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HTML
Q: What is HTML?
A: HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is the means by which your browser (the application running on your computer) can communicate with a server (another computer). It happens like this. You start up the browser-- Internet Explorer, Netscape, whatever is your preference. Your browser sends a request to the server for information. That request is returned in the form of a web page (a document). The web page uses HTML to display the information (text and images), to give the web page structure, to make it possible to access other computers ( via links to websites), and to make it possible to request even more information. The World Wide Web Consortium is the authority that develops the HTML standard and other web related standards. These standards are heavily influenced by the tags/HTML that are produced and introduced by the makers of popular browsers. Any number of tags/HTML may or may not be in use depending on the version of browser. It's a good idea to review current standards at the World Wide Web Consortium or at The HTML Compendium.
Q:Where do I begin if I want to make a web page?
A:To begin building a web page, you'll first need an HTML editor, like Notepad, Homesite, or Notetab Lite. Or you could use a web authoring tool like Dreamweaver or FrontPage2000. You should not use a word processing program like MSWord. Once you have the right editor/tool, you can create an HTML document a.k.a. web page by using HTML "tags."
Q: What is an HTML document?
A: An HTML document is a text document. The text includes something called "tags." Each tag tells your browser what and how to display information (both text and images). Each tag has a name. Some tags also have an attribute -- something that further describes the name. The name and attributes are always between a < and a >. Most tags have two parts -- a beginning and an end -- like this <HTML> and </HTML> Note that the ending tag has a "/" There are a few tags that are stand alone, like this <IMG>. Normally the <IMG> tag, a tag that is used for images, has an attribute that tells the browser where to find an image file. For instance, the tag <IMG SRC="http://www.webbildr.com/webbildreyes.jpg"> tells your browser where to find the image that appears at the top of this page.
There are two main parts to an HTML document -- the "head" and the "body." The "head" of the HTML document has information that is usually not seen on the web page but which might include information for search engines, information about the HTML editor or web authoring tool, information about who created the page and/or information for the browser itself (i.e. the title is included in the head and appears at the top of the browser window). The "body" of the HTML document is what you normally see in your browser window. The basic HTML document looks something like this...
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>The title of your web page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
All the cool stuff you want on your page goes here
</BODY>
</HTML>
The <HTML> tag tells your browser this an HTML document. The <HEAD> tag includes information for the browser like the <TITLE> tag, which tells the browser the name of the page. The <TITLE> has a closing or ending tag so that the browser doesn't mistakenly include other words in the name of the title. Then the </HEAD> appears to end that part of the HTML document. Next comes the body of the document. The <BODY> tag tells the browser this is the BODY and this is how it will be displayed. This is what you see in your browser window.
To see the above HTML document in a browser window click here!
After all the information is shown, there is an ending or closing tag </BODY> to designate that the BODY is complete. Then there is a closing or ending </HTML> to designate the end of the HTML document.
That is the very basic document.
If you clicked on the sample, you can see that it displays only a few words. No images, no color, just plain text. So you're wondering how you can create something that's a bit more exciting, right? Hmmm... then you should read the next section. :)
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