Basics of HTML Layout

Published July 07,2010 in HTML

What is HTML? At its most fundamental, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a set of special codes that you embed in text to add formatting and linking information.


HTML is based on Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). By convention, all HTML information begins with an open angle bracket (<) and ends with a closing angle bracket (>), for example, . This tag tells an HTML interpreter (browser) that the document is written and marked up in standard HTML. An example of an HTML interpreter would be Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, available for free
from the Microsoft Web site; pop over to www.microsoft.com/ie/ to get your copy.



HTML, like any other markup language, has some problems. Suppose, for example, you want to show —including the angle brackets—in a document. You need some way to prevent your expression from being interpreted as an HTML tag. Later in this tutorial, you learn how to include such tricky information within your documents through character entities. For now, keep an eye open for this kind of problem as you read on.



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