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HTML, or Hypertext Markup Transfer Language, is a computer language used solely for making web pages that can be posted to the Internet. It is a low level computer language, which means that the text is fairly easy to decipher by a user rather than only being understood by the computer (as most machine languages tend to be.) HTML can be read on any platform computer so you could do web designing on a Windows PC, a Mac or Linux computer.
To create a page using html you will only need a notepad type word processor and a browser program to view your work. Seeing that both come installed on any windows based machine, almost any computer can be used. The files just need to be saved as text files and have an .htm or .html extension on them.
HTML takes the content you want to put into your page and adds instructions on how to use it by adding Tags to the file. The Tags do everything from basic font changes, such as bold, italics, size and colour, to much more intricate elements such as tables, email forms, videos and embedded games. All you need is to know the format of the tag instructions and you can use those elements.
All tag command formats are the same. They begin with a less-than sign: < and end with a greater-than sign: >. Always. No exceptions. What goes inside the < and > is the tag.
Learning HTML is learning the specific tags needed to perform whatever command you want to do. Here's an example: The tag for a paragraph is "p". That makes sense. For example:
<p>Joe</p>
In the old HTML standards, we used to use B for bold, and I for italics, etc. With the latest standards it is now accepted practice to use keywords to do the same job as some of our old commands. The keyword strong or em tags have the same effect, but comply with the latest html standards.
<strong>Joe</strong> and <em>Taite</em>
Look At What's Happening:
To create a page using html you will only need a notepad type word processor and a browser program to view your work. Seeing that both come installed on any windows based machine, almost any computer can be used. The files just need to be saved as text files and have an .htm or .html extension on them.
HTML takes the content you want to put into your page and adds instructions on how to use it by adding Tags to the file. The Tags do everything from basic font changes, such as bold, italics, size and colour, to much more intricate elements such as tables, email forms, videos and embedded games. All you need is to know the format of the tag instructions and you can use those elements.
All tag command formats are the same. They begin with a less-than sign: < and end with a greater-than sign: >. Always. No exceptions. What goes inside the < and > is the tag.
Learning HTML is learning the specific tags needed to perform whatever command you want to do. Here's an example: The tag for a paragraph is "p". That makes sense. For example:
<p>Joe</p>
In the old HTML standards, we used to use B for bold, and I for italics, etc. With the latest standards it is now accepted practice to use keywords to do the same job as some of our old commands. The keyword strong or em tags have the same effect, but comply with the latest html standards.
<strong>Joe</strong> and <em>Taite</em>
Look At What's Happening:
- <strong> begins a strong tag.
- "Joe" is the word being affected by the <strong> tag.
- </strong> is the end strong tag. Notice it is exactly the same as the beginning tag except there is a slash in front of the tag command.
- This is what prints to the page: Joe Taite
For a List of usable tags, see either of these charts: HTML Tags 1
HTML Tags 2
These lists may not be all inclusive for HTML tags, but they are a good place to start