P1259041524bvqlh

1
Lesson 5 HTML
HIGHER COMPUTER NETWORKING
Description of HTML web page Creating a simple
HTML web page
2
What You Should Know About HTML
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the standard
language used to create Internet Web pages. HTML
uses codes, known as tags, which are used to
identify a specific area of a Web page.
Tag What it identifies
ltHTMLgtlt/HTMLgt Start and end of HTML file
ltHEADgtlt/HEADgt Start and end of HEAD section
ltTITLEgtlt/TITLEgt Start and end of page TITLE
ltBODYgtlt/BODYgt Start and end of main content
ltHxgtlt/Hxgt Headers numbered 1 - 6
ltIgtlt/Igt Italics style
ltBgtlt/Bgt Boldface style
ltCENTERgtlt/CENTERgt Centre alignment
ltPgtlt/Pgt Paragraph
HIGHER COMPUTER NETWORKING
3
A simple web page in HTML
Here is the source HTML for a simple web page
HIGHER COMPUTER NETWORKING

• HTML code is created using a text editor such as
  notepad.exe
• The file is saved, in this example, as first.htm
• This means iexplore.exe can interpret the code

4
A simple web page in HTML
Voila! The first web page has been interpreted!
HIGHER COMPUTER NETWORKING