HTML Tags

HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags
HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <'html>
HTML tags normally come in pairs like <'b'> and <'b' />
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags

HTML Documents = Web Pages

HTML documents deseribe web pages
HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
HTML documents are also called web pages
The purpose of a web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the page:
<'html>
<'body>
<'h1>My First Heading<' /hl>
<'p>My first paragraph.<' /p>
<' /body>
<' /html>

Example Explained

The text between <'html> and <' /html> describes the web page
The text between <'body> and <'body> is the visible page content
The text between <'hl> and <' /hl> is displayed as a heading
The text between <'p> and <' /p> is displayed as a paragraph

Editing HTML

HTML can be written and edited using many different editors like Dreamweaver and Visual Studio. However, in this tutorial we use a plain text editor (like Notepad) to edit HTML. We believe using a plain text editor is the best way to learn HTML.

HTM or .HTML File Extension?

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the html file extension. There is no difference; it is entirely up to you.

HTML Headings

HTML headings are defined with the <'h1> to <'h6> tags.
Example:
<'h1>This is a heading<' /h1>
<'h2>This is a heading<' /h2>
<'h3>This is a heading<' /h3>

HTML Links

HTML links are defined with the <'a> tag.
Example:
<'a href="http://www.xitecsolutions.com">This is a link<'a>
Note: The link address is specifie
(You will learn about attributes intorial).

HTML Images

HTML images are defined with the tag.
Example
<'img sre="xitec.jpg" width "104" height"142">
Note: The name and the size of the image are provided as attributes.
HTML Elements An HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:
Start tag : 1) <'p>
2)<'a href="default.htm">
Element content 1) This is paragraph
2) This is link
3) This is breaking tag for new line text
End tag : 1)<' /p>
2) <' /a>
3) <'br />(br) *The start tag is often called the opening tag. The end tag is often called the closing tag.

HTML Element Syntax

An HTML element starts with a start tag/ opening tag.
An HTML element ends with an end tag/ closing tag
The element content is everything between the start and the end tag
Some HTML elements have empty content
Empty elements are closed in the start tag
Most HTML elements can have attributes
Tip: You will learn about attributes in the next chapter of this tutorial.

Nested HTML Elements

Most HTML elements can be nested (can contain other HTML elements). HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.