Slide 25 - Common HTML5 Elements - Embedded content § Session 02

Common HTML5 Elements - Embedded content

img element
Key attributes
- src
- alt

img element

HTML documents do not contain the images themselves, but merely contain references to the images to be displayed. Common image file types are:

GIF, Graphics Interchange Format, ".gif"
JPEG, Joint Photographic Experts Group, ".jpg", ".jpeg"
PNG, Portable Network Graphics, ".png"

Example 2.9 - img element - Example 2.9 |

Markup
Display

<img src="http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/images/harvard-extension-school-shield.png" alt="Harvard University Extension School Shield" height="330" width="287"/>

Harvard University Extension School Shield

Example 2.10 - 'img' element with an anchor - Example 2.10 |

Markup
Display

<a href="http://extension.harvard.edu/"><img src="http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/images/harvard-extension-school-shield.png" alt="Harvard University Extension School Shield" height="330" width="287"/></a>

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