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HTML
Archaeology
Throughout this topic you've been using elements and attributes that are all part
of the current HTML standard. So, you haven't had much opportunity to see the
phased-out elements and attributes. Most of those elements actually got phased
out in HTML 4.01, but they may still be hanging around in old web pages, so it
doesn't hurt to know a little about these legacy elements. We did some digging
and found an HTML 3.2 page that contains some elements and attributes that are
no longer part of the standard, as well as a couple of common mistakes that are
not recommended in modern HTML.
<html>
<head>
<title>
Webville Forecast
</title>
</head>
Here a
re som
e attri
butes t
hat
contr
olled pr
esenta
tion. bg
color s
ets
the b
ackgrou
nd colo
r of t
he page
, and
text
sets th
e color
of the
body
text.
<body bgcolor="tan" text="black">
<p>
The weather report says lots of rain and wind in store for
<font face="arial">
Webville
</font>
today, so be sure to
stay inside if you can.
</p>
Fon
t changes
were ma
de with t
he
<fon
t> eleme
nt and it
s face at
tribute.
You cou
ld get a
way wit
hout so
me
<ul>
<li>Tuesday: Rain and 60 degrees.
<li>Wednesday: Rain and 62 degrees.
</ul>
closing
tags, lik
e </li>
and </p
>.
You som
etimes
still can
, but it
is
not re
commend
ed!!
Missing quotes around attribute values.
Quotes are always recommended now, and
required for attributes with multiple values.
<p align=right>
Bring your umbrella!
<center><font size="small">This page brought to you buy Lou's
Diner, a Webville institution for over 50 years.
</font></center>
Text si
ze was
contr
olled
with t
he <fo
nt> el
ement,
using t
he siz
e attr
ibute.
</body>
</html>
