Understanding HTML

In the contemporary world, the Internet is the latest buzzword which is playing a vital role in the overall development of Information Technology. With the advent of the Internet, sharing important information is just a click away . INTERNET IS A NETWORK OF MILLION OF COMPUTERS CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER THROUGH NETWORK CABLES , TELEPHONE CABLES , SATELLITE LINKS, SHARING VARIED INFORMATION AND DATA AROUND THE WORLD

Internet has made the world smaller , yet a better place to live in . The information on Internet is available at different web sites represented by WWW, Which can be accessed by millions of users at anytime. The most interesting feature of Internet is that no one owns it . Some task forces have been constituted for its smooth functioning .

Have you ever though , what lies behind a web Page ? , Which Technology is used as a backend to write the pages?

We need a language to create web sites . HTML is the most widely used language to Design web contents for the Internet.

HISTORY OF HTML

IBM sowed the seed of HTML in the early 1980s . Initially, it was known as GML(General Mark-up Language).It was a powerful tool that aimed at creating a documentation language in which one could mark the title , heading ,text, font, selection and much more . In 1986 this concept got standardized by ISO and was named SGML(Standard Generalized Mark-up Language) . In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee and his team designed this language and named it as HTML(Hyper Text Mark-up Language). The language HTML was modified many times leading to a number of version i.e HTML version 0 to HTML Version 5 , Which is the latest one . HTML : It's stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language . HTML is a complete code package that allows the user to create web pages. It includes text and graphics . Using HTML, we can add links to the web pages. Hyper links are the highlighted text segments or images that connect to other pages on the web. Let us analyze the word HTML. HYPER TEXT : Hyper text is the text used to link various web pages. It is the text on a web pages, which on clicking opens a new web page. MARK-UP : It means highlighting the text either by underlining or displaying it in different colors , or both . LANGUAGE : It refers to the way of communication between web pages, which has its own syntax and rules

Characteristics of HTML

HTML is the most commonly used language to write web page . It has gained popularity due to its advantages such as Easy to Understand and modify. provides a more flexible way to design web pages along with text Graphics, video , and sound can be used and imported to give an attractive look to the web pages. Effective presentations can be made using all formatting effects Links can also be added the help readers to browse through information of their interests One can create and publish web pages to share information with people around the world . The web pages designed in HTML are widely used in marketing , for the display of product and their prices . HTML is beneficial for online shopping and also for the advertising world . One can display HTML documents on any platform , such as Macintosh, Windows , unix, etc

HTML document Structure

The general Structure of an HTML document has two sections: HEAD and BODY. HEAD SECTION The head section contains the Title that identifies the first part of an HTML codeed document. BODY SECTION The body section is where we do most of the work . It includes text, graphics , and other HTML elements that provide control and formatting of a page , like fonts, paragraph list, and other elements. The general format of an HTML document is :

HTML provides a number of formatting options to display text, graphics, and links etc. using tags . The text and images which appear in the browser window are written between the BODY TAG HTML is a tag based language that helps in creating web pages. A tag comprises of text enclosed in angle brackets<> . If we do not use brackets then the web browser will assume the command as the command as text . These tags are also known as elements. All the tags have their own attributes and default values . Each tag in HTML follows Specific rules and syntax . These tags are not case sensitive . For example, tag name and TAG NAME will have the same effect . It is important to note that internet explorer does not show the tags but it displays the text written between the tags . The HTML elements can be categorized as : Container Elements Empty Elements