What is HTML? Why HTML is good idea?

H-T-M-L are initials that stand for HyperText Markup Language (computer people love initials and acronyms -- you'll be talking acronyms ASAP). Let me break it down for you:
· Hyper is the opposite of linear. It used to be that computer programs had to move in a linear fashion. This before this, this before this, and so on. HTML does not hold to that pattern and allows the person viewing the World Wide Web page to go anywhere, any time they want.
· Text is what you will use. Real, honest to goodness English letters.
· Mark up is what you will do. You will write in plain English and then mark up what you wrote. More to come on that in the next Primer.
· Language because they needed something that started with "L" to finish HTML and Hypertext Markup Louie didn't flow correctly. Because it's a language, really -- but the language is plain English.

HTML is good. It's faster and more efficient than ActiveX FLASH and is more accessible by all computers, Linux-friendly, AnyBrowser Compatible, etc. It's also possible to get at the workings of it, and so is a culture of learning and shared knowledge rather than a culture of sealed-units and protectionist markets.

HTML Attributes

Attributes provide additional information to an HTML element.
HTML Tag Attributes
HTML tags can have attributes. Attributes provide additional information to an HTML element.
Attributes always come in name/value pairs like this: name="value".

Attributes are always specified in the start tag of an HTML element.

What are HTML Tags?

HTML tags are used to mark-up HTML elements
HTML tags are surrounded by the two characters <>
The surrounding characters are called angle brackets
HTML tags normally come in pairs like and
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
The text between the start and end tags is the element content
HTML tags are not case sensitive, means the same as

HTM or HTML Extension?

Whenever you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html extension.

What is an HTML File

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags
The markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page
An HTML file must have an htm or html file extension
An HTML file can be created using a simple text editor