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WEB DESIGN

INTRODUCTION TO WEB DESIGN.


(Programming in HTML and CSS)
The Beginners’ Guide to HTML

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WHAT IS HTML

Html stands for Hyper Text Markup language, It's a


programming language for the web, HTML is used to develop
WebPages & Websites.

HTML has been used to create website in the modern


industry.

No previous knowledge required to learn HTML. It Simple


and Easy to learn.

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WHAT IS A WEBSITE

A collection of documents known as WebPages (or pages)


that contain information; ¤ Images, word, videos.

What is webpage ? ¨ A document or an information


resource that can be accessed through web browser

A web browser is a computer program that is used to


access a webpage.

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MAJOR WEB BROWSERS

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GETTING STARTED

We are going to Learn HTML- a programming language


for the web. With this, you will equipped create desktop
and mobile websites easily.

Tools for Development: In order to program HTML our


computers need to have an Editor. In this course we will
be using Sublime Text 3: Download here if it's not
installed already. http://www.sublimetext.com/3

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WHY AN HTML EDITOR

An HTML editor is a tool that helps us to write your


program, in this case a Website.

An HTML editor is much better, gives you the tools to


make sure that your program is written well…or at least
written properly... and easy to understand

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HTML TAGS

What are Tags in HTML?


The basic structure of an HTML document includes tags,
which surround content and apply meaning to it.

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HTML TAGS

What are Tags in HTML?


A tag is a command in a web page that tells the browser
to do something. Tags are enclosed in less than (<) and
greater than (>) signs. An example of a tag is <html>

The basic structure of an HTML document includes tags,


which surround content and apply meaning to it.

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HTML Continued…

The major points of HTML are given below:


HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
HTML is used to create web pages.
HTML is widely used language on the web.
We can create static website by HTML only.

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HTML
THE HTML Doctype
DOCTYPE

The DOCTYPE declaration differs between HTML


versions. The
HTML 5 doctype declaration is given below:
<!DOCTYPE html>

The doctype is the first line in your program, it tells the


browsers the version/type of HTML you’re using, In this
case HTML 5

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HTML DOCTYPE

This is the HTML 5 Doctype

<!DOCTYPE>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Write Your First Heading</h1>
<p>Write Your First Paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

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HTML ELEMENTS

DOCTYPE: It defines the document type.


html : Text between html tag describes the web
document.
body : Text between body tag describes the body
content of the page that is visible to the end user.
h1 : Text between h1 tag describes the heading of the
webpage.
p : Text between p tag describes the paragraph of the
webpage.

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HTML SYNTAX

• Syntax are rules that are defined by HTML


and MUST be followed.
• Below are the Tags rule:

<tag> content </tag>

Put any
Open tag Close tag
Content here

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HTML TAG EXAMPLES

Note: HTML Tags are always written in lowercase


letters.
The basic HTML tags are given below:
<p> Paragraph Tag </p>
<h1> Heading Tag (heading level one)</h1>
<h2> Heading Tag (heading level two)</h2>
<b> Bold Tag </b>
<i> Italic Tag </i>
<u> Underline Tag</u>
<hr> for the horizontal rule.

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HTML DOCUMENTS

All HTML documents must start with a


document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE
html>.

The HTML document itself begins with


<html> and ends with </html>.

The visible part of the HTML document is


between <body> and </body>.

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HEADING LEVELS

YOUR CODE

HTML headings are defined with the


<h1> to <h6> tags.

<h1> defines the most important RESULT ON THE BROWSER


heading. <h6> defines the least
important heading:

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OTHER HTML TAGS

<img> for adding images


<ol> for adding ordered list of items
<li> for defining an individual list item
<ul> for defining unordered list of items
<table> for adding a table. Tables allows one to represent
date/information a tabular format.
<th> for defining a table column. In full it stands for table
heading
<tr> for table row.
<td> for defining a cell inside a row. In full
it stands for table data
Tables are made up of columns and rows. In html column is
represented by the <th> tag while row is <tr> tag

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ADDING A TABLE

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HTML FORM

Components of a Form
Label
input field
Submit button
Input Types include the following;
text
email
password
number
radio
checkbox
date
tel for telephone
submit

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HTML FORM

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