HTML Beginner's Guide

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Getting Started
Most of the stuff on the web is no different than the stuff on your computer -
it's just a whole load of files sorted into a whole load of directories.
HTML files are nothing more than simple text files, so to start writing in
HTML, you need nothing more than a simple text editor. Notepad is a
common example (on Windows this is usually found under the Programs >
Accessories menu).

Type this in to your text editor:
This is my first web page
Now create a folder called 'html' and save the file as 'myfirstpage.html' (it is
important that the extension '.html' be specified - some text editors, such as
Notepad, will automatically save it as '.txt' otherwise).


Attributes
Tags can also have attributes, which are extra bits of information. Attributes
appear inside the opening tag and their value is always inside quotation
marks. They look something like <tag attribute="value">Margarine</tag>.
We will come across tags with attributes later.


Emphasis
You can emphasise text in a paragraph using em and strong. These are two
ways of doing pretty much the same thing, although traditionally, browsers
display em in italics and strong in bold.


Lists
There are three types of list; unordered lists, ordered lists and definition
lists. We will look at the first two here, and definition lists in the HTML
Intermediate Guide.