Introduction
Welcome to the MyAtari magazine HTML tutorial series. This tutorial series is designed to introduce
you to the rudiments of Hyper
Text Markup Language (HTML),
the language of the World Wide Web.
What you'll need to get started...
Before you
can begin to create web pages, you need to get the following...
- A text editor, such as Everest,
Edith etc.
- A browser, such as CAB (so you
can see what your HTML looks like!)
- A strong cup of coffee :-) Optional
If you do not own a text editor or
browser, I recommended that you quickly search the internet
or contact your friendly Atari PD library before continuing.
Glossary of Terms
- HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a set of instructions
that describe how a web page is displayed.
- WWW
World Wide Web
- The Web
World Wide Web
- The Internet
World Wide Web
- Web page
Also known as HTML documents, are ASCII
files. A web page is made up of HTML instructions,
known as tags, plain-text and images.
- Web site
A collection of web pages that are linked
to each other.
What is a HTML document?
A HTML document, also known
as a web page, are ASCII files (i.e. just plain text)
that can be created using a text editor or HTML generators
such as Web.Wizard or HomePage Penguin. A web page is made up of HTML instructions,
known as tags, plain-text and images (provided by the author).
A HTML document is essentially made
up of two sections. The first is the head, which contains the title and meta tags (all
will be explained in due course) and the second is the
body,
which contains the actual contents of the web page.
What is a tag?
HTML is a set of instructions that describe
how a web page should be displayed. These instructions,
known as tags consist of a left angle bracket (<), a
tag name, and a right angle bracket (>). Tags are
invariably grouped in pairs of two. The first of the
pair switches the tag on and the second off (this looks the same, except a slash (/)
is placed before the tag name).
For example,
<HTML>
<HEAD> ... </HEAD>
<BODY> ... </BODY>
</HTML>
Some tags also make use of attributes. These
provide additional information that is included inside
the on
tag. For example, you can specify the alignment of a
paragraph of text (left, center, right) or the vertical
alignment of an image (top, middle, bottom).
For example,
<P ALIGN="CENTER">
Please center this text
</P>
Not all World Wide Web browsers support
every HTML tag. However, if a browser comes across a
tag it does not support, it will simply be ignored.
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