Step 1 - Beginner Introduction

So what is HTML? HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, it is the language of the world wide web. It consists of tags that call elements, Attributes, values and syntax. This might sound a little confusing now but the learning curve on HTML isn't too bad.

Everything in HTML is coded with tags. There is almost always an opening AND closing tag. Below is an example of an HTML tag.

<html> </html>

The above has an opening tag <html> and a closing tag </html>. You can clearly see the difference between an opening and closing tag. (notice the / in the closing tag). You will see some tags that do not have a closing tag like the line break for instance. But that will be covered later in the tutorial.

Tip: You might want to save where you left off before leaving the tutorial. This way you won't have to remember which step you were at for the next time you return.

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