So you feel like pulling out the dictionary and laying down some definitions to your not-so-edumacated visitors. Or you just want to seem more edumacated. Either way having a definition list makes you look smart. Let's take a look how we make them, shall we?

The < DL> Tag

      Okay, if you've been following along in these tutorials you probably already know what DL stands for. However, for any latecomers DL stands for definition list. So we tell the computer we want a definition list by coding it like this:

      Now, let me ask you: what do you need to make a definition. Well, you first need a term that needs defining, right? Then you need a defenition to define that term (hope I didn't lose anyone there). So that's exactly what we are gonna tell the computer.

So now, we inlcude the < DT> tag, which stands for Definition Term, inside the opening definition list tag. After that tag we place the term we are gonna define. Then we place the < DD>, or Definition Definition tag, and write our nice, smart, witty, long and boring definition after that tag. Notice that these two new tags do not require a closing tag.

The Code

Let's look at the general look of definition lists:

And here is a real-life example:

The Result

Error 404

This error means the page is not found

HTML

The language used to create websites

Note: By default the term is not in bold. Making it bold help visitors can see the difference between the term and definition.

Again practice those definition lists. I'm sure you will get the hang of them really soon.

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