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The language of the internet
HTML The language of the internet
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What is HTML? Every page on the internet is created using HTML.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language and it is the language of the internet. Don’t believe me? Test it for yourself – Go onto any website and click on: Page > View Source
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Example
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So how does it work? HTML uses tags.
The tags tell the computer where all the different information should go and what it should look like
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What do the tags look like?
Web sites are broken down into 3 main parts – The Head The Body The Footer Each of these parts has its own Tag: <head> <body> <footer> These tags can be used to tell the computer where on the page to display content
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So how do I make a page? To create your own page you will need to write some HTML code. You will probable write something that looks like this: <html> <head> <title>First Effort</title> </head> <body> <h1>My First Web Page</h1> </body> </html> Tells the computer it’s a web page The title bar The main part of the page The end of the page
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What does it look like? Title bar Body
The code on the last page would make a very basic website that looks like this
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Your task Your task for today is to work through a series of examples I have put together for you and create your own simple web pages.
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