Transcript Intro to HTML

Introduction to
HTML
Simple facts yet crucial to beginning of study
in fundamentals of web page design!
Objectives
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Describe the Internet and its associated key terms
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Describe the World Wide Web and its associated
key terms
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Identify the types and purposes of Web sites
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Discuss Web browsers and identify their purpose
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Objectives
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Define Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML) and the standards used for Web
development
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Describe Web editors and their relationship
to Web development
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The Internet
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Worldwide collection of networks that link
together millions of businesses, the
government, educational institutions, and
individuals
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The Internet
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A network is composed of a group of
computers that are connected together to
share resources and information
The Internet backbone is a high-speed data
line that connects major computer systems
An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a
company with a permanent connection to
the Internet backbone
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The World Wide Web
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Part of the Internet that supports
multimedia and consists of a collection of
linked documents, called Web pages
A Web site is a collection of Web pages
that are created and maintained by an
organization or individual
Relies on Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML)
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Web Servers
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Web pages are stored on a Web server or
host
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Publishing is the process of copying files to
a Web server
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Web Site Types and Purposes
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Web Browsers
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Web Browsers are required to view Web
pages
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Web pages are linked together by the use
of hyperlinks
Clicking a hyperlink allows you to move
quickly from one Web page to another
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Hypertext Markup Language
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is
used to create Web pages
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Set of special instructions called tags and
markups
Web page files contain text and HTML tags
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Tags mark the text to define how it displays when
viewed in a browser
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Ex. <B> <P> <HR>
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Hypertext Markup Language
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HTML is platform independent
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Can be created on one type of computer and
viewed on another type of computer
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HTML Elements
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HTML Coding Practices
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Use capitalized tags to separate tags from
contents
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Use ending tags whenever possible
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Separate sections of HTML code with
spaces
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tags are capitalized
spaces between sections of code
use of ending tags
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Web Editors
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Text Editor
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Program that allows a user to enter, change,
save, and print text, such as HTML
No advanced features
Allows you to develop HTML documents easily
Notepad is an example
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Web Editors
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HTML Editor
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Program that provides basic text-editing functions
Microsoft’s Save as Web Page feature
WYSIWYG Editor
(What You See Is What You Get)
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Utilizes a graphical user interface
Microsoft FrontPage
Macromedia Dreamweaver
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Summary
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Describe the Internet and its associated
key terms
Describe the World Wide Web and its
associated key terms
Identify the types and purposes of Web
sites
Discuss Web browsers and identify their
purpose
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Summary

Define Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML) and the standards used for Web
development

Describe Web editors and their relationship
to Web development
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