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HTML Help and Tutorial for Kids. How does a Web page work?

HTML Help and Tutorial for Kids

Well, the odds are you're sitting at your computer looking at this Web page through a browser. Most likely you're using a browser called Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, or Safari. A browser is a computer software program that can take you to different places on the Web by typing in the URL of a Web page and clicking "go" or "enter" on your keyboard. A browser also looks at the HTML tags on a site and translates those tags into what you're looking at now, a Web site. Different browsers interpret HTML tags a little differently, so what you see on one browser is not necessarily what you will see on another browser.

It doesn't matter which browser you use, as long as you're happy with it. Webpage Authoring. w3schools: HTML Tutorial. Mozilla Developer Network: HTML. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web.

Mozilla Developer Network: HTML

It defines the meaning and structure of web content. Other technologies besides HTML are generally used to describe a web page's appearance/presentation (CSS) or functionality/behavior (JavaScript). "Hypertext" refers to links that connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites. Links are a fundamental aspect of the Web. By uploading content to the Internet and linking it to pages created by other people, you become an active participant in the World Wide Web. HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. An HTML element is set off from other text in a document by "tags", which consist of the element name surrounded by "<" and ">". The articles below can help you learn more about HTML. Learn HTML and CSS: An Absolute Beginner's Guide. This article was written in 2009 and remains one of our most popular posts.

Learn HTML and CSS: An Absolute Beginner's Guide

If you’re keen to learn more about HTML and CSS, you may find this recent article on the future of HTML of great interest. So, you’re ready to take the plunge and begin to learn how to build your own web pages and sites? Fantastic! We’ve got quite a ride ahead, so I hope you’re feeling adventurous. This information is an excerpt from my recently released book, Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd edition. In the following pages, I’ll show you how to set up your computer — be it PC or Mac — so that you’re ready to build a site. Then, we’ll meet XHTML and walk through the details of how to structure a web page correctly. Finally, we’ll turn to the topic of Cascading Style Sheets, which we’ll use to change the way elements of your web page look. Don’t worry if some of these terms are unfamiliar — this excerpt, like the book itself, assumes that you have no knowledge about building web pages.

Introduction. Welcome to Tizag.com's HTML Tutorial!

Introduction

Here you will learn the basics of HyperText Markup Language (HTML), so that you may design your own web pages like the one you are viewing right now! HTML is not a programming language, but rather a markup language. If you already know XML, HTML will be a snap for you to learn. We urge you not to attempt to blow through this tutorial in one sitting. Instead, we recommend that you spend 15 minutes to an hour a day practicing HTML and then take a break to let the information settle in. If you are new to HTML and haven't read through our Beginner's Tutorial, please take a few minutes to complete that tutorial before moving on. Creating an HTML document is easy. HTML hasn't been around for many years. Here are some important facts about why web pages are so useful! They are a low-cost and easy way to spread information to a large audience.

Throughout this tutorial, we will be using several terms that are unique to HTML. HTML Tutorial. Hello.

HTML Tutorial

My name is Joe and I'm going to give you a few simple lessons on how to make a Web Page. I must warn you though, this is for "all wet behinda ears" Newbies. If you're at all experienced at this sort of thing, you'll probably find this tutorial a bit of a yawner. You'll be happy to learn that it's really pretty simple. Let's get started. HTML Cheatsheet. Smashing Magazine: HTML.