HTML ( Hypertext Markup Language ) is not a programming language, it`s just a way of formatting text. An HTML document is nothing more than a plain text file.
An HTML document contains the text that you want on your page, with different control codes set in-between. The web browser looks for these control codes when it displays a page, these control codes have to do everything, from making links to starting a new paragraph.
Control Codes.
These are what are known as "tags". Tags are always contained in angle brackets,( the < > things ). These tags are inserted in and around text. It all sounds confusing, but once you know what each tag stands for, it all starts to make sense.
Bearing these facts in mind, here are some tags that you may find useful whilst editing your web pages.
Tags.
Remember to put the following tags in angle brackets.
<h1> is for "header text". By changing the number after the h, you can change the size of the text on your heading.<h1> ends your heading or title of your page.
<u> underlines the text that you are writing.</u> ends it.
<p> is for putting your text into paragraphs.</p> ends your paragraph.
<b> is for displaying your text as "bold".</b> ends the text required in bold writing.
<center> puts either text or images into the centre of your page.</center> tells the browser that your image or text that you want centred ends there.
Please note that when using the words colour or centre, we have to type in the American way of spelling them; eg. centre = center ( American ) and colour = color ( American )
<blink> put this at the beginning of your text or at the beginning of a word and this tells your browser the the text or word is to "blink" ( flash ).</blink> stops the text or words following from blinking.
<html> always start your page with this.</html> always end your page with this tag.
<br> this tells your browser that a break is needed in your text and it begins a new line. This tag doesn`t have a </br> as it doesn`t need one.
I haven`t listed all the tags that can ve used in web page construction, the one`s that i`ve mentioned are probably the one`s that you will use the most. There is a great book that will help you on the construction of your web site, and is well worth buying or borrowing from a library, it`s called "Web Design In A Nutshell" by Jennifer Niederst. The group O`Reilly have a website which lists different books to do with building your own website and other stuff. The address is http://www.oreilly.com Check it out and be amazed at what you can use in website construction.
Now for the good stuff, how to put plain coloured backgrounds on your page and have coloured text too!
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