Html Basics: What You Need To Know

What is HTML?

The Internet has a base language of its own. It is called the Hypertext Markup Language or HTML. HTML gives programmers basic ideas about what a program is about. This Internet language is what makes it easy for them to begin their task although they do not consider it as a programming medium.

Notepad and text editors are the tools needed in making an HTML page. For those who do not have any basic knowledge about how this is done, there are many programs available online that can help them make an HTML page.

What is the importance of HTML codes?

Learning some basic web design skills is very important if you are planning on taking your business on the Internet. You not only will have the capability to make your web pages yourself but you can also save the money for hiring someone to do it for you.

How does HTML work?

HTML codes, also known as tags, are put inside the lesser than () brackets and can be written in capital or lower case letters.

An element, or the browser command, follows the opening bracket and with a closing bracket in the end.

An example is:



Attributes may follow the elements, which may be words that describe the aspects of the element. This will instruct the browser further.

So:



Attributes are only enclosed in the opening tags that are found on the right side of the element. A space and an equal sign separates them. Enclosed in quotes are the values; they come next to the equal sign.

For basic documents:



Your Web Page Heading





Each HTML tag above contains an opening tag and a closing tag. The opening tag is written with the command enclosed with brackets.

This is an example of an ordinary HTML document composition. Visible are the opening HTML tag, the TITLE tag in between the opening and closing HEAD tags, the beginning and closing BODY tags and the closing HTML tag.

All of your text, graphics and any additional HTML codes should be placed between the and tags.

In this example,



The browser is dictated by the opening tag to start the particular action. The action is then stopped by the closing tag.

So the correct way of writing HTML is to put the closing tags sequentially with the opening tags.

Example of the accurate progression of writing HTML

You will notice that the closing tags are in the proper series with the opening tags. But if you have several opening tags, the closing tags should end with the first and start with the last opening tag.

How should an HTML be written?

Below is an example of a correctly written HTML code:

Example

How should HTML be not written?

Example

How do you write a basic HTML document layout?

Start writing your HTML by first making your document's basic layout. It should begin with and will end with :





Your Page Title


This area should contain all that will be evident through a web browser such as text and graphics.



- this is how your HTML document should begin

- Contains information about the page such as, the TITLE, META tags for proper Search Engine indexing, STYLE tags, which determine the page layout and JavaScript coding for special effects.

- The TITLE of your page. This will be visible in the title bar of your visitors' browser.

Make sure that you include your most significant keyword phrase within your "title" for Search Engine indexing. A keyword phrase is two or more words that best describe your website.

- Closes the tag.
- Closes the tag.
- Your document should be written here
- Closes the tag.
- Closes the tag.

Some fundamental text elements in HMTL code are:

tags create Bold Text
Example
tags create Italic text
Example
tags create Underlined text

So: Example

Your complete HTML code should appear just like that.