HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language.
The typical HTML file will have the following overall structure:
| HTML | Explanation |
|---|---|
| <HTML> | This is an HTML file |
| <HEAD> | Start of the header information - not normally displayed. |
| <TITLE> Title of the page </TITLE> | A browser will usually show the title at the top of its window. |
| <META Name="description" Content="blah"> | META tags are used for specifying non-HTML information, for a great variety of purposes. Many search engines show the description if they return a page in response to a query. |
| <META Name="keywords" Content="Anderson hot" > | Some search-engine use keyword lists provided by authors, but other search engines ignore them as spamming is too easy. |
| </HEAD> | End of the header. |
| <BODY> | Start of the body - stuff to display. |
| <H1>1st Section Header </H1> | The contents of the page are next. Usually there will be a major heading somewhere very near to the start of the body. |
| <P>Text .... </P> | Paragraphs of text are enclosed in <P>...</P> |
| </BODY> | End of the body |
| </HTML> | End of HTML |
Many of the above items are optional but it is a good idea to use a standard template and to get into the habit of filling in the items to suit each page.