Learning HTML

Introduction to HTML.
* HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
* HTML file is a text file containing small Markup tags.
* The Markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page.
* HTML file must have an html file extension.
* HTML file can be created using a simple text editor.

HTML Tutorial!

* If you are running Windows, start Notepad. If you are on a Mac, start Simple Text.

* There is no need to change anything in Notepad if you are running Windows.

* In OSX start Text Edit and change the following preferences:

* Open the the Format menu and select Plain text instead of Rich text.

* Then open the Preferences window under the Text Edit menu and select Ignore rich text commands in HTML files.

* Your HTML code will probably not work if you do not change the preferences above.

Copy & Paste the following in your text file.
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of page</title>
</head>
<body>
This is my first homepage. <b>This text is bold</b>
</body>
</html>

* Save the file as mypage.html.

* Now, right click on mypage.html.

* Select Open With and click on Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.

* Now your page will be displayed on your Web Browser.

Understanding HTML

* The first tag in your HTML document is <html>. This tag tells your browser that this is the start of an HTML document.

* The last tag in your document is </html>. This tag tells your browser that this is the end of the HTML document.

* The text between the <head> tag and the </head> tag is header information. Header information is not displayed in the Browser Window.

* The text between the <title> tags is the title of your document. The title is displayed in your Browser's caption.

* The text between the <body> tags is the text that will be displayed in your Browser.

* The text between the <b> and </b> tags will be displayed in a Bold font.

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