HTML Hyper Text Markup Language: Introduction To HTML
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language is designed to specify the logical organization of a document, with important hypertext extensions. It is not designed to be the language of a WYSIWYG word processor such as Word or WordPerfect. This choice was made because the same HTML document may be viewed by many different "browsers", of very different abilities. Thus, for example, HTML allows you to mark selections of text as titles or paragraphs, and then leaves the interpretation of these marked elements up to the browser. For example one browser may indent the beginning of a paragraph, while another may only leave a blank line. HTML instructions divide the text of a document into blocks called elements. These can be divided into two broad categories -- those that define how the BODY of the document is to be displayed by the browser, and those that define information `about\' the document, such as the title or relationships to other documents. The detailed rules for HTML (the names of the tags/elements, how they can be used) are defined using another language known as the standard generalized markup language, or SGML. SGML is wickedly difficult, and was designed for massive document collections, such as repair manuals for F-16 fighters, or maintenance plans for nuclear submarines. Fortunately, HTML is much simpler! However, SGML has useful features that HTML lacks. For this reason, markup language and software experts have developed a new language, called XML (the eXtensible markup language) which has most of the most useful features of HTML and SGML. HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. HTML code allows you to format a page with text and images so you can display it on the World Wide Web. An HTML file must have an htm or html file extension. An HTML file can be created using a simple text editor. But now a days there are some great tools out there to help you write HTML code. HTML EditorsHTML documents are text files that you can "code" with a simple text editor, or you can use a WYSIWYG editor. You can try to use a WYSIWYG editor, but it is better to learn some of the basics of HTML coding before jumping into one of those editors. Learn some really basic coding so you can at least build a really simple page. The most popular HTML editors available are Example
Example explained tags is the title of your document. The title is displayed in your browser\'s caption. The text between the The first tag in this HTML document is . This tag tells your browser that this is the start of an HTML document. The last tag in your document is . This tag tells your browser that this is the end of the HTML document. The text between the tag and the tag is header information. Header information is not displayed in the browser window. The text between the tags is the text that will be displayed in your browser. The text between the and tags will be displayed in a bold font. Putting Your Site OnlineAfter you build a page or two, you\'ll need to upload it to a server (a place that serves your pages to the public). A server is a computer that is connected to the internet 24 hrs a day. Your Internet Provider is a server, and there are several free servers as well. Once you learn to upload your pages to a server, your site will be available for the world to see. For uploading a page one can use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) |
