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[...]... quite effectively to create web documents HTML Editors enable users to create documents quickly and easily by pushing a few buttons Instead of entering all of the HTML codes by hand, these programs will generate the HTML ‘source code’ for you HTML Editors are excellent tools for experienced web developers; however, it is important that you learn and understand the HTML language so that you can edit code... concepts discussed in Chapter 2 Procedure 1 Start Notepad 2 Create the following HTML page: XYZ Corporation < /HTML> This will set your documents background color to white (Older browsers default to gray) 3 Save your file – call it index.htm Save it in the C:\HTMLFILES\Exercises directory 4 Preview your file View your file in Navigator,... authoritative source for information about HTML and the HTML DTD is the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at http://www.w3.org The World Wide Web Consortium is a not-for-profit organization that coordinates the evolution of the Web It includes the Internet Engineering Task Force, the group of people who make recommendations for new markup A Basic Document An element called HTML surrounds the whole document This... tags of existing elements and you won’t have to try to remember if you have typed in the closing tag or not In NotePad you would start with: < /HTML> At this point your page has a HEAD and a BODY section inside the HTML tags You also have a TITLE element, inside the HEAD element, which you should fill in The text in the TITLE element is used by the surfer’s... because this is what many search engines, on the Internet, use for indexing your site The following is an example of a document title: XtraNet University: HTML, JavaScript, Netscape, Microsoft and SoftQuad Training < /HTML> 10 OLM World Class Web Hosting E-commerce and Custom Internet Solutions hosting.olm.net Setting Document Properties Document properties... with the extension “ .html but this format is not compliant on all platforms In our examples we will use the htm file extension To save a file, in NotePad, follow these steps: 1 Locate and click on the menu called “File ” 2 Select the option under File Menu labeled “Save As …” 3 In the “File Name” text box, type in the entire name of your file (including the extension html) i.e index .html In NotePad you... cascading style sheets the remaining HTML elements are contained within these tags < /HTML> Note: a framed document is formatted differently than a basic document and is discussed in the advanced section of this course HoTMetaL PRO 6.0 the ultimate web development tool www.hotmetalpro.com 5 Review Questions 1 What does HTML stand for? 2 What is an Element? 3 What are the Attributes... entire length of the window Example Page Heading 1 Paragraph 1, Heading 2 Paragraph 2, Heading 3 Paragraph 3, Heading 4 Paragraph 4, Heading 5 Paragraph 5, Heading 6 Paragraph 6, < /HTML> As displayed by the browser HTML Tip If you insert multiple... background image’s HTML code is as follows: In this example, we have set the document’s background image to ‘logo.gif’ We have also added the BGCOLOR attribute as well so that the browser window will have a white background during the process of loading the background image HoTMetaL PRO 6.0 the ultimate web development tool www.hotmetalpro.com 13 HTML Tip When... Document An element called HTML surrounds the whole document This element contains two sub-elements, HEAD and BODY These elements are required to form any HTML document 4 OLM World Class Web Hosting E-commerce and Custom Internet Solutions hosting.olm.net has sub-elements that define header material: document title The title of your document is what appears in a web browser’s Favorite . development tool www.hotmetalpro.com i Chapter 1 - HTML Introduction 1 Linear Media 2 Hypermedia 2 What is HTML Markup 3 Document Structure 4 A Basic. 1 HTML I ntroduction In this chapter you will be introduced to the concepts of linear media and hypermedia. You will learn about HTML and