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Starting Html (PART 2) by silvolexy(m): 2:07pm On Aug 19, 2014 |
HTML or HyperText Markup Language is the standard markup language used to create web pages. HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like <html>. HTML tags most commonly come in pairs like <h1> and </h1>, although some tags represent empty elements and so are unpaired, for example <img>. The first tag in a pair is the start tag, and the second tag is the end tag (they are also called opening tags and closing tags). A web browser can read HTML files and compose them into visible or audible web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses them to interpret the content of the page. HTML describes the structure of a website semantically along with cues for presentation, making it a markup language rather than a programming language. Stay tuned for more... (pART TWO) GETTING STARTED... Things you need for this html are things that you can easily get. first of all you need to a computer system which you will be using all the time and secondly, you need to download software named: Notepad ++. the reason for this notepad ++ is that it has a better interface for editing. And the most interesting is that notepad ++ is free. Do all this and now we can start the lesson. now lets start with defining some terms... HTML Introduction HTML Example <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1>My First Heading</h1> <p>My first paragraph.</p> </body> </html> Try it yourself ยป Example Explained The DOCTYPE declaration defines the document type The text between <html> and </html> describes the web page The text between <body> and </body> is the visible page content The text between <h1> and </h1> is displayed as a heading The text between <p> and </p> is displayed as a paragraph Note The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration is the doctype for HTML5. What is HTML? HTML is a language for describing web pages. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language HTML is a markup language A markup language is a set of markup tags The tags describe document content HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text HTML documents are also called web pages HTML Tags HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags. HTML tags are keywords (tag names) surrounded by angle brackets like <html> HTML tags normally come in pairs like <p> and </p> The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag The end tag is written like the start tag, with a slash before the tag name Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags <tagname>content</tagname> HTML Elements In HTML, most elements are written with a start tag (e.g. <p> and an end tag (e.g. </p>, with the content in between: <p>This is a paragraph.</p> |
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