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LESSON ONE.
-INTRODUCTION TO HTML-
> What is a "Web Page"?
β£ A web page is an electronic document especially formatted for the web- Web pages may contain text, images, graphics, sound clips and video clips, and links to other web pages. A collection of related web pages is called a web site.
β£ Every time a specific web site is accessed, the first page that will be displayed is the home page. Home page is the starting page of the web site. It is similar to a book cover and it may function as the table of contents of the web site. Home pages are usually designated with an index.html filename.
> What is a "Hyperlinks"?
β£ Hyperlinks also known as links are commonly found in web pages. It serves as a connection to another web page within the web site or on the web. Links can be text or graphics. Whenever the mouse pointer passes over a link; the pointer changes from an arrow pointer to a hand pointer.
"HTML"
(start command)
β£ HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the primary language used to create web pages. Although it is not considered as a programming language, it contains specific rules for defining the placement of text, graphics, video and sound on the web page. These rules are specified in each HTML commands.
β£ HTML commands are known as tags or mark-up. HTML tags define how web elements are displayed on the web page. HTML tags are inserted into the text by using angle brackets. Most commands come in pairs; this is illustrated in
the sample below:
<center> ...and now i see daylight. </center>
(end command)
> TYPES OF HTML TAGS
There are two basic classifications of HTML tags:
β£ Empty tag - this type tag/command of HTML tag doesn't have an end.
β£ Container tag - this type of HTML tag requires an end tag and usually comes in pairs.
> CREATING YOUR FIRST WEB PAGE
To create a web page the following software are needed:
β£ Web browser
β£ HTML editor
This course will be using the following programs:
1. Internet Explorer will be used as the web browser to test the web pages.
2. Notepad will be used as the HTML editor.
HTML Tag
<html> ... </html>
Description
β£ It is used to indicate that the text enclosed in this tag is in HTML format and that it can be viewed using the browser.
<head> ... </head>
β£ It is used to define the header area. The content of the header area is not displayed within the page of the browser.
<title> ... </title>
<body> ... </body>
β£ It is placed inside the <head>... </head>. The information placed inside this tag will be displayed on the title bar of the browser window.
β£ It used to indicate that the text enclosed inside this tag will be displayed on the browser page.
These commands are arranged as follows to form the HTML document basic structure:
<html>
<head> <title> Daylight </title> </head>
<body>
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you
</body>
</html>
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