Chapter 10 - Creating web pages using HTML. After studying this chapter you will be able to: Explain what HTML is, describe the purpose of HTML tags, explain how browsers display tagged HTML documents, describe how an HTML document is structured, | TECHNOLOGY PLUG-IN T10 Creating Web pages Using HTML LEARNING OUTCOMES Explain what HTML is Describe the purpose of HTML tags Explain how browsers display tagged HTML documents Describe how an HTML document is structured LEARNING OUTCOMES Describe what an HTML attribute is. Describe how to create, save, and view HTML documents Explain what a structure tag is Explain how to apply bold, italic, and underline formatting to an HTML document LEARNING OUTCOMES Describe how to create ordered and unordered lists Describe the different types of Web links and how to insert them in a HTML document Explain how to insert images in a HTML document INTRODUCTION Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, is a system of codes that you use to create Web pages HTML, though, is not what you see onscreen as a Web page HTML is the behind-the-scenes code that tells browsers what to display HTML HTML is made up of tags and attributes that work together to identify document parts and tell browsers how to . | TECHNOLOGY PLUG-IN T10 Creating Web pages Using HTML LEARNING OUTCOMES Explain what HTML is Describe the purpose of HTML tags Explain how browsers display tagged HTML documents Describe how an HTML document is structured LEARNING OUTCOMES Describe what an HTML attribute is. Describe how to create, save, and view HTML documents Explain what a structure tag is Explain how to apply bold, italic, and underline formatting to an HTML document LEARNING OUTCOMES Describe how to create ordered and unordered lists Describe the different types of Web links and how to insert them in a HTML document Explain how to insert images in a HTML document INTRODUCTION Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, is a system of codes that you use to create Web pages HTML, though, is not what you see onscreen as a Web page HTML is the behind-the-scenes code that tells browsers what to display HTML HTML is made up of tags and attributes that work together to identify document parts and tell browsers how to display them Understanding Tags HTML tags serve two purposes: They identify logical document parts —the major structural components in HTML documents HTML tags reference other elements - tags can include pointers and links to other documents, images, sound files, video files, multimedia applications, animations, applets, and so on Understanding Tag Components All tags are composed of elements that are contained within angle brackets () The angle brackets simply tell browsers that the text between them is an HTML command Some sample tags look like these: (for heading level 2) (for document body) (for bold) Understanding Tag Components Most tags are paired, with an opening tag () and a closing tag (This is a heading Understanding Tag Components
