Category: HTML Absolute Begginner

However, for this tutorial, we will use the Sublime Text 3 as it is free and also offers cross-platform support for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. Pros Cons

Now that we’ve gotten the basic theory out of the way. It’s time to learn how to build our first website. First off, we must ensure that we have the right tools. Most important, we need an HTML editor. There are many choices on the market. Here are a handful of the most popular:

Attributes contain additional pieces of information. Attributes take the form of an opening tag and additional info is placed inside. An example of an attribute is: In this instance, the image source (src) and the alt text (alt) are attributes of the <img> tag.

Tags are used to mark up the start of an HTML element and they are usually enclosed in angle brackets. An example of a tag is: <h1>. Most tags must be opened <h1> and closed </h1> in order to function.

Tags and attributes are the basis of HTML. They work together but perform different functions – it is worth investing 2 minutes in differentiating the two.

HTML was first created by Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and others starting in 1989. It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. Hypertext means that the document contains links that allow the reader to jump to other places in the document or to another document altogether. The latest version is known as HTML5. A Markup Language is a way that computers speak…

Okay, so this is the only bit of mandatory theory. In order to begin to write HTML, it helps if you know what you are writing. HTML is the language in which most websites are written. HTML is used to create pages and make them functional. The code used to make them visually appealing is known…