Web Design - Introduction to HTML: The Elite Eight

Sections:   Introduction  |  Section 1  |  Section 2  |  Section 3  |  Section 4  |  Section 5

Section One:  Part A  |  Part B  |  Part C  |  Part D  |  Part E  |  Part F  |  Part G

What is HTML? HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. Hypertext refers to a web page’s ability to link to other web pages. Markup Language refers to the system of modifying text through the use of <tags>. HTML relies on the use of <tags> to change common text into a visually appealing web page. To view the visual changes made to text through the use of HTML <tags> requires a web browser. Common web browsers include: Internet Explorer and Edge, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera. Stop and Think? What browser do you commonly use at home / at school? Are any of the browsers mentioned unfamiliar to you? Extend What You’ve Learned You can view the HTML <tags>, or source code, used to format most web sites. To view the HTML source code of a web page in... Internet Explorer, click View > Source. Google Chrome, right-click anywhere in the page and select View page source. Mozilla Firefox, click the Firefox tab > Web Developer > View Page Source. Try it Now… What do you think? Although it may look like a garbled mess right now, you will begin to be able to understand some of it here in the very near future. Next

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