What is HTML?
- HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
- An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags
- The markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page
- An HTML file must have an htm or html file extension
- An HTML file can be created using a simple text editor
Elements
Elements identify the different parts of your HTML document. The four required elements in every HTML file are: Html, head, title, & body.
HTML Tag
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>. This tag tells your browser that this is the end of the HTML document.
Head Tag
The text between the <head> tag and the </head> tag is header information. Header information is not displayed in the browser window.
Title Tag
The text between the <title> tags is the title of your document. The title is displayed in your browser's caption.
Body Tag
The text between the <body> tags is the text that will be displayed in your browser.
Tags
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags
- HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <html>
- HTML tags normally come in pairs like <p> and </p>
- The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
- Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags
Saving as a Web Page
Add the .html file extension to save a file as a web page
Review Questions
- What is the first and last tag in an HTML document?
- What is the title of www.whas11.com?
- Information that is not displayed in the browser would placed in which HTML tag?
- Every html tag has an opening tag and a ________ tag.
- Give an example of an opening & closing tag.
- Where would you place the title tag in your HTML file? Would it go in the head tag or the body tag?
- When using notepad, how would you save your html file as a web page?