The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
HTML is the markup language used in creating Web pages.
- HTML files are plain text files containing only alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuation and symbols, spaces and empty lines. HTML files can be prepared with many different editor programs. Generally, trying to use a word processor to create your HTML is not going to work well.
- The current versions of HTML are HTML 4.01 and a more strict, structured version called XHTML.
- HTML generally consists of elements
each consisting of a begin tag, some contents, and an end tag. For
example:
<p>This is a paragraph</p> - Elements often contain other elements, such as the
following example of a bulleted list:
<ul>
<li>Item one</li>
<li>Item two</li>
<li>Item three</li>
</ul>
Resources
Tutorials
- Dave Raggett HTML Tutorials
- XHTML Tutorial - W3Schools
Books
- Stylin' With CSS - Charles Wyke-Smith
Validators and Cleaners
- HTML Tidy Web Interface - UW WWW Webinfo
- W3C Markup Validation Service - W3C
Command Reference
- HTML 4.01/XHTML l.0 Reference - W3Schools.Com
Tools
- Catalyst Web Tools — UW Learning & Scholarly Technologies
Designing For Accessibility
- Information Technology Accessibility
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) - Excellent resources, including a detailed tutorial and articles on how to use Web publishing programs such as FrontPage and DreamWeaver to create accessible sites.
- AccessibleWeb@U Lunch Discussion Group - Monthly meetings on how to include accessibility in Web design and management.