"WHAT IS A HTML?"

1. HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language-HTML is an SGML DTD. A collection of platform(indicated by markup tags) that define the various components of a Worl Wide Web document.HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. HTML document are plain-text editor.You c an also use-word processing software if you remeber to save your document as text only with line breaks.
2. GETTING YOUR FILES ON A SERVER If you have access to a Web server contact your webmaster and if not check to see if your community operates a FREENET.
3. TAGS These are elements fundamental component of the structure of a text document.These are heads, tables, paragraphs and listsd.HTML Tags to mark the elements of a file for your browser and it contains plain text other elements or both. It consists of a left angle bracket(<), a tag name and a right angle(>) Tags are usually paired to start and end the tag instruction. The end tag looks just like the start tag exept a slash(/)precede the text within the brackets.
4. MARKUP TAGS This element tells your browser that the file contains HTML-coded information. The file extension html also indicates this an HTML document and must be used (if you are restricted to 8.3 filenames.
5. HEAD The head element identifies the first part of your HTML-coded document that contains the title.
6. TITLE The title element contains your document title and identifies its content in a global context. The tilte displayed somewhere on the browser window(usually at the top)but not within the text area.The title is also displayed on someones hotlist or bookmark list.
7. BODY The second- and the largest part of your HTML document is the body which contains the context of your document(displayed within the text area of your browser window).The Tags explained below are used within the body of your HTML Document.
8. HEADINGS HTML has six levels of headings, numberd 1 through 6 with 1 being the most prominent. Headings are displayed in larger and/ or bolder fonts than normal body text . The first heading in each document should be tagged.
   1. PARAGRAPHS Documents in most word processors, carriage returns in HTML files aren't significant.Fewr than 72 characters long though.Wor wrapping can occur at any point in your source file and multiple spaces are collapsed into a single space by your browser. First paragraph coded for example :

      Welcome to the world of HTML. This is the first paragraph. While short it is still a paragraph!

      In the source file there is line break between the sentences.A Web browser ignores this line break and starts a new paragraph only when it encounters another

      tag.

   2. LISTS HTML supports unnumbered, numbered, and definition lists.You can nest lists too, but use this feature sparingly because too many nested items can get difficult to follow.
   3. UNNUMBERED LISTS
   4. To make an unnumbered list.
      1. start with an opening lists
         for unnumbered list tag.
         • enter the
         • (list item) tag followed by the individual item;no closing
         tag is needed
         • end the entire list with a closing list
         tag
   5. NUMBERED LISTS A numbered list (also called an ordered list, from which the tag name derives) is identical to an unnumbered list, except it uses
      instead of. The items are tagged using the same tag.
      1. DEFINITION LISTS
      2. A definition list(coded as DL usually consists of alternating a definition term coded as DT and a definition(coded as NESTED LISTS Lists can be nested. You c an also have a number of paragraphs, each containing a nested list, in a siongle list iem.
      3. PREFORMATTED TEXT Use the PRE tag(which stands for "preformatted") to generate text in a fixed font. This tag also makes spaces, new lines, and tabs significant(multiple spaces are displayed as multiple spaces, and line brakes in the same locations as in the source HTML file). This is a useful program listings, among other things.
      4. EXTENDED QUOTATIONS Use the BLOCKQUOTE tag to include lengthy quotations in a seperate block on the screen.Most browsers generally change the margins for the quotation to seperate it from sorrounding text.
      5. ADDRESSES The
         tag is generally used to specify the author of a document, a way tocontact the author and a revision date.It is usually the last item in the file
      6. FORCED LINE BREAKS/POSTAL ADDRESSES The
         tag forces a line break with no extra (white) space between lines. Using

         elements for short lines of text such as postal addresses rwesults in unwanted additional white space.

      7. HORIZONTAL RULES The

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         tag produces a horizontal line width of the browser window. A horizontal rule is useful to seperate sections of your document.
      * CHARACTER FORMATTING* HTML has two types of styles for individual words or sentences logical and physical. Logical styles tag text according to its meaning . Physical styles indicate the specific appearance of a section.
   6. LOGICAL STYLES ** for a word being defined. Typically displayed in italics.(NCSA) MOsaic is a World Wide Web browser * * for emphasis. Typically displayed in italics ** for ttiles of books, films, etc.Typically displayed in Italics. ** for computer code. Displayed in a fixed-width font.
   7. LINKING The chief power of HTML comes from its ability to link text and/ or an image to another document or section of a document. A browser highlights the identified text or image with color and /or underlines to indicate that it is a hypertext link .
   8. URLs The World Wide Web uses Uniform Resource Locators(URLs).to specify the location of files on another servers
   9. LINK TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS
   10. LINKS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS
   11. LINKS TO SPECIFIC WITHIN THE CURRENT DOCUMENT