There are dozens of HTML tags, but I would argue that you really only need five or six to put up a web page. Find out what tags I think you need at minimum for web page HTML. Are there other tags that are just as important in your opinion? Share your thoughts in the blog comments.
What HTML do you think is important for web pages?
By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com GuideDecember 11, 2010
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You just made my day, Jennifer, because 5 or 6 is about all I know!
Robert
Ha ha I had to laugh at Robert’s comment,very good.
I actually think your right Jennifer. I haven’t had time to read all the article but I think your bang on there. There is so many HTML tags, that are a bit pointless these days.
What about the <div> tag though??
There are others, if your using forms as well you need to learn them, but most things in modern web design can be done with CSS.
@thenbman I agree the <div> tag is an important one. But I wouldn’t put it on my first tags to learn list, because you can post a page that will work without it. However, if you want to style that page and create columns and sections, then yes, the tag is very important. It would probably be on my learn-these-second list.
I’m not sure did I use the “must use this instead that” rules in html tags when I’m doing web design works. The first that i always used as rule when I start my web design is how the text/any other related information (such as images,videos,etc) will represent in the web …
Another interesting thing that you could do Jennifer is to do a which is the most important or popular CSS to use.
I do agree that only some tags play a key role in a html page.
The main tags are
1.) <a> tag for linking
2.) tag for formatting
3.) tag for search engine customization
4.) tag for displaying images
5.) tag a key to drive traffic
Yes I almost agree with your point, however its like comparing a notepad document to a well formatted Word document.
There really is no comparison.
@Petah: true, but everyone has to start somewhere. I don’t expect to be painting like Picasso after 1 art lesson, but it’s nice to know what paints and brushes I need to try to.