HTML is a markup language. This means that any text within tags will change the appearance of the text. A web page begins with a <HTML> tag and ends with a </HTML>. All your information will go in between these tags. Whenever you begin with <****>, you end with </****>. Next should come your title. This can go within <HEAD> </HEAD> tags, but they aren't necessary.
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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Name of Page on Menu Bar</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> This is where all the information on your page will go. </BODY> </HTML> |
Next comes the <BODY></BODY> tags. The rest of the information goes within these tags. All the text, graphics, links, etc. will be put here (See above example). Now that you have a basic idea of the layout of a web site, you can go on to the specific tags and how they work.
This page was created by Scott Andersen, Eric Schroeder, and Drew Viersen.