1. CPSC 203 Introduction to Computers Lab 23 By Jie Gao

2. 12 June 2003CPSC Labs by Jie Gao Behind the Scene A web page is actually a text file (only the extension is different from the normal text file). So we can use notepad to view the web page source A particular language named HTML is used in the web page file HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language Tags are used in HTML to express different meanings

3. 12 June 2003CPSC Labs by Jie Gao Tags A beginning tag is in the format or An ending tag is in the format Some tags come in pairs (beginning and ending); some come alone (only beginning) Examples:

4. 12 June 2003CPSC Labs by Jie Gao The Structure of a Web Page A web page is in a hierarchical structure: … … (content here)

5. 12 June 2003CPSC Labs by Jie Gao What’s in the Body? The body contains the content of the web page:,…, : Different styles of headers : Paragraphs : Images : Links : Line break within paragraphs, : Ordered, or itemized lists : list items

6. 12 June 2003CPSC Labs by Jie Gao Tools to Create a Web Page If you want to create a web page by typing the HTML tags, you can use any text editor: Notepad WordPad … Save the file with the extension “.htm” or “.html”