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Learning HTML

Are you ready to learn HTML? This tutorial is aimed at giving you an understanding on the basics of HTML so that you can make your very own web page. Take your time, and try the various examples given in this tutorial on your own. Creating web pages takes a little practice, but once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun.

Lessons:

• What is HTML?
• Tools and Rules
• Tags
• Basic Tags
• Line Breaks and Spaces
• Format Tags
• More Format Tags
• Nesting Tags
• Fonts and Text Styles
• More Fonts and Text Styles
• Links
• More Links
• Graphics and Images
• Copyright and the Web
• Background Attributes
• What is CSS?
• More about CSS
• Internal and External Style Sheets

Extra Stuff:

• Quick Reference of tags covered in this tutorial.
• Additional Resources for learning HTML.
• Learn about Safety Online.
• Backgrounds, bullets, images, and more for your webpages from the IPL Youth Division's Web Page Design.

This resource originally created by Deborah Dunk.
Revised and edited by Michael Galloway in 2005 & in 2006.