November 2002
Beginner
432 pages
11h 44m
English
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Chapter 17. HTML Programming
In This Chapter
Understanding HTML
Simple HTML
Simple HTML Text Formatting
Simple HTML Graphics
Using Hyperlinks
E-mail HyperLinks
As you learned in the previous chapter, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the code behind Web pages. Using HTML, you place text, graphics, Java and other active content, and hyperlinks throughout Web pages to give those pages the look you desire. Unlike traditional programming languages, HTML is interpreted as your Web page loads. Your Web page, formatted with HTML code, goes across the Internet to whatever user requests it. That user's browser then interprets your HTML commands to format the page properly. This chapter is an introduction to HTML coding.
HTML is a formatting language that ...