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A Basic Html Tutorial For Beginners





HTML is an abbreviation of Hyper Text Markup Language. It is primarily used to create web pages on the internet. In my opinion, everybody who surfs on the internet should learn some basic HTML. I’ve had some folks argue with me that they can very well afford a web designer so they don’t need to learn it. I think this is rubbish. You don’t need to learn HTML only for the purpose of web designing. You do a lot of stuff on the internet where HTML knowledge is an added advantage. Things like creating attractive member pages on social networking sites, such as facebook, myspace, orkut, linkedin, ryze, etc; participating in discussion forums where you can not only make your replies stand out, but also have a signature with relevant anchor text which hyperlinks to your website; posting blog comments, etc. You never know when you may need to use HTML and you can’t expect to call your designer for help if you need to know at an odd time or on a holiday. So if you know nothing about HTML, please get some basics cleared, below:

HTML is made up of a lot of tags which is recognized by browsers. These tags are enclosed by the lesser than (<) and greater than (>) brackets. The opening bracket is always followed by the element that the browser recognizes, and ends with the closing bracket. The element is also sometimes followed by an attribute, which describes the properties of the element and thus guides the browser. The starting tag is always <html> and the ending tag is </html>. Everything else goes in between these two tags. Following are the most common used tags:

Centre align - <center> and </center> For right align or left align, simply replace the word “center” with “right” or “left”.

For fonts, the tag <font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> and ending with </font> means that the viewer will see the content in Georgia font if the same is installed on his computer. If it isn’t, he will see it in the next font (in this case, times new roman). If none of the fonts are available on his computer, he will see the content in the default font of his PC. Bold font has a tag < b > and ends with < /b >.

If you want content in italics, place before and after the content. If you want to link a particular text “click here” to, for example, yahoo.com, then use:

<a href=”http:/www.yahoo.com”>click here</a>

If the same were to open in a new browser window, use the code:

<a href=”http:/www.yahoo.com” target="_blank">click here</a>

If you just wanted a link to email you at abc@xyz.com, use:

<a href=”mailto:abc@xyz.com”>click here</a>

Warning: Having an open email address on a web page can make you vulnerable to spam bots which collect email addresses on the internet and sell them to spammers; so this is not really advisable.

To underline content, use <u> before and </u> after the text.

To strike through something, use <strike> and end with </strike>

For paragraphs, use < p > before and < /p > after the paragraph.

To show an image from some other website, first right click on the image and

click on properties. Then copy the location and replace it with “http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif”
in the below code:

<img border="0" src="%20http:/www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif" width="276" height="110">

Also remember to change the width and height to the actual size of the image in pixels.

To put a horizontal line, just put <hr>

To have a scrolling text, use the code:

<MARQUEE bgcolor="#FF0000" loop="-1" scrollamount="2" width="100%">You will see this text scrolling</MARQUEE>

Where #FF0000 is the background color and the text “You will see this text scrolling” will be scrolling.

These are just a few basic tips, if you wish to learn more you can visit google.com and search for “html tutorial” and you will get a whale of resources!
About Author Nirjara Rustom :

Nirjara Rustom moderates the Website Designing Tips Section of http://www.bharatbhasha.com at http://www.bharatbhasha.com/web_designing.php - a free informative resource.


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Article Added on Friday, November 21, 2008
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