half (½)
  18. &frac34; or &#190; - Fraction three-fourths (¾)
  19. &times; or &#215; - Multiplication sign (×)
  20. &divide; or &#247; - Division sign (÷)
  21. &plusmn; or &#177; - Plus-minus sign (±)
  22. &micro; or &#181; - Micro sign (µ)
  23. &Delta; or &#916; - Delta symbol (Δ)
  24. &Sigma; or &#931; - Sigma symbol (Σ)
  25. &lambda; or &#955; - Lambda symbol (λ)
  26. &alpha; or &#945; - Alpha symbol (α)
  27. &omega; or &#937; - Omega symbol (ω)
  28. &infin; or &#8734; - Infinity symbol (∞)
  29. &radic; or &#8730; - Square root symbol (√)
  30. &rarr; - Right arrow (→)
  31. &larr; - Left arrow (←)
  32. &uarr; - Up arrow (↑)
  33. &darr; - Down arrow (↓)
  34. &crarr; - Carriage return arrow (↵)
  35. &spades; - Spades suit symbol (♠)
  36. &hearts; - Hearts suit symbol (♥)
  37. &diams; - Diamonds suit symbol (♦)
  38. &clubs; - Clubs suit symbol (♣)
  39. &ldquo; - Left double quotation mark (“)
  40. &rdquo; - Right double quotation mark (”)
  41. &lsquo; - Left single quotation mark (‘)
  42. &rsquo; - Right single quotation mark (’)

These entities can be used to display special characters and symbols in your HTML documents. You can use either the character entity (e.g., &copy;) or the numeric reference (e.g., &#169;) to represent these characters in your HTML code.

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