What Is HTML??

HTML is a method of writing code so that a Internet browser (Netscape, for example) can understand and interpret it.

I want you to left click on your mouse now, so that you can see the code as well as the text. Choose "View Source".

Start at the top of the document, up where it says "html" in brackets as well as "head" and "title".

The "html" (when coding, use brackets, just like my own source code) tells the computer what kind of file it is now reading. It's an indicator of HTML coding. It goes at the beginning and end of a HTML document.

"Head" follows "html", and for a good reason. The typical html page is separated into two categories..."head" for the use of the computer, and "body" that you can see and read. You must remeber to use closing codes for each code phrase.

The next bit of code is "title". This controls what IE and Netscape print on the green band at the top of your browser. It must also be closed off.

There are lots more codes for many more commands, but you have learned the basic 5 that every page includes when you learn "p". "P" tells the browser to start a new paragraph and is very basic text formatting.

Now I'd like you to go into your File Manager, choose the "advanced HTML editor" and plug away at coding your own page.

Congratulations! You've reached the end of Lesson One!