How to Learn HTML
How to Learn HTML
HTML is the abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language. It is a special
code used for the creation of websites, and most Web designers know it,
or they know a program that creates HTML for them. HTML can be a little
frustrating and difficult to actually understand.
Steps
1. HTML reads left to right. First, you have to understand tags. Tags
are placed at the beginning of whatever you want to change. If you
wanted to make a word bold, you'd put a tag at the beginning of the
word, and at the end.
2. Tags begin with a less-than sign: < and end with a greater-than
sign: >. What goes inside the < and > is the tag. Learning
HTML is learning the tag to perform whatever you want to do. Usually,
the tag at the end has a / before the greater sign. For example:
<example>Hello</example>
- Every tag should begin with an opening and closing tag. If a tag only does not specifically use a closing tag [such as
or <img>, which will you see below], then the tag should end with
a slash inside of the tag. Thus, the previous tags would be written as
and <img/>, respectively.
- The tag for a paragraph is .
- The tag for bold is <strong> or .
- The tag for italics is <em> or .
- In HTML, the <HTML> tag must be placed around the code.
- The tag for a break (skip in the line, hitting to hitting "enter" on the keyboard) is
.
- The <body> tag is always around the text.
3. By now, you can write HTML using tags. But what if you want more? Here's some more codes:
To insert images: <img src="URL" />
To resize images: <img src="URL" width="400" /> (size is adjustable)
Linking images: <img src="URL" border="0">
4. There are many websites that explain HTML more in-depth. Some good sites are Funky-Chickens.com and
HtmlCodeTutorial.com.
5.Every HTML page start with <html> and end with
</html>. It will tell the server that it is a html page. Within
the <html> tag, the page consist of head and body section. The
head section allows us to specify the title. The body section is the
content of the html page.
6. Now that we have tags down, let's see what we can make with the knowledge:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Title Goes Here</title>
</head>
<body>
I like to write a lot of <strong>HTML!</strong>
Tags are so much fun. You can do it, too!
</body>
</html>
Tips
If you're getting serious with HTML, buy Dreamweaver or Microsoft
Frontpage. It teaches you codes and all. Both of them are WYSIWYG (What
you see is what you get) editor. Their functions is very similar to
word processor. It will be easy to get started with the 2 softwares. If
you don't wish to spend money on the html software, there are some free
html editors for you to test out. One of them is Nvu, WYSIWYG editor,
this software is very similar to Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage.
Things You'll Need
A word processor, such as Microsoft Word, Notepad or BBEdit.
About the Author
Cherie Ang
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