HTML
Now that you know what html is, let’s look at it in a bit more detail.
This page contains basic html markup. Check here for the basics, then do a google search beginning with “how to html”. It’s an easy way to get the html markup you need.
Hyperlinks
A link, or hyperlink» , takes you from one part of the web to another. Links are everywhere. Some argue the only difference between a book and the internet is the hyperlink. The most basic link is with the ahref element. It looks like this:
<a href="http://www.example.com">Interesting link</a>
When someone clicks on the words “interesting link”, they go to the web page that you link to (in this case, www.example.com). You can link to:
- a page on your site
- a page on a different site
- a photo
- a video
If you want your link to open in a new window, the markup looks like:
<a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">Interesting link</a>
There are two parts to this element: a is anchor, href is hyper-reference. There is more that you can add to an anchor element, but this is the basic way that nearly everything is connected online.
Linking images
Similar to the a href element, you link images with
<img src="http://www.example.com/image.jpg" alt="description goes here" width="" height="" border="0" />
Type in the url for src. Give a good description for alt (this shows up when you mouse over, if the image doesn’t load, or if you need assistive technology (e.g. blind)). Optional items are width, height, and border. Type how many pixels you want, and these parameters will modify how the image is displayed.
