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The following document is about Web Development and how the new HTML5 has brought in new changes from HTML 4.01.

See the following 7 deprecated HTML 4.01 tags.

<center> tag is no longer supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.

Defines centered text.

Solution:

h1 {
text-align: center;
}

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The <acronym> tag is no longer supported in HTML5.

defines an acronym.

Solution:

use the HTML tag <abbr> instead.

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The <applet> tag is no longer supported for HTML5.

Defines an embedded applet.

Solution:

use the HTML tag <object> instead.

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The <big> tag is no longer supported I'm HTML5. Use CSS instead.

Defines big text

Solution:

h1 {
text-size: large;
}

p {
text-size: large;
}

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The <dir> tag is no longer supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.

Defines a directory list.

Solution:

Use the HTML tag <ul> instead.

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The <frame> tag is no longer supported in HTML5.

Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset.

The <frameset> tag is no longer supported by HTML5.

Defines a set of frames.

The <noframes> tag is no longer supported in HTML5.

Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames.

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The <basefont> tag is no longer supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.

Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document.

Solution:

body {
color: red;
font: Georgia;
font-size: large;
}

p {
color: red;
font: Georgia;
font-size: large; }

h1 {
color: red;
font: Georgia;
font-size: large;
}