Noobs - HTML Introduction

**Revan** · Subject: Noobs - HTML Introduction Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:41 pm

A basic introduction to HTML

What is an HTML File?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

If you are running Windows, start Notepad.

If you are on a Mac, start textedit.

In Mac start TextEdit and change the following preferences:

Open the "Format" menu and select "Plain text" instead of "Rich text".

Then open the "Preferences" window under the "Text Edit" menu and select "Ignore rich text commands in HTML files".

Your HTML code will probably not work if you do not change the preferences above!

Type in the following text:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title of page</title>
</head>
<body>
This is my first homepage. <b>This text is bold</b>
</body>
</html>

Save the file as "anything you want.html".

The find where you saved it. Right click on it and find open with... choose an internet browser.

Example explained

The first tag in your HTML document is <html>. This tag tells your browser that this is the start of an HTML document. The last tag in your document is </html>.

The text between the <head> tag and the </head> tag is header information. Header information is not displayed in the browser window.

The text between the <title> tags is the title of your document. The title is displayed in your browser's caption.

The text between the <body> tags is the text that will be displayed in your browser.

The text between the <b> and </b> tags will be displayed in a bold font.

Extras:

By typing [i]word/s [/i] will make it italic
By typing [url]web adress here[/url] will make a link to any site of your choice

Hope this helps you all... Very Happy

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