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!
| 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 |