Before we start you need to know that HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. (People sometimes forget that HTML is a Markup Language and not a coding language).
To learn HTML all you need is Notepad (Windows) or Coda for Mac click here to download. Most web developers prefer more advanced HTML editors like Front Page or Dreamweaver.
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First open up your text editor, I'm using jEdit click here to download.
HTML mainly consists of tags, there are usually two sets of tags like <html> </html> but there are some exceptions, we will talk about them later.
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To view your web page you need to save it as a html document shown below.
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| Change the file name to index.html and save as type to All Files Click on the image or click here to view full size. |
The body tags are one of the most important tags in HTML because this is where you put all your websites content. To put it all into perspective the only information you will see on this web page is the title, code-cast and the information between the the body tags Hello world.
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Sometimes you only need one tag e.g. A line break (). A line break creates a space between lines like when you press the return key on a keyboard.
Click here to learn more about HTML and the different tags.
