HTML 2

• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)


  Standard markup language for creating web pages
• Web browser


  Software program that allows users to locate, access and display web pages
• Browsers


  • Translate web pages and websites delivered using Hypertext Transfer Protocol into human-readable content
• Internet Explorer


  • The most popular web browser
• Microsoft Edge


  • A cross platform web browser developed by Microsoft
• Mozilla Firefox


  • An open source web browser that uses the CDE commissioned Netscape Navigator as its code base
• Safari


  • A web browser that was initially exclusive to Macintosh users
• Opera


  • The leading web browser installed in mobile phones, smartphones and other handheld devices
• Google Chrome


  • One of the newest web browsers, it itself is a search interface
• HTML was created by Tim Berners Lee, a Physicist at the CERN research institute in Switzerland


  1990
• HTML Timeline


  • HTML 1.0 - First release
  • HTML 2.0 - Released in 1995, included new features
  • HTML 3.0 - Initial draft version with new capabilities
  • HTML 4.0 - Recommended by W3C in 1997, provided new tags and improved accessibility
  • HTML 5 - Newest version, offers new features for web application development and form handling
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)


  Creates rules for the uniform presentation of the content of web pages and websites, text, images, tables and links
• Dynamic HTML (DHTML)


  A collection of program, script, and styles that are combined with HTML to create interactive and more functional websites
• Notepad


  • The most basic processing application package in Windows operating systems
• UltraEdit


  • Takes HTML hard coding to a more advanced level, provides toolbars and capabilities for editing HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Perl, and other coding or programming languages
• Adobe Dreamweaver


  • One of the most web development applications in the industry, features advanced web development features, such as JavaScript creation, and DHTML and XHTML editing
• Microsoft Expression Web


  • The Web development program that replaced the now discontinued FrontPage
• SharePoint Designer


  • Mostly used for creating Intranet sites for businesses, you can drag and drop elements into web pages and modify them individually
• iWeb


  • A web page development application published by Apple for Macintosh computers
• HTML Element


  Simply tells your computer that this is an HTML document
• Tags / HTML Tags


  Indicates special types of coding that are used to specify document titles, itemized lists etc. always enclosed with a "<>"
• Types of HTML Tags

  • Structural Tags (mandatory, placed at beginning and end)
  • Headings (6 levels)
  • Formatting Tags (affect appearance/style)
  • Separator or Container Tags (separate words/sentences)
  • Unpaired/Stand Alone Tags (don't need closing tag)
• HTML Style Attribute


  Used to add styles to an element
• Horizontal rules are useful for creating visual separations between elements or sections of your HTML page
• HTML Links


  Defined with the <a> tag, the href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to
• HTML Images


  The <img> tag is used to embed an image, the src attribute specifies the path to the image
• Absolute URL


  Links to an external image that is hosted on another website
• Relative URL


  Links to an image that is hosted within the website
• Types of Lists


  • Ordered Lists (numbered/lettered)
  • Unordered Lists (bulleted)
  • Glossary Lists (terms and definitions)
  • Description Lists (terms and descriptions)
  • Nested Lists (list within a list)
• HTML List Tags

  • <ol> ordered list
  • <ul> unordered list
  • <li> list item
  • <dl> definition list
  • <dt> define term
  • <dd> describe term