An
html page is basically a normal text document. You can use Notepad, Microsoft Word, or any
other word processor to write your HTML page.
You will need to insert some
formatting tags in your text document that will tell an Internet browser (such as Netscape
or Internet Explorer) how to arrange your words and pictures on the screen. These tags
make up a language called HyperText Markup Language, or HTML. The basic skeleton for an
HTML document looks like this:
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of Page</title>
</head>
<body>
Text of page...
</body>
</html>
Notice
that:
1)Each formatting tag appears between "less than" (<) and "greater
than" (>)signs. These are called "tags". Some of them will have
"attributes", which are additional options you can add to your basic tag. In the
next sections you will be introduced to more tags and attributes.
2)The tags often appear in pairs, with the second tag in the pair beginning with a
"slash" (/).
Enter
the title of your page instead of "title of page". This text will appear as your
page's title, in the blue strip at the top of the window.
Unless
otherwise noted, all tags listed in this guide go between <body> and </body>
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