This HTML tutor was made by Lee, of Stormpages.com/lee fame. You can use this freely, you can distribute this freely. Just don't call it your own, and don't make money off of it. Don't even try to make money off of it. You are free to think about making money off of this, just as long as you don't put a plan into action into actually making money off this. I may change this, if I do I will reference it somewhere. So, this is version 1.
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the default standard language for programming on the web. It's based around commands, or "tags" that commands text to behave in various ways. With HTML you can create links, show pictures, format text and format web pages.
A very convenient thing about HTML is that you don't need to compile it (like JAVA or C++) as it runs completely from the browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape.) HTML can be coded in a word pad, and viewed through a browser.
Lesson 1: Viewing HTML files
- Open "notepad"
- type something on it
- save it as - something.html onto your desktop (or wherever)
- find the file
- open it by double clicking it.
Simple enough? Hopefully. Now, for the most part, HTML documents are split into two portions. A "head" and a "body." The head of the document contains commands like the website title and a few things I'll get into later. Most of the things that you put into the head of the document are hidden, but will influence the web page nonetheless.
The Body of the document is where everything else goes. Text, formatting, pictures, whatever. That's where you'll be spending most of your time with HTML.
go onto HTML Commands