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HTML Definitions and Meanings

In Section 7 of our HTML training with mom we will learn about the tags: abbr,dfn, dl,dd,dt,bdo, base and em.

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HTML Definitions and Meanings Overview

What you'll learn

We've been in a long ride in our HTML training with Mom. As we get closer to completing all the html tags known to man in this episode we will finish up with the last design/meaning related tags starting with the definition tags a group of tags that are meant to be used to define terms and abbreviations. We end up this title with a talk about the EM tag and its meaning and the Base tag and how to work with it as a final reminder on the way file paths work and the way server paths work.

Creating Abbreviations with ABBR tag

In the next cluster of videos we will be working with tags that there main goal is to help us define words or languages. The first among these tags is the ABBR tag. The ABBR tag enables us to define a

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Defining new terms using the DFN Tag

Continuing this cluster of videos we continue and expand on our first definition tag ABBR with the DFN tag. The DFN tag's main goal is to help define a new term that is newly introduced into a documen

03:47

Building Definition lists with DL, DT and DD

Sometimes you want to have multiple definitions or more over multiple ways to define one thing in this cases you would want to create a Detention list using the DL tag . Once you create a DL tag you m

03:12

How to add addresses into HTML with the ADDRESS Tag

In this video we talk about the way to define the address area of a site but beyond that we give a few tips on what to do and what not to do when you put up your address onto a site.

05:29

Changing the layout direction of text

In this video we talk about the way to change the fllow of langauge. For the most of you this isn't very relevant but for many of the non latin speakers it is. By the end of this video you will know t

03:13

Setting a base url Path using the BASE Tag

We thought to keep this tidbit about urls until now so you have a bit more practice and understanding of how file paths and server paths work. The base tag enables you to change the base path of a dom

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