Learning HTML

HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, is the language we use to add structure to documents so that they may be easily distributed between different computers with different software. Please follow the link to read a more complete introduction to HTML.

The links below serve as a resource to the HTML elements and structures we use in the class. They are intended to compliment the The Booklet. If you are working alone and have a question about an HTML element, check the links below first!

General Reference

Some Terms

Please Read! Definitions so we can all use the same words to describe parts of Web pages.

Selected HTML 3.2 Elements

Here is a list of the elements used in the course.

http://www.htmlhelp.com

This site has a comprehensive listing of all HTML 3.2 and 4.0 elements, attributes and attribute values. If you see an HTML element or attribute you've never seen before, or if you can't remember if an H3 can go inside an LI, check out this site.

Specific References

Basic Structure

Covers the elements: !DOCTYPE HTML HEAD TITLE BODY

Block Level Elements

Covers the elements: H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 P PRE UL OL DL DIV HR BLOCKQUOTE

Text Level Elements

Covers Logical Mark Up, e.g.: EM STRONG CODE

Covers Physical Mark Up, e.g.: I B BIG SMALL

Links

Covers the A element, URLs, external links, internal links, mailto: links

Colors

Covers Background, Text and Link colors in the BODY element

The FONT Element

Images

Covers the IMG element

Nesting Elements

HTML Comments

Tables

Covers the elements: TABLE CAPTION TR TH TD

Forms

Covers the elements: FORM INPUT SELECT OPTION TEXTAREA

Special Characters

Covers HTML entities for displaying charachers such as "<", "ñ" and "©"

Hit Counters

MMSD-specific instructions for adding a hit counter to a Web page

Image Maps

Image maps are images that are "clickable."