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

2 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

3 Objectives Define Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and the standards used for Web development Describe Web editors and their relationship to Web development

4 The Internet Worldwide collection of networks that link together millions of businesses, the government, educational institutions, and individuals

5 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

6 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)

7 Web Servers Web pages are stored on a Web server or host Publishing is the process of copying files to a Web server

8 Web Site Types and Purposes

9 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

10 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.

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12 Hypertext Markup Language HTML is platform independent Can be created on one type of computer and viewed on another type of computer

13 HTML Elements

14 HTML Coding Practices Use capitalized tags to separate tags from contents Use ending tags whenever possible Separate sections of HTML code with spaces

15 tags are capitalized spaces between sections of code use of ending tags

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 Summary Define Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and the standards used for Web development Describe Web editors and their relationship to Web development