Introduction to HTML

intro

It is time to begin your study of Web Site development by using a text editor to create a simple web page. You will learn about the HTML tags that provide page structure and content formatting.

objectivesAfter completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Define HTML and explain its parts.
  • Understand the connection between HTML and the web browser.
  • View the HTML source code of a web page.
  • List the Terrific Ten tags and explain the purpose of each set of tags.
  • Demonstrate what an opening tag and a closing tag look like and explain its use.
  • Create a basic web page using the Terrific Ten – saving the web page as an HTML document.
  • View a created web page in a web browser.
  • Use a special character code to create a blank space in an HTML document.
  • Use the <br> tag to create new lines in an HTML document.
  • Format HTML text using the following tags:
    • <p></p>
    • <h1…h6></h1…h6>
    • <strong></strong>
    • <em></em>
    • <ol></ol>
    • <ul><ul>
  • Use the <li></li> tags to add list items to an ordered list or an unordered list.
  • Add common attributes to HTML tags to make additional modifications to the text.
  • Nest tags correctly so as to ensure formatting of text is correct.