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HTML Basics |
| December 10, 2000 |
Ever wondered how to use HTML? Well here’s your chance to learn how to go beyond simple templates and use the power of HTML to expand what you can do on your home page. You don't have to be a computer programmer to learn HTML! It's easy to learn and powerful to use.
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CCCrane: Welcome to TalkLive's HTML Basics Today's Topic- Everything you wanted to know about the <HEAD> Section but were afraid to ask!
Lis: I don’t know about my head, CCCrane.
CCCrane: It's above your body section. (grin)
Josephfeaster05: What is an html?
CCCrane: HTML- Hypertext Markup Language -- a language (or format) used for creating hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. This is the format used to create Web pages. Before I get into the Head Section, I thought we'd talk briefly about the overall structure of an HTML document. Does anyone know the three parts of an HTML document?
Lis-: Yes! Homepages.
Josephfeaster05: Kool. Now speak English.
Lis-: Nope, CCCrane.
Babied0ll: Me does!
CCCrane: Joseph, it's what you use to create a webpage.
Babied0ll: I think. (laughing)
CCCrane: What are they babied0ll?
Lis-: Head, body and toes.
Babied0ll: Head, body and, umm.
CCCrane: Nope, no toes.
Lis-: Foots.
CCCrane: No feet either.
Babied0ll: The open/close HTML tag?
Josephfeaster05: Oh, I know the top middle and bottom.
Lis-: Behind? Or end.
CCCrane: Nope (grin) The three parts of an HTML document are- 1. <!DOCTYPE> Line containing version information 2. Head section, describing the document itself 3. Body Section, containing the documents actual content I'm going to paste the bare bones outline of an HTML document-
Josephfeaster05: Explain all of that in plain english, not computer talk.
CCCrane: It's a bit hard not to use computer talk for a programming language, joe.
Josephfeaster05: Please?
CCCrane: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Draft//EN> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> </BODY> </HTML> The <!DOCTYPE> line tells your browser which version of HTML is being used. do you understand that joseph?
Josephfeaster05: confusion
CCCrane: Wonders if anyone can explain "version" to joseph.
Lis-: How many different types of html are there?
Josephfeaster05: Sorry for my ignorance.
CCCrane: lis, I think it's up to 4.0 now.
Lis-: josephfeaster05 don’t say that, (smile) that’s why you’re here.
CCCrane: Versions start with version 1, minor modifications get a decimal so you might have version 1.1, major modifications get an increase in whole number for example, last html version was 3.2
Babied0ll: CCCrane do you have to have the <!doctype> in there?
CCCrane: babie, no,it's optional The example, <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Draft//EN> Tells your browser that the draft version of HTML 4.0 specification is being used.
Spoam: Is this all about like web stuff?
CCCrane: The "EN", incidently, stands for English.
HatterTCC: spoam, the stuff you write webpages with, HTML.
Josephfeaster05: What <version> am I using
CCCrane: joseph, you can use whatever one you want. (grin)
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