Introduction to HTML: Basic Tags and Structure
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The document discusses HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), which is used to define the structure and layout of web pages. HTML uses tags to annotate text and other content for display in a web browser. Some key points covered include: - HTML is a markup language that uses tags like <h1> and <p> to structure headings, paragraphs, and other elements. - Web browsers are used to display HTML documents on different platforms like Windows, Linux, and Mac. - HTML documents can be written using any basic text editor and involve writing opening and closing tags around content. - Common HTML tags were demonstrated like <h1> for main headings and <p> for paragraphs.
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Introduction to HTML: Basic Tags and Structure
- 4. HTML is a language for describing web pages. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language HTML is a markup language A markup language is a set of markup tags The tags describe document content HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text HTML documents are also called web pages rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 4
- 5. Web Browser is used to read HTML documents and composed them into visible or audible web page. HTML is platform independence means we can see web page on any OS including Windows, Linux and Mac HTML Created by WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM. rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 5
- 7. HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags HTML tags are keywords (tag names) surrounded by angle brackets like <html> HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b> The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag The end tag is written like the start tag, with a forward slash before the tag name Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 7
- 8. Tags can be written using upper or lowercase letters. We can assign specific attributes to each HTML tag to customize its behavior, like <P align=‘left’>. HTML document are plain-text documents, so it can use any text- editor to write HTML code. <tagname>content</tagname> rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 8
- 10. HTML can be edited by using a professional HTML editor like: Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft Expression Web CoffeeCuP HTML Editor However, for learning HTML we recommend a text editor like Notepad (PC) or TextEdit(Mac). We believe using a simple text editor is a good way to learn HTML. rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 10
- 11. To start Notepad go to: Start All Programs Accessories Notepad rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 11
- 14. HTML headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags. <html> <body> <h1>This <h2>This <h3>This <h4>This <h5>This <h6>This is is is is is is heading heading heading heading heading heading 1</h1> 2</h2> 3</h3> 4</h4> 5</h5> 6</h6> </body> </html> rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 14
- 15. This is heading 1 This is heading 2 This is heading 3 This is heading 4 This is heading 5 This is heading 6 rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 15
- 16. HTML elements can have attributes Attributes provide additional information about an element Attributes are always specified in the start tag Attributes come in name/value pairs like: name="value" rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 16
- 17. HTML paragraph are defined with the <P> tag. The align attribute is used to align the paragraph. <P align=“left” rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 17
- 20. To find out, right-click in the page and select "View Source" (IE) or "View Page Source" (Firefox), or similar for other browsers. This will open a window containing the HTML code of the page. rahuljaincse.blogspot.com 20