HTML Basics 1

HTML Basics 1

What is HTML?

A simple scripting language 

What does HTML stand for?

HyperText Markup Language 

What type of document is HTML?

 A plain text file that contains text and nothing else 

What happens when a browser opens an HTML file?

 The browser will look for HTML codes in the text and use them to change the layout, insert images, or create links to other pages 

What does the acronym WYSIWYG stand for?

What You See Is What You Get 

What do you think is the advantage of using a WYSIWYG editor?

Will let you create pages more or less as you write documents in Word or whatever text editor you're using

Why do you need to know HTML?

There are excellent editors on the market that will take care of the HTML parts. All you need to do is layout the page

What are three benefits of knowing HTML?

You can use tags the editor does not support

You can read the code of other people's pages, and "borrow" the cool effects

You can do the work yourself, when the editor simply refuses to create the effects you want

Describe how you create a HTML document using a simple text editor.

All you need to do is type in the code, then save the document, making sure to put an .html extension or an .htm extension to the file
What is another name for a Tag?
Basically, a computer sees an "A" as simply an "A" - whether it is bold, italic, big or small
Why are tags used?
To tell the browser that an "A" should be bold we need to put a markup in front of the A
What do you use to enclose HTML Tags?
All HTML tags are enclosed in < and >
What is the difference between a start tag and an end tag?
As you can see, the start tag <b> indicates that whatever follows should be written in bold. The corresponding end tag </b> indicates that the browser should stop writing text in bold