Introduction to HTML

Simple facts yet crucial to beginning of study in fundamentals of web page design!

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Objectives Describe the Internet and its associated key terms

Describe the World Wide Web and its associated key terms

Identify the types and purposes of Web sites

Discuss Web browsers and identify their purpose

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Objectives Define Hypertext Markup Language

(HTML) and the standards used for Web development

Describe Web editors and their relationship to Web development

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The Internet Worldwide collection of networks that link

together millions of businesses, the government, educational institutions, and individuals

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The Internet A network is composed of a group of

computers that are connected together to share resources and information

The Internet backbone is a high-speed data line that connects major computer systems

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a company with a permanent connection to the Internet backbone

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The World Wide Web Part of the Internet that supports

multimedia and consists of a collection of linked documents, called Web pages

A Web site is a collection of Web pages that are created and maintained by an organization or individual

Relies on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Web Servers Web pages are stored on a Web server or

host

Publishing is the process of copying files to a Web server

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Web Site Types and Purposes

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Web Browsers Web Browsers are required to view Web

pages Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Web pages are linked together by the use

of hyperlinks Clicking a hyperlink allows you to move

quickly from one Web page to another

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Hypertext Markup Language Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is

used to create Web pages Set of special instructions called tags and

markups Web page files contain text and HTML tags

Tags mark the text to define how it displays when viewed in a browser

Ex. <B> <P> <HR>

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Hypertext Markup Language HTML is platform independent

Can be created on one type of computer and viewed on another type of computer

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HTML Elements

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HTML Coding Practices Use capitalized tags to separate tags from

contents

Use ending tags whenever possible

Separate sections of HTML code with spaces

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tags are capitalized

spaces between sections of code

use of ending tags

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Web Editors Text Editor

Program that allows a user to enter, change, save, and print text, such as HTML

No advanced features Allows you to develop HTML documents easily Notepad is an example

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Web Editors HTML Editor

Program that provides basic text-editing functions Microsoft’s Save as Web Page feature

WYSIWYG Editor(What You See Is What You Get)

Utilizes a graphical user interface Microsoft FrontPage Macromedia Dreamweaver

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Summary Describe the Internet and its associated key

terms Describe the World Wide Web and its

associated key terms Identify the types and purposes of Web

sites Discuss Web browsers and identify their

purpose

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Summary Define Hypertext Markup Language

(HTML) and the standards used for Web development

Describe Web editors and their relationship to Web development