Definition and Premise:
HTML = "Hyper Text Markup Language"
HTML is a markup language. It is not a program. HTML is read by web browsers and is the
language that all webpages are written with. The two most used web browsers are Netscape
and Internet Explorer which are used by 95% of the people "surfing" the internet. Some
webpages have other language elements inserted into the HTML file such as JAVA Scripts or
Shockwave to enhance the page, but these other languages are used to compliment and enhance
a website and do not replace HTML. JAVA and Shockwave are not needed in order to construct a
basic webpage. A "basic" webpage is defined simply as a page that does not have a lot of extra
"bells and whistles" on it, but that does not necessarily mean that it will look boring. A
webpage is as interesting or as boring as the creator/author composes the content to be.
80% of all website creation, and certainly most of the personal homepages that you will find,
is not much more than a matter of finding the HTML code you want that already exists and
knowing which parts to copy and paste into your own document, and then knowing how to
customize it to fit your own needs. All websites use the same basic code structure, and all
that is really necessary to create your own homepage is to learn what these basic codes are
and how to arrange them in your document so that your finished product resembles what your
ideas were. Creating a basic website is not as difficult as it may seem at first. The hardest
part about building your website is deciding what you are going to put on it, and then either
finding or creating the images you want for it.
