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INTRODUCTION TO HTML |
| right, lets get started, websites are used by internet surfers around the world every day, there are millions of them! hyper text markup language, or html as its usually recognised as, is what we use to write these web pages. this introduction will teach you a few basic rules we have to follow when writing html. in html, tags are used so we can display the page exactly how we want it, sounds confusing, but once you have learnt the tags then your fine and can start writing you own webpage. tags are used to do things such as produce tables, format text and display pictures (as a few examples). to successfully implement html, we need to follow certain rules: |
- each command has to be enclosed with, in mathematics terms, greater and less than symbols < > , for example <font>
- all commands have a beginning point, for example <tagname>
- most, but not all commands need to be closed off, an example of this would be when you want to bold some text, to prevent bolding all of the text, you would use the <b> and then </b>, making sure that all text that requires bolding goes between the tags. notice the / symbol, this is used to state the tag is been closed
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| okay, so now hopefully you have taken in the above, what you need now is some software to write your code on, you have a few choices, firstly, there is notepad (start -> programs -> accessories -> notepad), this is a very simple but useful program which you can use to write html on, it is handy because it comes standard with windows software, the downside to notepad is that it does not pick up on things like spelling mistakes or mistyped code. second choice is a html editor, there are many available for free on the internet, i will try get some links to recommended ones on here for you. these html editors are slightly more handy then notepad as many come with spell checkers, preview buttons, and also tag lists from which you can import straight into your document, this saves on having to type each tag everytime. the last choice is to use microsoft frontpage, this comes as part of microsoft office, so you will need to buy this first, which can be quite exspensive. frontpage is an all in one html editor, similar to any other except in more detail and contains more functions. the program i have always used since day one is notepad, but this is my preference, obviously this is not for everyone, so choose what suites you and what you feel most comfortable with! once you have chosen, then advance to lesson 2 using the link below: |
lesson 2  |
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