HTML Tutorials

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:13 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

What is HTML?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language is used to create web pages as well as other types of documents viewable in a web browser.

HTML is a standard specified and maintained by World Wide Web Consortium.

From its invention, HTML has evolved through different versions. Present version of HTML is HTML 4.01.

Next version of HTML is HTML 5, which is under development but developers have already started using some of its features.

In the consequent pages, we will discuss HTML 4.01 in detail. Learning which, you will be able to create web pages by your own.

HTML code of an simple web page

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>An example HTML page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is an example HTML page</h2>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc at nisi velit,
aliquet iaculis est. Curabitur porttitor nisi vel lacus euismod egestas. In hac
habitasse platea dictumst. In sagittis magna eu odio interdum mollis. Phasellus
sagittis pulvinar facilisis. Donec vel odio volutpat tortor volutpat commodo.
Donec vehicula vulputate sem, vel iaculis urna molestie eget. Sed pellentesque
adipiscing tortor, at condimentum elit elementum sed. Mauris dignissim
elementum nunc, non elementum felis condimentum eu. In in turpis quis erat
imperdiet vulputate. Pellentesque mauris turpis, dignissim sed iaculis eu,
euismod eget ipsum. Vivamus mollis adipiscing viverra. Morbi at sem eget nisl
euismod porta. Sed semper, tortor eu molestie iaculis, felis massa vestibulum
massa, vitae suscipit arcu nunc quis ante. Phasellus aliquam elit at nisl
condimentum commodo. Nunc congue nibh aliquam enim aliquet nec feugiat diam
condimentum. Suspendisse potenti. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Nam accumsan velit sed lacus pellentesque in gravida nunc
ultrices. Aliquam varius scelerisque erat ut egestas. 
</p>
<p><a href="../html/html-tutorils.php">Learn HTML from
w3resource.com</a>
</body>
</html>

Result

This is an example HTML page

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc at nisi velit, aliquet iaculis est. Curabitur porttitor nisi vel lacus euismod egestas. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. In sagittis magna eu odio interdum mollis. Phasellus sagittis pulvinar facilisis. Donec vel odio volutpat tortor volutpat commodo. Donec vehicula vulputate sem, vel iaculis urna molestie eget. Sed pellentesque adipiscing tortor, at condimentum elit elementum sed. Mauris dignissim elementum nunc, non elementum felis condimentum eu. In in turpis quis erat imperdiet vulputate. Pellentesque mauris turpis, dignissim sed iaculis eu, euismod eget ipsum. Vivamus mollis adipiscing viverra. Morbi at sem eget nisl euismod porta. Sed semper, tortor eu molestie iaculis, felis massa vestibulum massa, vitae suscipit arcu nunc quis ante. Phasellus aliquam elit at nisl condimentum commodo. Nunc congue nibh aliquam enim aliquet nec feugiat diam condimentum. Suspendisse potenti. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam accumsan velit sed lacus pellentesque in gravida nunc ultrices. Aliquam varius scelerisque erat ut egestas.

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Features of the w3resource HTML tutorials

We have covered all the HTML 4.01 elements or tags and their attributes. Because it is HTML elements (or tags ) and attributes, which you need to understand for learning HTML. While discussing an HTML tag or elements in our HTML tutorials, we have used following features to help you to understand better:

1. We have started with a clear and simple description.

2. We have given a Syntax so that you can remember how to write it.

3. A Usage to show you how to write it in practice.

4. We have shown the Result of the usage.

5. Since HTML tags may or may not have and end tag to close the element, we have always shown if Start and end tags are required or not.

6. In which Category the HTML element belongs to, i.e. if it for text or for heading or for creating forms etc.

7. Which other elements or what type of content that HTML tag Can contain.

8. Within which other elements that HTML tag May reside.

9. Different Attributes of that tag, their description, and examples.

10. An example of that HTML tag.

11. The result of that example.

12. View the example in a browser.

13. How that tag looks in Different browsers.

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