NWE Help: Web: Authoring: HTML: Introduction

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HyperText Markup Langauge (HTML) is the basic language of the World Wide Web. As languages go, it's probably the easiest one you'll ever learn. Its roots are English, its vocabulary is made up of basic mnemonic abbreviations, and its syntax is based on something you probably learned along with basic composition: simple document structure.

You don't need special software or a certain computer to produce HTML. All you need is a text editor and a little patience. Learning HTML won't happen overnight, so we strongly suggest that you work on HTML before the day the assignment is due. It's also a good idea to make some "practice" documents just to get the hang of it.

There are a few requirements you need to follow when making web pages:

Remember: all materials that you want to appear on the web must be in your public_html directory. If you've saved files in your home directory which you want on the Web, use the File Manager to move them into the proper directory.
HTML files must be named with the .html suffix or they won't be rendered properly by our web server.
Follow the rules for file names included in other portions of the NWE help pages.
Your home page is called 'index.html'. You should edit this page as indicated by your instructor. This is the page which appears when you access your "My homepage" bookmark.

Now that you have a general idea about what HTML is, you're ready to start learning about tags.

Next: Elements and Tags