HTML Introduction
- HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language
- HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
- HTML describes the structure of a Web page
- HTML consists of a series of elements
- HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
- HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.
An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:
<tagname>Your content here</tagname>
The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:
NOTE: The content inside the
section (the white area above) will be displayed in a browser. The content inside the <title> element will be shown in the browser's title bar or the page's tab.
| Year | Version |
|---|---|
| 1993 | HTML 1.0 |
| 1995 | HTML 2.0 |
| 1995 | HTML 3.0 |
| 1997 | HTML 4.0 |
| 2004 | HTML 5.0 |