HyperText Markup Language, HTML, is the one of the basic languages used to create web pages. In all reality, it isn’t truly a language, just a markup language that informs Internet browsers how to display text-based information in a document. HTML is just a code. It’s really quite simple; one just has to get past all the extraneous symbols, words and numbers that creates the formating of document.
Task 1: HTML Basics
Learn the basics of HTML at 3w School’s HTML Tutorial. Be sure to read each page to get a sound understanding of how to use each function of a website. The Tryit Editor is a great way to see how various changes effect the view of a website. Make sure to click on the Try It Yourself links. Good Luck!
Task 2: Creating Your First Website
Use the w3 School’s Tryit Editor to create a website that looks like the following. You’ll have to search the Internet to find your own monkey image.
You might need to review the following pages from the w3 School’s website: Introduction, Headings, Images, Styles, and Text Formatting.
Task 3: My favorite Pet
Use notepad to create your very first free standing website. Once you have created the code, save the notepad document as mywebsite.html into your network file. Be sure to put the .html on to the filename. Go to your network file and open the document in a web browsers. It should default to a web browser. Did it work?
You can toggle back to the notepad document with the [alt + tap] command. Other helpful short cut keys are [ctrl + s] to save the notepad document and [ctrl + r] to refresh the Internet browser! As you build your website use the Internet browser to check your progress. Remember, one misplaced character will spoil the entire page. Precision language is the key to success.
