Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Structuring the Page with HTML

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting comfy with HTML

Figuring out HTML tags and attributes

Understanding the basic blueprint for all web pages

Adding text, images, and links to your page

Building bulleted and numbered lists

I am always fascinated by the structure of things; why do things work this way and not that way.

— URSUS WEHRLI

When it comes to web development, it’s no exaggeration to say that the one indispensable thing, the sine qua non for those of you who studied Latin in school, is HTML. That’s because absolutely everything else you make as a web developer — your CSS rules, your JavaScript code, even your PHP scripts — can’t hang its hat anywhere but on some HTML. These other web development technologies don’t even make sense outside of an HTML context.

So, in a sense, this chapter is the most important for you as a web coder because all the rest of the book depends to a greater or lesser degree on the HTML know-how found in the following ...