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Remember when I said that the browser doesn't understand formatting, it just displays text in a steady stream? Kind of like this...
<BODY>
///\\___
(@ @)
+----oOO----(_)-----------+
| BARRY GOLDWATER |
| for |
| President |
+-----------------oOO-----+
|__|__|
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ooO Ooo
</BODY>
 ///\\___ (@ @) +----oOO----(_)-----------+ | BARRY GOLDWATER | | for | | President | +-----------------oOO-----+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo |
Well, with the <PRE> (preformat) tag, we can put a stop to that and have things displayed the way we type them.
<BODY>
<PRE>
///\\___
(@ @)
+----oOO----(_)-----------+
| BARRY GOLDWATER |
| for |
| President |
+-----------------oOO-----+
|__|__|
|| ||
ooO Ooo
</PRE>
</BODY>
///\\___
(@ @)
+----oOO----(_)-----------+
| BARRY GOLDWATER |
| for |
| President |
+-----------------oOO-----+
|__|__|
|| ||
ooO Ooo
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Notice that a monospaced font is used.
The last tag we're going to discuss is a comment.
<BODY> <!--This is a comment--> This is not <P>A comment can be placed anywhere in the document and the browser will ignore everything inside the brackets. You can insert hidden messages, <!--Hi Mom!--> notes to yourself, <!--Pick up milk--> or write a helpful message to someone looking at the source of your page.<!--Copy anything off me and you're dead meat!--> </BODY>
This is not A comment can be placed anywhere in the document and the browser will ignore everything inside the brackets. You can insert hidden messages, notes to yourself, or write a helpful message to someone looking at the source of your page. |
Just to be absolutely clear, the comment must start with <!-- and end with -->
You can (usually) even put other html tags in a comment and they will be ignored. The browser will just keep ignoring everything until it sees a -->
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