The Basics of HTML

The Basics of HTML

(These are just some basics of HTML, they are just some facts and notes in the beginning of my HTML studying that I wrote myself…ENJOY

I hope that they can inform you a little if you are just starting out with HTML or need a better understanding about it.)

Using HTML I can create documents that can be used on an Intranet or an Internet

What is a SERVER

A SERVER is like a waiter I tell it the information that I need and it brings it to my desktop or printer

To publish documents on a server I need a access to that server, so I know where I can put my things

So this is how HTML works:

I construct an HTML4 document on my desktop (On my own personal computer)

I access my server and send my HTML4 document to them to put on the server

The server sends the HTML document to the World Wide Web or the company Intranet

One of the most important things about HTML4 is that I can create documents that I can publish on a web server, and everyone that has access to that server or access to the internet can view my documents.

HTML (Hyper text markup language)

Details:

· In HMTL text refers to any element that I can place on the page

· I can include graphics, art and also lines in my document

· Examples of items that could be in an HTML4 document include:

· Words

· Line drawings; include sketches and also diagrams

· Artwork; photos cartoons and patterns and also pictures

Understanding 'HYPER'

· Jumping from one place to another without ever hitting any ground in the middle

· By using hypertext I can read a document by jumping from one place to another place in the same document without ever having to read line by line

· I can also jump from one document to a totally different document depending on what I want to view

· I can make TEXT, GRAPHICS and ART ALL HYPER

· All I am doing is adding one link to another link in my documents

· These links are characterized by text usually being in black color or other dark color and the link will be in a bright blue or purple or some other distinctive color, also after the link has been clicked on it changes color to help me see where I have been and where I need to go.

· Graphical links have a border around them and that is the one characteristic to let me know that they are hyper.

The MARKUP LANGUAGE part of HTML

This part lets me identify the specific parts of the document (the headings, paragraphs, lists and so on).

I will just identify the parts of the document instead of specifying what the parts will look like, each part of my HTML document will be identified by something called TAGS.

Web browsing software programs can read these TAGS.

The TAGS and the BROWSER program will determine how each element will appear

THE EXACT LOOK OF EACH ELEMENT WILL VARY FROM BROWSER TO BROWSER

HTML is a STRUCTURAL LANGUAGE, I label the pieces of the document according to what they are

The paragraph Tag (opening paragraph tag is

and the closing paragraph tag is

)is the paragraph and the heading tag is the heading.

**I must remember that I can not guarantee exactly what my readers will see in my HTML doc, because depending on the type of browser, what each user will see will always vary from user to user.

**A heading level 1 in IE may appear slightly different than a heading level 1 in NN, the elements are similar but the text will look somewhat different

**Remember when working on HTML4 documents always make sure that I hat save (ctrl +s) and then click refresh in my browser to update the document after any changes have been made to it.

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