5.2 Beginning HTML

• HTML


  A way of styling a document (different font sizes and other typographical features) and including automatic links to other documents, both local and held on web servers anywhere in the world
• Almost anyone can put material online by creating a web page
• To use the jargon, you need some space on a web server to make your own material available on the web
• Individuals do not normally have their own web servers residing on a computer of their own
• Personal domain name hosted by someone else

  Easier and cheaper than you might think to purchase
• There are many providers who offer free personal web page hosting
• Your web pages for TM111 will be hosted on one of the Open University's servers
• You will use the HTML editing tools in Open Sites for your practical work
• Creating web pages in Open Sites

  1. Write code directly in Code View

  2. Use the more graphical user interface in Editor View

  3. Look at the HTML that it generates
• Keep an eye on the module website for additional resources, such as chunks of code you can modify in some of the activities, and for any updating messages about Open Sites