What is HTML?

HTML is a markup language (i.e like a foundation in a house) for many websites. There are ways to make this interactive and conducive for readers to show up and engage with content but HTML is a cornerstone for web.

Why?

HTML is a simple and easy to use language to create a website. And can be do with NO programming experience whatsoever. This low barrier to entry makes it both good and bad for people-so proceed with caution.

Some HTML Elements

The p element is typically used for text.

The element(s) H1....H6 are headers, each decreasing in size.

The ol is for a numbered list.

The ul is for an unnumberred list.

The li element is for the items in a list.

The strong element makes a text bold.

The em element makes a section of text italic.

The table element creates a table.

The tr element is a row.

The th element is the header cell.

The td element is a cell element.

The a/a href elements are used for linkiing content or to other sites.

The button element creates a button.

the title tag is for the title of the page

The style tag is for styling the page-i.e. colors, layout, etc

The head element is for the meta data of the page.

The body elements are for the body or what people see on the page.

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