HTML Tutorial-Basic

BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF HTML

HTML is a hyper text markup language. It is not a programming language. In November 1990 the time of the first web page been launched in HTML and before then there were no HTML standards to be followed. A group named World Wide Web Consortium was formed that time to set the standards which were widely accepted to all.

Our tutorial will base on these standards. You will learn the basics of the HTML from this tutorial that you can make your own Web Pages like Spotlight Bangladesh which one you are viewing right now.

Web pages have many uses. There are some important things about why web pages are so useful. Web pages are the cheapest and easiest way to spread information to a large number of people and a medium of market your business. Let the world know about you with your personal website.

TAKE A PREPARATION

At first you have to create a HTML document which is very easy. To start HTML coding, you need only two things: a simple-text editor and the dedication to follow our tutorial properly. This tutorial is aimed to give you a little experience in writing HTML code, saving files correctly, and viewing the completed works in a web browser.

Notepad is the most basic simple-text editor and you can code a fair amount of HTML with it. It is a commonly used text editor on Window PCs. In this tutorial you will be writing down HTML codes into a notepad and then viewing it with a web browser. These codes may seem confusing at first, but we will help you step-by-step to make your first web page. We recommend you not to attempt the whole tutorial in one sitting.

GET STARTED

Open a notepad, copy the following HTML codes and paste them on it. Be sure that the codes have been copied exactly. Otherwise your web page may not work correctly. But you can change the body text “My first webpage!” with anything you like. Just check it out.

HTML Code:

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<h2>My first webpage!</h2>

</body>

</html>

Now save these codes in notepad by selecting File and then Save. Click on the Save as Type drop down box and select the option All Files and type the file name as index.html (you may type whatever you like with html extension but index will be logical for the first page ) in the File name text box. Then click Save button. Remember the file location because you will need to open this file again.

PAGE VIEW ON WEB BROWSER

To view your web page, just double click on “index.html” file and see the magic. Your default browser will open viewing your web page. If it does not work you can go with another process.

Right click on the “index.html” file and select Open With and then click on the browser like Google chrome, FireFox, Internet Explorer, Opera etc. which are installed in your PC.

Successful on HTML coding! You are just viewing your very first webpage. How do you feel?