HTML Introduction
Structure and Formatting Tags
Example Explained The DOCTYPE declaration defines the document type (The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration is the doctype for HTML5.) 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
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 <b> and </b>
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 forward slash before the tag name
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags
<tagname>content</tagname>
HTML Elements
"HTML tags" and "HTML elements" are often used to describe the same thing.
But strictly speaking, an HTML element is everything between the start tag and the end tag, including the tags:
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
Web Browsers
The purpose of a web browser (such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the page:
HTML Versions
The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration
The <!DOCTYPE> declaration helps the browser to display a web page correctly. There are many different documents on the web, and a browser can only display an HTML page 100% correctly if it knows the HTML type and version used.
HTML Editors
Writing HTML Using Notepad or TextEdit
HTML can be edited by using a professional HTML editor like:
Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft Expression Web CoffeeCup HTML Editor
However, for learning HTML it is recommend to use a text editor like Notepad (PC) or TextEdit (Mac). Using a simple text editor is a good way to learn HTML.
Step 1:
Start Notepad
To start Notepad go to: Start All Programs Accessories Notepad
Step 2:
Type your HTML code into your Notepad:
Step 3:
Save Your HTML
Select Save as.. in Notepad's file menu.
When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html file extension. There is no difference, it is entirely up to you.
Save the file in a folder that is easy to remember.
Step 4:
Run the HTML in Your Browser
Start your web browser and open your html file from the File, Open menu, or just browse the folder and double-click your HTML file.
The result should look much like this:
HTML Basic
4 Examples
HTML Headings
HTML headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags.
Example
<h1>This is heading 1</h1> <h2>This is heading 2</h2> <h3>This is heading 3</h3>
HTML Paragraphs
HTML paragraphs are defined with the <p> tag.
Example
<p>This is a paragraph.</p> <p>This is another paragraph.</p>
HTML Links
HTML links are defined with the <a> tag.
Example
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">This is a link</a>
Note: The link address is specified in the href attribute.
HTML Images
HTML images are defined with the <img> tag.
Example
<img src="w3schools.jpg" width="104" height="142">
Note: The filename and the size of the image are provided as attributes.
