HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

HTML is a markup language not a programming language. Very simply, a document is "marked-up" to define its appearance. As such, this involves placing markup tags (or commands) around text and graphics (and more) in a document.

The general syntax for html tags is:

<tagname [options]> some text here </tagname>

These tags indicate how to display portions of the document. Opening tags, along with available options, are enclosed in < and > and closing tags include the / before the tagname. In some instances both opening and closing tags are required to indicate what parts of the documents should be affected by the tags. In other instances no closing tag is required. The most basic tags are explained below:

The following topics in HTML are discussed:

• Getting Started
• Basic HTML
• Tables
• Frames
• Forms

References

• Sandia HTM  references
• The Compendium of HTML Elements
• Quadzilla.com
• Ron Woodall's reference
• Craig McFetridge's Guide

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