2 HTML Basics

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll familiarize yourself with HTML and learn the following:

  • What HTML is and where it came from

  • Frequently used HTML tags

  • How to insert special characters

  • What semantic web design is and why it’s important

  • New features and capabilities in HTML

Decorative

This lesson will take about 30 minutes to complete. This lesson does not have support files.

The title 'HTML Basics for Fun and Profit', and the body 'Welcome to my first Webpage' are expressed in HTML code.

HTML is the backbone of the web, the skeleton of your webpage. It is the structure and substance of the internet, although it is usually unseen except by the ...

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