How Do I Make a line for a web page?
What type of Lists are there?
What is Blockquote?

How Do I Make a line for a web page?

To make a line on a web page without using a bar or other graphic is done like this.

The Horizontal Rule is a line that runs horizontally across your webpage.
The <HR> Tag is a one-sided tag so we don't need to </HR> close this Tag.

If you enter the <HR> tag you will get a line all the way across your webpage, the same color as your browser's color.

There are several things you can do to make the line different. You need to set attributes to the coding so that the line will do a variety of things.
You can specify the width in either Percentage (called the Percentage Method )or in Pixels (called the Absolute Method )ie.

<HR WIDTH="50%"> or <HR WIDTH="300">.  Below you will see how each looks

Using Percentage Method
This will give you a line exactly half the size of your page. This method is a good one since no matter what resolution your visitor is looking at your page in, the line will be 50% of the width of their screen.

Using Absolute Method ( Pixels )
This number is the width in PIXELS. This is good when you need to specify an exact size for your line. ie if you want to have a line the same size as a graphic, you can specify the same width as the graphic.

You can also specify for it to have no shadow meaning that instead of looking indented on a page it will look higher. 

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What type of Lists are there?

There are four types of lists you can make but you need to start each list the same way by indenting using the indentation tag <UL> indents one space in and make sure to close it with </UL>


1) Unordered,
2) Ordered and
3) Definition lists
4) Nested Lists



Unordered Lists
An Unordered List will have bullets in front. You can also give it attributtes that will show a different bullet. TYPE="DISC" TYPE="CIRCLE" TYPE="SQUARE"

Ordered Lists
An Ordered List will have numbers in front. You open an Ordered List with <OL> and close it with </OL>.

Ordered Lists: using number types
When using the The Ordered List tag you can change has several attributes that work exactly the same way but you can specify how they look

TYPE="A" (Capital Letters... ie, A,B,C etc.)
TYPE="a" (Small letters... ie, a,b,c etc.)
TYPE="I" (Capital Roman Numerals... ie,II,III,IV etc.)
TYPE="i" (Small roman numerals... ie,ii,iii,iv etc.)
TYPE="2" (Standard numbers... ie, 1,2,3 etc.)

With the Unordered Lists you can either use these attributes in the <OL> opening tag or in the individual <LI> List Item tags.

Ordered Lists: define the starting number
Let's say you want a numbered list that starts at a specific number, like 50.
It is simple to specify a Starting Number in your list:

Defintion Lists
A Definition List is a little more complicated as there are two levels to this list. There is the Term and the Definition. You open a Definition List with <DL> and close it with </DL>. The two levels are determined with <DT> for the term, and <DD> for the definition.

When the terms are very short, you can use a Compact Definition List. The lists will then be placed on the same line as the definitions.

Nested Lists
This is a very complicated because you are putting can put lists inside lists. This is called Nested Lists. It can be confusing, so try to avoid it if you overwhelmed by all of this.

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What is Blockquote?

The BlockQuote tag will move a paragraph over to the left to isolate it from other text. It's the easiest way to place a whole paragraph.

Open it with <BLOCKQUOTE> and close it with </BLOCKQUOTE>.

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