HOW TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL WEB SITE Rel. 1.1

LESSON 05 - Chapter g

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Finally,

definition lists

Browsers can organise nicely another type of List called Definition List.
Definition Lists can be used, for instance, for Glossaries and to organise and format text in a rational way.

A Definition List is contained between the two Tags <DL> </DL>. They are the container of the Definition List.
What is needed within is a number of Definition List Term Standalone Tags <DT>, each followed by another Standalone Tag <DD> (Definition List Data).

An example will clarify everything. This code:

<BODY>
<H3 ALIGN="center"> USEFUL INTERNET DEFINITIONS </H3>
<DL>
<DT><B> Cyberspace </B>
<DD> The cyberspace is very big, very dark and very far. It is populated by a lot of cyber robots crawling around in the black space. Cyberspace is very frightening..... <P>
<DT><B> Bandwidth </B>
<DD> Is the width of the band when all musicians are aligned in a row across the street and play their instruments while walking. Sometimes the road is rather narrow and musicians must lay themselves out in two or more rows...
</DL></BODY>

will be displayed by the Browser like this:

REMARKS:

The <DL> serves the only purpose of containing <DT> and <DD> pairs of Tags, in any number you wish.
Text following the <DT> Tag is simply aligned left.
Text following the <DD> Tag is indented. Indentation depends on Browser type and version.
The <DT> Tag may not be present. There will still be an indentation effect on text following <DD> Tags.
The length of text following a <DT> Tag should be limited to just a few short words. The Browser allocates a certain horizontal space to that text. If that space is exceeded text might wrap and create a new line. That's why Definition Lists are mainly used for Glossaries.
Within <DT> and <DD> Tags you may use most formatting Tags like <FONT>, <B>, <I>, <BR>, etc. It is up to you to mess your life up as much as you want.
Don't forget that the three Definition List Tags (DL - DT - DD) are Block Elements - be careful how you associate Inline Tags with them.......

Now I am exhausted. That's all for Lists.

You may notice how generous I can be: in this Lesson I have given you only 1 Exercise !
This is because I am confident you will be doing your own experimenting on the topics we have been discussing so far.

See you soon, Salutations !!!

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