Week 5 - HTML

What is HTML?
HTML is a language for describing web pages.
• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages
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HTML Tags
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags
• HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like
• HTML tags normally come in pairs like and
• The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
• Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags
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What You Need
You don't need any tools to learn HTML at W3Schools.
• You don't need any HTML editor
• You don't need a web server
• You don't need a web site
• You just need notepad to get started
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HTML Documents = Web Pages
• HTML documents describe web pages
• HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
• HTML documents are also called web pages
The purpose of a web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the page
First lets try a simple example (type tags together)


just open a notepad document, once finished save as a .html file
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My First Heading

My first paragraph.

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Example Explained
• The text between and describes the web page
• The text between and is the visible page content
• The text between

and

is displayed as a heading
• The text between

and

is displayed as a paragraph



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HTML Headings
HTML headings are defined with the

to

tags.

This is a heading

This is a heading

This is a heading

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HTML Paragraphs
HTML paragraphs are defined with the

tag.

This is a paragraph.

This is another paragraph.

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HTML Formatting Tags
HTML uses tags like and for formatting output, like bold or italic text.
These HTML tags are called formatting tags. (remember to close the tags)

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HTML Links
HTML links are defined with the tag.
This is a link
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HTML Images
HTML images are defined with the tag.




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Look at the site www.w3schools.com for things to add to your site.

also try
to name the window bar in your browser