HTML overview
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a web markup language that lets you create web pages. While HTML is an easy to learn markup language, it does contain over a hundred different tags that can be learned.
- HTML overview
- Top 10 HTML tags
- HTML commands
- Tricks of the masters.
- Adding cool features.
- HTML colors.
- Special characters.
- HTML and web design help and support.
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- Promote your web page.
Like other markup languages, HTML consists of tags that let the browser know what action to perform. For example, bold text tells the browser the text in the and is bold text. Being a markup language, HTML does not need to be compiled and required no special editor. You can write HTML in any text editor or use an HTML editor designed for creating web pages.
Also, because it’s your browser interpreting the HTML, you can view all HTML pages on your computer without needing a server or uploading them to the Internet. Once familiarized with HTML tags, see where to start in HTML and web design for help with creating a web page and posting it online.
Top 10 HTML tags
Below is a listing of our suggested top 10 HTML commands we recommend learning first. Click any of these tags to get more information about that tag.
HTML commands
Below is a table with a brief overview of every HTML command. Click any of the links below or rows to get further information. The below table also lists the element Type (block or inline), the Status of “HTML5” for HTML5 tags, or “Deprecated” for tags that are deprecated.
