What is HTML?
Behind the Web Standards, Tags, Basic Structure of HTML Document
Prepared by: MARLON L. LALAGUNA
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
Programmers at CERN Lab created this kind of language to set a standard in displaying information in the Internet. It is a language used by the World Wide Web. It is a set of markup symbols to format text, insert graphics, sound and video, and save it all as text file format, and ASCII file that any computer can understand.
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These mark-ups are called tags. They appear with this format:
<command> where keyword is HTML used
to format text, insert graphics, sound and video.
BEHIND THE WEB STANDARDS
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the rule-making body of the Web. The most essential standards are:
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
XML eXtensible Markup Language
CSS Cascading Style Sheets
TAG
It is a command in HTML that tells the browser how to display data on a Web Page. Each command is in between less than (<) and greater than (>).
Example: <B>, <I>, <U>
BASIC STRUCTURE OF HTML
TAG MEANINGS
<HTML></HTML>
HTML without forward slash denotes the
beginning of the document while the other one denotes the end of the document.
<HEAD></HEAD>
It provides information about the URL of
your Web page. It contains <TITLE> tag. The title tag does not contain any formatting commands such as bold, italics etc. To format the title of the page.
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<BODY></BODY>
It is the second part of the HTML document
that contains the information about the page such as text, graphics, sound and video.
Question: Is HTML letter case sensitive (big or small letters)?
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COMMENT TAG
It is just a note on your program. Anything
between these tags will not be seen on the browser. It is only visible on the source code. You can it anywhere on your code. Format:
<!--type your comment-->
STEPS IN CREATING THE FIRST HTML CODE
Click the START button on the task bar. 2. Point to programs, Accessories, then click Notepad. 3. Type the source code given in the next slide.
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Save the file as text file with the following file name: basic_structure.html Open the saved HTML document. You now have your first constructed Web page. Your file must be within your assigned folder.
AGREEMENT
Prepare for a LONG QUIZ on Monday about the following Lesson 1-5
HAPPY LEARNING!
