Web
pages are written in a programming language known as Hypertext Mark-up
Language (HTML) for them to display in any Web browser.
This
is an example of some HTML:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Localdial.com Help Pages</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Hi!
This is an example of some Hypertext Mark-up Language.
</BODY>
</HTML>
Tags
usually have three parts tag name, attribute and value.
E.g.
<TAG attribute="value">.
HTML
can be written in two ways:
- Using
a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) Editor such as Microsoft Frontpage
Express.
- By
hand using anything from a basic word processor (Notepad on PC / Simpletext
on Mac) to a full featured HTML editor such as Allaire
HomeSite.
If
you would like to have more control over positioning etc you are best
to write the HTML by hand. This way you pick up HTML quicker (It may look
complicated to start with but after a while it begins to get easier).
The
next part is divided into sections. Basic, Text
Formatting, Links, Images,
Sound, Misc, Tables,
Frames, Image Maps and Colour.