Sample Web Page

This page shows how some of the basic HTML formatting tags work.

This is an example of centered text.

Making words bold or italic is easy once you know the tags.

It's a good idea to end each major section with a horizontal rule:

A paragraph break adds an extra line space,

like this.

A line break
does not.

This is how you make a bulleted list:

Start with the tag <ul>.
Put the tag <li> at the beginning of each item in the list and </li> at the end.
At the end of the list, put the tag </ul>.

Creating a numbered list is as easy as

Be sure to turn off "smart quotes." If you want “curly” quotation marks, use the codes for them.

Most pages have a hyperlink at the bottom to let you return to the previous page:

Return to Step 3 of Create Your Own Web Page.