15.1 Fundamentals of HTML 2 assignments: 1st—complete the worksheet. 2nd—create your first HTML web page following the directions in this PowerPoint where it says “Let’s practice” **TEXT THAT IS IN GOLD MEANS YOU SHOULD DO THAT ACTION. UNDERSTAND AND APPLY DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL APPEARING AND FUNCTIONING WEB PAGES

Fundamentals of HTML Identify the basic structure tags Identify elements of a Web page Start Notepad and describe the Notepad window Enable word wrap in Notepad Enter the HTML tags Save an HTML file Activate Notepad Use a browser to view a Web page Today you will learn how to…

What is HTML & Tags? HTML is the language that allows text and graphics to be displayed as Web pages. HTML uses a series of Special Codes called Tags. Tags tell a browser application such as Internet Explorer how to display the web page & its items in a browser window.

HTML Tags? Tags must be surrounded by angle brackets along with some word. – or the less and greater than signs. Tags aren’t case sensitive, so typing a tag either, and will all do the same. Tags mostly come in a set or a pair. –Some are single, not a set.

Appearance of a Set or Pair of Tags Opening Tag some text Closing Tag

Open or Start Tag tells the browser to turn on a function. will appear like this End or Close Tag tells the browser to turn off a function. –looks like the start but, has a slash / –appears like this

Every Web Page has Three Sections: the section is always 1 st. the section is always 2 nd. the section will be last.

HTML Section –tells the browser you’re creating a web page. –marks the beginning and ending of a web page.

Head Section –Indicates the start and end of a section of the document used for the title and other header information

Title Section Displays information on the browser’s blue title bar. Used so search engines can search the pages’ content and keywords. Used to bookmark. Should be placed between the tags.

Body Section Contains the majority of the document and the tags used to create your web page. Comes after the tags.

Basic Structure Web Page’s Title Everything, All Info & Pictures

HTML Editor Allows you to create a HTML document and see how the codes work. Some are free, shareware or commercial products. We will use NOTEPAD.

How to Get Started Start  Programs  Accessories  Notepad This is what you usually do to get to Notepad But here… Go to my web page. Look above the picture at the bottom for the Notepad Shortcut. Click on it, select Save, change to your directory. It should unzip automatically. You have Notepad! If the Notepad window is not maximized, Maximize it. Click Format on the menu bar. If Word Wrap is not checked, click Word Wrap.

Time to Practice

Type the following code in Notepad … {Insert your Name}’s First Site This is my very first “WEB PAGE”!!!

How to Save & View a Web Page

Saving a Web Page File  Save As  Save In (click on the downward arrow to change the location to your directory) Always Save every web page with the.html extension on the filename. –Doing this will change your notepad into a web page When SAVED correctly, you should SEE the Internet Explorer Icon, “the big blue E” and not the NOTEPAD Icon.

Working in Chrome If you are using Chrome as your browser, you should see this symbol next to your file name:

Don’t forget.html

Viewing a Web Page Locate and Open the area where you’ve saved your web page. Make sure the file name was saved with the.html extension. Click on the E Icon next to the web page’s file name. Or the Chrome Circle This will cause your web page to appear in a simulation of the Explorer browser.

Make sure the Notepad window is still open as well as your browser. Now you will learn to Multitask by Switching between both windows as it will be necessary to make changes to the HTML file and it is easier seeing the actual changes in the browser.

Let’s Practice Saving and Viewing

With the notepad file still open click: File  Save As  Save In (change to your directory)  File Name type: My1stWebPage.html  SAVE Minimize your Notepad Screen, go to My Computer & locate where you saved your file. You should see the Explorer “E” above your file’s name. Now, double click on it. Did your file change into a Web Page? –If not, resave your notepad file with.html, close all screens and open your file again

CONGRATULATIONS Are you ready now to learn some more?