HTML is the basic language used to create web pages. What you see on the screen at the moment can all be created using the html language.

To start creating a page, simply use notepad or similar applications and begin typing your code. In many cases such as geocities.com the host for this site, they will provide a text editor for you to enter the html.

Once inside the editor, you will need to start using tags.

HTML Tags

Tags are the building blocks of every page. A tag is an instruction that tells the browser what to do. As a result, tags themselves do not appear on screen, but the result of those tags does. An example of a tag is below:

Tag:	Result:
<h3>Heading</h3>	Heading

Now that you know what html is, you can move onto tutorial 2 to find out how to build an html page.