Chapter 1 (Create HTML Pages)

The document discusses creating basic HTML pages by introducing HTML tags and attributes. It explains how to set document properties like background color, text color, and link colors. The document also demonstrates how to add a background image and provides color code examples.

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Chapter 1 (Create HTML Pages)

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CSC 201

Introduction to HTML

Chapter 1 - Create HTML Pages

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HTML Page Creation & Editing
In this chapter you will learn to create HTML
pages with a standard text editor.
Objectives:
Upon completing this section, you should be
able to:
1. Create a Basic HTML Page.
3. View Your Results in a Browser.

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Definitions

 W W W – World Wide Web.

 HTML – HyperText Markup Language –
The Language of Web Pages on the World
Wide Web.
HTML is a text formatting language.
 URL – Uniform Resource Locator.
 Browser – A software program which is
used to show web pages.
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Definitions
 “Normal text” surrounded by
bracketed tags that tell browsers
how to display web pages

 Pages end with “.htm” or “.html”

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Tags

 Codes enclosed in brackets

 Not case sensitive
 Usually paired
<TITLE>My Web Page</TITLE>

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Choosing Text Editor

 HTML Editors are excellent tools for

experienced web developers; however; it
is important that you learn and understand
the HTML language so that you can edit
code and fix “bugs” in your pages.
 For this Course, we will focus on using the
standard Microsoft Windows text editor,
NotePad.
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Previewing Your Work
 Once you have created your basic starting
document and set your document properties it
is a good idea to save your file.

 To save a file, in NotePad, follow these steps:

1. Locate and click on the menu called “File”.
2. Select the option under File Menu labeled “Save
As”.
3. In the “File Name” text box, type in the entire name
of your file (including the extension name .html).

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Creating a Basic Starting
Document
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Haigazian University</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
This is what is displayed.
</BODY>
</HTML> 8
Creating a Basic Starting
Document
 The HEAD of your document point to above
window part. The TITLE of your document
appears in the very top line of the user’s
browser. If the user chooses to “Bookmark”
your page or save as a “Favorite”; it is the
TITLE that is added to the list.
 The text in your TITLE should be as
descriptive as possible because this is what
many search engines, on the internet, use for
indexing your site. 9
Setting Document Properties

 Document properties are controlled

by attributes of the BODY element.
 For example, there are color settings
for the background color of the page,
the document’s text and different
states of links.

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Color Codes
• Colors are set using “RGB” color codes,
which are, represented as hexadecimal
values. Each 2-digit section of the code
represents the amount, in sequence, of
red, green or blue that forms the color.
• For example, a RGB value with 00 as the
first two digits has no red in the color.

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Main Colors

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Color Codes
1. WHITE 1. FFFFFF
2. BLACK 2. 000000
3. RED 3. FF0000
4. GREEN 4. 00FF00
5. BLUE 5. 0000FF
6. MAGENTA 6. FF00FF
7. CYAN 7. 00FFFF
8. YELLOW 8. FFFF00
9. AQUAMARINE 9. 70DB93
10. BAKER’S CHOCOLATE 10. 5C3317
11. VIOLET 11. 9F5F9F
12. BRASS 12. B5A642
13. COPPER 13. B87333
14. PINK 14. FF6EC7
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15. ORANGE 15. FF7F00
The Body Element
• The BODY element of a web page is an
important element in regards to the page’s
appearance. Here are the attributes of the
BODY tag to control all the levels:
TEXT="RRGGBB" to change the color of all
the text on the page (full page text color.)

 This element contains information about the

page’s background color, the background image,
as well as the text and link colors.
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Background Color
 It is very common to see web pages with
their background color set to white or some
other colors.
 To set your document’s background color,
you need to edit the <BODY> element by
adding the BGCOLOR attribute. The
following example will display a document
with a black background color:
<BODY BGCOLOR=000000></BODY>
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TEXT Color

 The TEXT attribute is used to control

the color of all the normal text in the
document. The default color for text is
black. The TEXT attribute would be
added as follows:
<BODY BGCOLOR=000000
TEXT=FF0000></BODY>
In this example the document’s page
color is black and the text would be red. 16
LINK and VLINK
These attributes control the colors of the different
link states:
1. LINK – initial appearance – default = Blue.
2. VLINK – visited link – default = Purple.

The Format for setting these attributes is:

<BODY BGCOLOR=000000 TEXT=FF0000

LINK=0000FF
VLINK=FF00FF> </BODY> 17
Using Image Background
 The BODY element also gives you ability
of setting an image as the document’s
background.
 An example of a background image’s
HTML code is as follows:

<BODY BACKGROUND=HULogo.png
</BODY>
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Example
<HTML>

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Haigazian University</TITLE>
</HEAD>