How Web Pages Work

Change the background color of your page by adding bgcolor="color"withinthe tag.

Example:

Again, as was described in the section on changing font color, you can use most standard colors, or use aHexadecimal Color Code.

Creating Lists

There are three types of lists you can create: Unordered, Ordered and Descriptive.

Unordered List

An unordered list looks like this:

An unordered list is a bulleted list initiated by the tag

. The tag
• (short for List Item) is used before each item in the list. The closing tag

Example:

 
California 
Oregon 
North Carolina 

The type of bullet can be changed to a "circle," "square" or "disc" by adding a specification within the

tag:

 
California 
Oregon 
North Carolina 

 
California 
Oregon 
North Carolina 

Ordered List

An ordered list looks like this:

1. oranges
2. grapes
3. cherries

An ordered list is a list of items in a logical, numbered order. Use the tags

and
to start and end this kind of list. Again, the
• tag is used in front of each item.

  Example:

   
  oranges 
  grapes 
  cherries 

  你可以改变的类型tion by adding a "type" designation within the

  tag.
  orders the list by capital letters: (A, B, C...)
  orders the list by small letters: (a, b, c...)
  orders the list byRoman numerals: (I, II, III...)
  orders the list by small Roman numerals: (i, ii, iii...)

  If you would like to start your ordered list with a specified value, such as "6," use the following "start" and "value" tags:

  Descriptive Lists

  A descriptive list creates a list of text items with an indented second line:

  Marshall Brain Founder of HowStuffWorks

  Use the following tags in this manner:

   
  Marshall Brain 
  Founder of HowStuffWorks 

  The

  tag should correspond with the text you want lined up on the margin;
  corresponds with the line you want indented.

  In the next section we'll find out how to link to other sites.