Simple HTML Tutorial

HTML is an abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language and is what is used to program web pages. It is used by placing HTML tags and codes into text (marking up the text) so that  web browsers can understand it and display it as the author has designed the page.

Here are several methods on programming web pages with HTML:

• using a regular text editor to write the web page content and manually place the HTML tags and code into and around the text. Not very easy for large web pages and sites. Many freeware text editors are available on the web.
• using an HTML editor; which functions as a text editor, except the HTML tags and code are inserted around the text by using menu options and buttons. Arachnophilia is one of these tools.
• using a word processor, such as Word or OpenOffice.org's Writer, and saving the file in HTML format. One downside to using Word with this method, is the file will be much larger than needed and Microsoft proprietary codes will be inserted along with standard HTML.
• using a GUI web page editor, as FrontPage or Nvu, with which you design, construct and write the web page, and in the background the application writes the HTML code for you.

This tutorial will teach you the HTML tags and code required for developing you own web pages. You can write your web pages in a text editor using HTML code, or you can first use a GUI editor and then edit the HTML directly to tweek the way the page looks and displays. 

Simple HTML Tutorial

Lesson 1 - Preparation

Lesson 2 - The Stylesheet

Lesson 3 - Basic Tags

Lesson 4 - Tables

Lesson 5 - Lists

Lesson 6 - Java