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History of HTML How It Works Basics HTML Codes Examples

The document provides an overview of HTML, including its history, how it works, basic HTML codes and tags. It notes that HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and was developed in the 1990s by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. It discusses how HTML pages are rendered by browsers according to HTML directives rather than requiring compilation. The document also outlines some common basic HTML tags and formatting elements.

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History of HTML How It Works Basics HTML Codes Examples

The document provides an overview of HTML, including its history, how it works, basic HTML codes and tags. It notes that HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and was developed in the 1990s by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. It discusses how HTML pages are rendered by browsers according to HTML directives rather than requiring compilation. The document also outlines some common basic HTML tags and formatting elements.

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HTML

Presented on 29th July 2009
by Manu Krishnan T.V
(www.tvmanukrishnan.co.cc)

● History of HTML
● How it Works
● Basics HTML Codes
● Examples

   
What is HTML?
● HTML stands for ? ? ? ?

   
What is HTML?
● HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
● It is the 'basic' authoring language used to create 
documents on the World Wide Web

   
History of HTML
● Highly related to the history of Internet
● Developed in 1990's as Internet started
● Related terms:
● HTTP
● URL
● Tim Berners­Lee was the primary author of html, 
assisted by his colleagues at CERN, an international 
scientific organization based in Geneva, Switzerland

   
   
History of HTML
● Different companies started producing web 
browsers and implemented proprietary codes 
specific to them
● Netscape, Internet Explorer
● Lead to problems in standards
● A website seen in a good way in a browser will not 
be the same in other

   
History of HTML
● Organization known as the World Wide Web 
Consortium(W3C) now works for the 
standardisation of HTML
● Advancements of HTML
● DHTML
● XHTML

   
How HTML works?
● Unlike C, C++ and other languages, HTML dosen't 
require a library or a transalator like Compiler
● HTML codes are directives to the web browsers and 
they decode it directly
● Each browser has its own way for decoding and 
hence pages viewed in different browsers may 
slightly differ

   
How HTML works?
● HTML is platform independent
● HTML codes are written in any text editor and 
saved with an extension .htm or .html
● Gedit or VIM in GNU/Linux
● Notepad or Wordpad in Windows
● Open the file in a web browser

Its that simple
   
HTML Editors
● For easier HTML code generation HTML editors 
can be used
● NVU
● Kompozer
● Dreamweaver
● Frontpage / Publisher

   
Basic HTML
● HTML codes need not follow the exact grammer
● HTML codes are case insensitive 
● HTML codes are organised as Tags
● Each HTML tag have specific attributes
● Attributes are optional
● No Variables or Operands

   
Basic HTML Tags
● <HTML> </HTML>
● <HEAD> </HEAD>
● <TITLE> </TITLE>
● <BODY> </BODY>
● BACKGROUND, BGCOLOR

   
Basic Formatting
● <B> </B>
● <I> </I>
● <U> </U>
● <P> </P>
● ALIGN
● <FONT> </FONT>
● COLOR, FACE, SIZE
● <CENTER> </CENTER>
   
Basic HTML Tags
● <BR>
● <HR>
● <IMG>
● SRC, ALT, WIDTH, HEIGHT, BORDER
● <A> </A>
● HREF, TITLE, TARGET

   
Basic HTML Tags
● <UL> </UL>, <OL> </OL>
● <LI> </LI>
● <TABLE>
● <TR> </TR>
● <TD> </TD>

   
Special Tags
● <DIV> </DIV>
● <MARQUEE> </MARQUEE>
● DIRECTION
● <SCRIPT> </SCRIPT>
● <META>
● <LINK>
● <FRAME> </FRAME>, <IFRAME> </IFRAME>

   
Doubts???

   
Thanks...

   

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