Common HTML errors

Note that different Browsers interpret HTML tags differently. It is very important to write HTML documents that look good on any browser.

End of paragraph marker issues - <p>
Representing a character that would otherwise be recognized as markup tag
URL Errors
Missing end-tags
Things to avoid
- Mixing HEAD & BODY elements
- Using white space around element tags. Example:
  some text here <A HREF="http://www.foo.edu/dir/a.html">LINK</A> more text.
- Link names
- Overlapping tags
- Physical vs. Logical Style
Problems with image tags - dummy image, permissions, path
Don't embed an HTML tag element within an anchor

Composing Good HTML Document

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