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Create HTML Webpage
A web page is created using a language called, Hypertext Markup Language or HTML. Some people use a HTML Editor to write code for them, but you can easily write your own code using a plain text editor such as Notepad. HTML codes or tags are enclosed by the less than [<] and greater than [>] brackets, and can be written in lowercase or UPPERCASE letters.
The first bracket, in a simple HTML tag, is directly followed by an element which is a browser command. The element may be followed by attributes. Attributes describe the properties of the element and give further commands to the browser. They are separated from the element by a space and are followed by an equal sign [=] and a value. The value is always enclosed in quotes [" "] and followed by the end bracket. A tag must always be closed for it to work properly. To close a tag start with the first bracket followed by a backslash [/], the element name, and the end bracket. The following tag will change the font size of a page to 3.
In this tag, the element is font, telling the browser we will be working with the font. The attribute is size, which further describes to the browser that we will be changing the font size. The value is 3, telling the browser what size to make the font. The last /font closes the font tag.
Every HTML document must have a specific code "structure" in order for the page to be read correctly.Before you can begin to write your HTML tags you need to first create the basic structure of your page. A basic page is structured as follows:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Your Page Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY> This area will contain everything that will be visible through a web browser, such as text and graphics. All of this info will be HTML code.
</BODY>
</HTML>
<HTML> - Begins your HTML document.
<HEAD> - Contains information about the page such as the TITLE, META tags for proper Search Engine indexing, STYLE tags, which determine the page layout, and JavaScript coding for special effects.
<TITLE> - The TITLE of your page. This will be visible in the title bar of the viewers’ browser.
</TITLE> - Closes the HTML <TITLE> tag.
</HEAD> - Closes the HTML <HEAD> tag.
<BODY> - This is where you will begin writing your document and placing your HTML codes. For a list of HTML codes and tags click HERE
</BODY> - Closes the HTML <BODY> tag.
</HTML> - Closes the <HTML> tag.
That's basically all you need to know to create a simple HTML page. So try it out!!
