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a peek of the codes

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1. What do the codes look like?

• Below, Figure 1.1, is the HTML codes for a webpage.
• Scan it from top to bottom and pay attention to marks like <X> and </X>.
• move the mouse (cursor) in and out of the image and see what happens.

Figure 1.1 HTML codes of a Webpage.    point to show the webpage

2. Secrets Revealed

• Move the mouse over it to see the webpage from the codes.
• Keep it secret! You know, they are both for the same page.
• The author wrote the code page and you read the webpage on the Internet.
  

3. What do you remember?

1. The two pages look alike. True Or False?
2. There are more things in the Code page which don't see on the Webpage. True Or False?
3. Most of those extra things are <> and the words or letters, e.g. <BR>. True Or False?
4. Some are < > and some are </ >, e.g. <b> text </b>. True or False?
5. The colors of words are different too. True Or False?
6. The first 7 lines in code page are not shown anywhere in the Webpage. True Or False?
7. The 8th line of code page is shown on the very top of the Webpage. True Or False?
8. Then followed by some same writings from both pages but different appearances - size, color and font type. True Or False?
9. In code page, all letters are of the same size, only different color. True Or False?
10. Remember. It is these little extra marks and words and letters which made the webpage what they are. Without those little marks and their fellows, the webpage would have never been born.
11. Don't worry if you don't understand these. We haven't started yet. It is only appetiser.