Chebucto Community Net
IP Training 1- Basic HTML

Objectives

To introduce HyperText Markup Language (HTML), which is the format of all CCN Community Net documents.

User Training 1, User Training 2, and User Training 3, or equivalent skills and experience.

Terminology:
- HTML = HyperText Markup Language
- Tags
- Elements
Using \ in Lynx to view HTML source
The structure of an HTML document
- <HTML>
- <HEAD> ... </HEAD>
- <BODY>... </BODY>
- </HTML>
Basic formatting tags
- Titles <TITLE> </TITLE>
- Paragraphs <P> (note, no </P> required)
- Line break <BR> (no </br>)
- Headings <H1> </H1> to <H6> </H6>
- Strong <strong> ,</strong>
- Emphasized <em> ,</em>
- Horizontal Rule <hr>
- Preformatted text <PRE>, </PRE>
Lists
- Unordered lists:<UL>,</UL>, <LI>
- Descriptive lists: <DL>, <DT>, <DD>, </DL>
Special Characters
- < for <
- > for <
- & for &
- There are others for special characters with accents, etc.
Creating HTML files
- On your CCN account
- On your PC or Mac at home