HTML: An Interactive Tutorial - Dave's HTML Code Guide
Learn HTML code and tags interactively by example with the help of this free coding tutorial!
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What is HTML?
HTML stands for the HyperText Markup Language. Web sites are created with
the codes of the HTML language. HTML is extremely easy to learn, and it's completely free to code web sites with it.
(You don't have to pay a license fee to use HTML.)
HTML allows web sites to bring together graphics, music, video and
links. The HTML code you type can be viewed on any computer. If you type it on a Windows PC, it can be viewed on
both Windows and Apple computers, and if you type it on an Apple Mac, you can view it on both Macs and PCs. It
doesn't matter what computer someone uses, as long as it has Internet access.
The basics of the HTML language are easy to learn with a few short
lessons.
Who is this Tutorial for?
This tutorial is for anyone who is serious about learning HTML code. Perhaps you want your own web page, or an
entire web site. Perhaps you're setting up a web site for your business or organization. You've come to the right place.
You do not need any prior experience
in making web pages to take this course (although I will assume you know how to do some basic
things with your computer, like use a word processor.)
What do you mean by Interactive Tutorial?
This tutorial is a "hands on" tutorial... you get to test your new HTML skills immediately after you learn the code, chapter by chapter ... all within your web browser! There is no need to
go fiddle with other applications while you are learning HTML code with this tutorial.
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A few small notes before you begin...
Basic HTML Tutorial MiniChapters Index
HTML: An Interactive Tutorial for Beginners - Dave's HTML Code Guide
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- HTML Code MiniChapter 1: The Basics [What a tag is, Document Structure]
- HTML Code MiniChapter 2: The Common Tags [Headings and Horizontal Ruled Lines]
- HTML Code MiniChapter 3: More Common Tags [Paragraphs, Text Format, ALIGN, and Break]
- HTML Code MiniChapter 4: Links and Images
- HTML Code MiniChapter 5: A Few More Tags [Centering, BODY, etc.]
- HTML Code MiniChapter 6: Clean Code, Comments, and Escape Tags
- HTML Code MiniChapter 7: Lists, Lists, Lists [Unordered, Ordered, and Definition Lists]
- HTML Code MiniChapter 8: Extended Fonts and Text Colors
- HTML Code MiniChapter 9: Navigation within a Document
- HTML Code MiniChapter 10: Publishing your Page [Uploading, Structuring, and Copyright]
- HTML Code MiniChapter G1: How to Make Money with Your Web Site
- HTML Code ColorChapter: Using Hexadecimal Color Codes with your HTML Files
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Advanced HTML Tutorial MiniChapters Index
Making a great web site is much more than just coding
HTML. You need to be successful at presenting your ideas
in an interesting manner, whatever your topic may be.
Ignorance may be bliss for the one who writes the web site,
but that’s rarely the case for the one who visits it. If your
site looks unprofessional, so will your reputation.
These links are to the new, 2009 edition Dave's Web Site Design Tutorial.
The 1997 website design tutorial is still available for your reference.
Recommended HTML and Web Design Resources
Do you want links
without an underline? Want a background that
doesn't scroll?
Those are just two features of Cascading Style Sheets.
Learn CSS code at CSS: An Interactive Tutorial for Beginners.
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