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HTM or HTML Extension?

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html extension. We use .htm in our examples. It is a habit from the past, when the software only allowed three letters in file extensions.

With new software it is perfectly safe to use .html.
HTML Headings

HTML headings are defined with the

to

tags.

This is a heading

This is a heading

This is a heading

HTML Paragraphs

HTML paragraphs are defined with the

tag.

This is a paragraph

This is another paragraph

HTML Links

HTML links are defined with the tag.

This is a link

Note: The tag contains an attribute (href) to provide the link address.

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What Do You Need?

You don't need any tools to learn HTML at W3Schools.

* You don't need any HTML editor
* You don't need a web server
* You don't need a web site

Editing HTML

In this tutorial we use a plain text editor (like Notepad) to edit HTML. We believe this is the best way to learn HTML.

However, professional web developers often prefer HTML editors like FrontPage or Dreamweaver, instead of writing plain text.

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What is HTML?

HTML is a language for describing web pages.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages

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HTML Tags

HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags

• HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like
• HTML tags normally come in pairs like and
• The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag

• Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags.

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HTML Documents - Web Pages

• HTML documents describe web pages
• HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
• HTML documents are also called web pages

The purpose of a web browsers (like Internet Explorer) is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the page: