HTML: Basic Skills

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a ‘Page Formatting’ process very similar to what a word processor like Microsoft Word uses.

Basically, you use HTML ‘TAG’ to tell a browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox how to display text and images when found on a page.

Most TAGs enclose text, however, the two most basic and common TAGs do not actually enclose text. They are:

  • Line Break:
    which will cause the line of text to end and start again on the next line.
  • Paragraph:

    which will cause the line of text to end, skip a line, then start again.

To control how text is displayed you simply surround sections of text with special ‘TAG’ that control how the text is displayed. An HTML ‘TAG’ is shown as something within the <> characters. Here are the basic TAGS:

  • Bold: followed by
  • Italic: followed by
  • Underline: followed by

The above can be nested such as:

  • Bold Underlined: followed by
  • Italic Bold:  followed by
  • Underlined Italic: followed by

Note: The order of the opening and closing TAGs is not important with the above TAGs.

To insert an Image you must use this TAG:

  • HTML: Basic Skillswhich displays the following image:
  • Logo HTML: Basic Skills

Note: You can control the Image Height and Width by changing the settings. The height and width are controlled by setting the size in ‘pixels’. Pixels are basically the dots that show up on the computer monitor you are looking at right now.