Html Tutorial : Basic,Structure and Method

Introduction
In the beginnings of the Internet, it was very hard to exchange data. So with great vision, Tim Berners-Lee created a way to connect text on the Internet through Hypertext Links (References to other text on the Internet). This was'nt a new idea, but his Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) was very popular, and caught on better than other developer's projects.

HTML was not a "Programming Language" per se, but rather a Scripting Language that marks up the page with formatting commands. Your Web Browser then reads these commands and shows the accessed page on your screen.
Due to the popularity of the Web, some programmers wrote Web Browsers that could view graphics, and a wide range of content. Thousands of people started to create web pages, which ranged from personal "homepages" to business information pages.
Today, millions of people access the web. There is now a diverse medium of content on the web. Before going on to the next lesson, I suggest that you go out and view many pages that are out there on the Web. As you are viewing them, to view the HTML that they are made of click View|Source, if you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer or View|Document Source with Netscape Navigator.

Structure and Method

I'll bet you're thinking "Structure and Method? What is this... some kinda textbook???" Well, no, in this lesson you'll be learning about the Structure of HTML and theMethod that is used to make them.

HTML is not coded with some special "HTML tool", and you do'nt even need some special program to make HTML pages, like Microsoft FrontPage (In fact, I discourage their use until you know the ins and outs of HTML code). All that you DO need is a simple text editing program like Notepad.

You're probably thinking "Wait just one second, you're telling me I can code up another Yahoo! with my puny little Notepad? Yes! That's part of the beauty of HTML! How do we do this? Keep reading!
When you make a Web page the first thing you need to do is gather your content. For our first page ever, we'll be making a informative page about ourselves.