Adding Images/Graphics

Web pages can be enhanced by the addition of pictures or graphics. Pictures can be added to a web page using the <IMG> tag. The basic syntax of the <IMG> tag is as follows.

<IMG SRC="http://www.latech.edu/tech/graphics/new-tech-header.jpg">

Which would display like this:

The SRC parameter specifies the path to the image to be displayed. Other parameters can be added to the <IMG> tag, such as ones specifying the height and width of the image, and adding descriptive text to the image. Images can also be used as links as seen in the following example.

<A HREF="mailto:email@myemail.com"><IMG SRC="Pictures/animmb1.gif" BORDER=2>Email Me</A>

Which would display like this:

Email Me

For more information about the <IMG> tag, visit here. This concludes this HTML tutorial. It only goes into the basics, but we hope that it was helpful. If there are any questions about this tutorial feel free to direct an e-mail to any of the authors, listed at the bottom of the page.
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This page created by English 303 Students Rachel Galliano, Kyle Johnson, Joel Ford, Ben Roubique and Lydia Starns, February 2002.