Chapter 2. Start Me Up!

Enough of the warm up; it's time to get scripting. In this chapter, you'll learn where to put your scripts in your HTML; how you can leave comments in your scripts so that you can more easily understand them at a later time; and how you can use scripts to communicate with the user. You'll also see how to make the page automatically change to another page (called redirection). Let's get to it!

Table 2.1. Just Enough HTMLThe Basics

Tag	Attribute	Meaning
html		Contains the HTML part of the Web page
head		Contains the header part of the Web page
script		Contains the Web page's script or a reference to the external script file. Usually JavaScript, but not always.
	language	The programming language for the script. This attribute has been deprecated in favor of type.
	type	The programming language for the script. Required attribute.
	src	The location of an external script
title		Contains the title of the Web page
body		Contains the body part of the Web page
	bgcolor	Sets the background color of the page
h1...h6		Contents of this tag are emphasized as heading information; h1 is largest heading size, down to H6 as the smallest heading
	align	Describes where the contents of this tag should be placed on the page in terms of horizontal or vertical alignment
a		Links to another Web page
	href	Specifies where the user should go when the link is clicked
	id	The id assigned to the link