Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works

Table
of
Contents:

Course Syllabus
Course Assignments and Due Dates
Tips and Tricks
Part One: Understanding The Internet

Chapter One: Definitions
Chapter Two: How the Internet is Changing the World

Part Two: Getting On The Internet

Chapter Three: Getting Connected
Chapter Four: Surfing the Net

Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet

Chapter Five: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette)
Chapter Six: Electronic Mail
Chapter Seven: Listserv
Chapter Eight: Usenet Newsgroups
Chapter Nine: Communicating in Real Time
Chapter Ten: Telnet

Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet

Chapter Eleven: Searching for Information
Chapter Twelve: Commonly Found Internet File Types
Chapter Thirteen: Downloading From the Internet
Chapter Fourteen: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources

Part Five: Creating Web Pages

Chapter Fifteen: Web Page Creation Strategies
Chapter Sixteen: Web Page Design
Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works
Chapter Eighteen: Creating Your Web Page Resume
Chapter Nineteen: Putting Images on Web Pages
Chapter Twenty: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout
Chapter Twenty-one: Making a Local Web and a Home Page
Chapter Twenty-two: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web

Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet

Chapter Twenty-three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia
Chapter Twenty-four: Waveform Audio Recording

Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet

Chapter Twenty-five: Societal Issues
Chapter Twenty-six: Emerging Technology
Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up

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After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

Explain the concept of a markup language.

Realize that different Web browsers may display the same HTML somewhat differently.

Understand the two HTML tag formats.

Define the families of HTML tags.

Understand the HTML tags used in creating a resume.

Describe how HTML evolved and still is emerging.

Understand the elements of a URL.

HTML and the Web
HTML allows you to format text, add rules, graphics, sound and video, then save it all in a text-only ASCII file that any computer can read. Remember, to project video or play sounds, you will also need to have a computer configured with the necessary hardware, browser plugins and software applications.
The key to HTML is in the tags, keywords enclosed in less than (<) and greater than (>) signs that indicate to the web browser software (Netscape or Internet Explorer) what kind of content is coming up. A browser can interpret HTML tas and then show the formatted document on screen. There are opening and closing versions for many (but not all) tags, and the affected text is contained within the two tags. Both the opening and closing taggs use the same command word but the closing tag uses an initial forward slash symbol. EXAMPLE: <HTML></HTML>
In some cases, you may want to nest tags on a page. Remember, not all tags can contain all other kinds of tags. As a general rule, tags that affect entire paragraphs can contain tags that affect individual words or letters, but not vice versa. Also, whenever you use a closing tag, it should correspond to the last unclosed opening tag.
HTML browsers will ignore any extra spaces that exist between the tags in your HTML document. You can control spacing by using HTML tags to define paragraphs, carriage returns and line breaks.
HTML documents can contain hypertext links to other HTML documents or to other sites on the Internet. This means you can create several Web pages and have your visitors jump from one to the other as needed. You can also create links to other organizations' Web pages, giving your visitors access to information created and maintained at other Web sites.
You can create an HTML document with any word processor or text editor. You can also use HTML editors, a WYSIWIG tool or an HTML translator to create web pages.
Online Resources:

htmlcompendium.org -- The Compendium of HTML Elements
The Willcam Group - Compact Index of HTML Tags
W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium

Assignment to turn in for credit:
Create a simple web page using the tags listed in your textbook on page 182, Table 17-1. Attach your htm file and all graphic files to an email message to be submitted to your instructor.
Submit your attached files

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