| Even if you use a software program to create your Web
pages it can be helpful if you understand the basics of HTML. Here
we cover the basics of HTML. |
| Most Web pages contain some HTML
and it can be viewed or edited in a simple text editor (e.g. Notepad) |
| You can usually see the HTML
for any Web page shown in your browser (e.g. for Internet Explorer or Netscape
select View on the menu and then select view Source; try
it on this page now) |
| HTML instructions (called
tags)
define all the attributes of the Web page. A tag is enclosed between
angled brackets (e.g. <HTML>). Some tags come in pairs - the first
to turn on a particular attribute and the second to turn it off |
| A very basic Web page, or HTML file, is shown here.
View its source code to see that a Web page starts and ends with the HTML
tag.
The HEAD tag is used to store information
that does not appear on the screen; visible on-screen information goes
into the BODY. |
| A basic page with additional features can be studied
here. |
| To find out more about HTML
have a look on the Web, go to a search engine, visit www.w3c.org,
or ask Acro Logic. |
| Remember there are lots of (free) tools
around to create Web pages: on CD-ROMs of PC magazines, on the Internet,
and included with standard software packages (e.g. Office97 and 2000 programs). |
