Tags are the way in which you tell the webbrowser what to do.
In HTML tags start with a < and close with a >.
The name goes in the middle <span>
The parameters (items you can change) go within the < and > with a space in between eg: <span id="hello"> or <img src="wikpedia.gif" width="200" height="150" border="1">
You do not need a span in between the last parameter and the end >
Tags end with a / before the name eg: </span>
You don't need to set any parameters in the closing tag.
It is bad scripting to not close your tags.
It is good scripting to use the 'tab' feature and use one indet for content within a tag, and an extra tab for each tag the content is in....
Example (no tabs):
<span id="hello">
<img src="wikpedia.gif" width="200" height="150" border="1"></img>
</span>
<b>Hello <i>this </i></b> is a t<b>a</b>g
Produces:
Hello this is a t
ag
Example (showing tabs):
<span id="hello">
[TAB]<img src="wikpedia.gif" width="200" height="150" border="1"></img>
[TAB]<font color="red">
[TAB][TAB]Wikipedia
[TAB]</font>
</span>