THE NEWEST GENERATION OF HTML AND CSS AVAILABLE IS HTML 5.
When creating a web page you start off with the
tag, this shows the browser that this is a web document. You then create the
tag, this contains information about the site, such as the page title ( This is the title in the browser window, not the title of the page), and other meta information about the page itself.
The
tag is next. this contains the main ‘body’ of the web page, and so this is where all the main content will be found. To show the web page where the web document ends the closing HTML tag is used
All tags that are opened need to be closed. think of the opening and closing tags as a container
in which elements are kept within.
CSS ‘Cascading style sheets’ are used with HTML to control style. Things such as text colour, type, size, can all be controlled and edited by an internal or external style sheet. This could be a simple text document similar to the HTML one, and would be saved somewhere within the same directory.
Many WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors can be used to create web pages in a more organic way by dragging and editing text and images. These aren’t always preferred because they put excessive amounts of code into the script. This can make editing the source code very difficult.
THIS IS THE BASIC HTML STRUCTURE OF A WEB PAGE:
This is a paragraph within the main body
The above is a basic web page that would do no more that display a paragraph, but there are considerably more elements at work.
Keywords are a very important part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). targeting specific keywords will mean a better ranking in search engines. This is often used to obtain leverage over the competition.
SEO can, in it simplest form, mean optimising on page factors such as Title META description, head tags and URL name. Optimising your page in this way can mean the difference between a top 1000 site in the search engine, to a page sitting in the top 100. Focusing on keywords with higher traffic and lower competition could quite realistically get you to a number one ranking.
HTML in its rawest form allows you accurate control over a web page and its elements. From its META information, down to its keywords, structure, style and behaviour.
HTML ISN’T A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IT IS A MARK-UP LANGUAGE.
It has evolved over the years from a simple way of displaying text, to a more advanced ways of creating web sites containing rich graphics and flash animation.
Basic tags include:
Paragraph
Bold text
Italic text
Large text header
Andrew is a Website Designer from Suffolk, England, who enjoys creating cool sites and playing keyboard in his band the Looshkins.
If you want to change the navigation bar background, you can do it in the CSS file, but you might find it easier to get the effect you want using HTML. Once again, if you do it in the same virtual include file you can change every page at once by changing that one file.
Don't put too many barriers between yourself and a successful website. You don't have to learn HTML or learn CSS to make a navigation bar. Using a web page editor is an easier way to go, and it doesn't have to cost much. KompoZer is a free web page editor that works well and has a built in CSS editor.
Making a simple text based navigation bar that's attractive and works fine is well within your capabilities. Go for it!

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