The language of the internet HTML The language of the internet
What is HTML? Every page on the internet is created using HTML. HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language and it is the language of the internet. Don’t believe me? Test it for yourself – Go onto any website and click on: Page > View Source
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So how does it work? HTML uses tags. The tags tell the computer where all the different information should go and what it should look like
What do the tags look like? Web sites are broken down into 3 main parts – The Head The Body The Footer Each of these parts has its own Tag: <head> <body> <footer> These tags can be used to tell the computer where on the page to display content
So how do I make a page? To create your own page you will need to write some HTML code. You will probable write something that looks like this: <html> <head> <title>First Effort</title> </head> <body> <h1>My First Web Page</h1> </body> </html> Tells the computer it’s a web page The title bar The main part of the page The end of the page
What does it look like? Title bar Body The code on the last page would make a very basic website that looks like this
Your task Your task for today is to work through a series of examples I have put together for you and create your own simple web pages.