1. Introduction into the world of HTML - Webmaster

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1. Introduction into the world of HTML

So I'm going to be making step by step tutorials for learning HTML, its going to start off very basic then move to more advanced so i will number each tutorial so you can follow along. Then when I'm done with HTML, I will move on to teaching PHP.

Now first off what is HTML?
HTML stands for "Hyper Text Markup Language", the common misconception is that some people think HTML is a programming language but they would be wrong. Its considered a "Markup Language"

HTML Tags
So HTML tags can be called Markup Tags but its just easier to flow with when you call them HTML Tags.
HTML Tags are keywords surrounded by brackets such as <>
And each tag has a starting and ending tag
EX

&lt;b&gt;In HTML this would show up as bold text&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;u&gt;This text would be underlined&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;i&gt;This text would be italic&gt;/i&gt;

All closing tags have / before the keyword
EX

&lt;keyword&gt;&lt;/keyword&gt;

Now starting your web page.
All HTML pages (if made correctly) will have the <html> at the top of the source before any other code, and </html> at the end after all the code.
EX

&lt;html&gt;
The websites source and other tags/scripts go here
&lt;/html&gt;

Now the keyword <html> describes web page. And i will go into detail in a later tutorial on what you would add after that tag. And usually following <html> you will see <body> which describes the visible content of the website.
Now adding what we've learned so far into a starting page.

&lt;html&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;b&gt;This is the start of my website&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Stay tuned for more &#58;)&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;

After note: <br />

Stay tuned for more HTML tutorials :D
Up to date tutorials will be posted on Tech Forumz First. Also to support my free lessons go to tech forums and click an ad :P

Original Post

Xin

Great tutorial bio! i can see this being a good series

George

Hello,

Thanks for this helpful tutorial F3Biohazard, I found this interesting and helpful. I know the basics of HTML but thanks, can't wait until your next PHP tutorial.

Regards,
George.

P.s Fixed some grammatical errors.

feminst

An HTML tutorial here will be great. At the moment I'm doing a tutorial at W3schools, but have got to say I would much rather be learning from someone in the community. I'm confident that it would be more fun. Is intro. two coming F3Biohazard ?

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