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2006-08-02 15:30:01, Category: Programming & Design
I am trying to build a website, I have come across HTML code,,, What is it?, do i need it ? and how do I construct the code many thanks

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  1. â„¢chamBero

    On 2006-08-02 15:39:15


    At least some HTML, but not a whole lot if you just wanna use it for FUN! (",)

  2. PuNk RoCkEr AnGeL!!

    On 2006-08-02 15:32:05


    HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is the simple (or not) code for building wesites. If you want to construct a website from scratch you may need to buy a book or search for a guide on the web, but there are websites like www.freewebs.com where they can give you a template of your choice and you build, but it is very limited. You DO need it unless you want a white webpage with size 12 Times New Roman font and thats it... HTML is complicated to do from scratch, so if you click (at the top of this page) view> source then you will see what goes into making just this.. a hell of a lot of work. If you have microsoft word then you can make you webpage design on there, save is as a HTML and then you lose me there, I have never bought a website before, so I don't know how to do all that... but other then that... You can have an intranet webpage, which means you can access it from just your PC, but thats kinda pointless. The best program is Microsoft Front Page which is specifically designed to design webpages. Simples answers: Code for webpages. Yes. Ask another question to find out...

  3. Kevin Major — Engineering

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:27


    Hyper Text Markup Language try all of these: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=html+source&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

  4. Jude

    On 2006-08-02 15:36:22


    hyper text markup language. That's all I know, sorry!

  5. Calvin S

    On 2006-08-02 16:30:47


    It is called Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and it looks something like this:

    HTML, what is it?

    I am trying to build a website, I have come across HTML code,,, What is it?, do i need it ? and how do I construct the code
    many thanks

    For the beginner I suggest a simple, yet effective HTML editor called Araneae. You can download it here: http://www.ornj.net/araneae/

  6. Jake J

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:14


    it is the code that websites are written in, search HTML tutorials on google if you need to learn, its very simple. You dont need to know any programning, also go to www.nvu.com if you want something that is similar to a word processor that will generate the code for you

  7. Zeta

    On 2006-08-02 15:35:00


    HTML is a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents. HTML stands for hypertext markup language.

  8. Rich

    On 2006-08-02 15:33:42


    HyperTextMarkupLanguage .. pretty much codes they use to create web sites...

  9. urfunny

    On 2006-08-02 15:33:22


    Hypertext Markup Language. And oh yeah- its funny that you say you're trying to build a web site, yet you don't know what html is. Copying and pasting a Myspace layout is not "building a web site". You're not impressing anybody.

  10. ga_christie_04

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:05


    Hypertext Markup Language is the authoring software language used on the Internet's World Wide Web. HTML is used for creating World Wide Web pages. It's really easy to learn. http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/html.html www.htmltutorials.ca/ www.aaahtml.com/

  11. dwightl.geo

    On 2006-08-02 15:32:25


    html source code is what makes this page look the way it does. click view > source in your brower to see what it looks like.

  12. Northern Lad

    On 2006-08-02 16:00:53


    Look here, and happy building to ya :-) http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

  13. pompeybrunette

    On 2006-08-02 15:39:38


    URFUNNY... You sound like a bit of a cocky a55hole and geeky. why answer in such a snidey way?

  14. Camellias

    On 2006-08-02 15:35:32


    In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. HTML is used to structure information — denoting certain text as headings, paragraphs, lists and so on — and can be used to describe, to some degree, the appearance and semantics of a document. HTML's grammar structure is the HTML DTD that was created using SGML syntax. Originally defined by Tim Berners-Lee and further developed by the IETF, HTML is now an international standard (ISO/IEC 15445:2000). Later HTML specifications are maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Early versions of HTML were defined with looser syntactic rules which helped its adoption by those unfamiliar with web publishing. Web browsers commonly made assumptions about intent and proceeded with rendering of the page. Over time, the trend in the official standards has been to create an increasingly strict language syntax; however, browsers still continue to render pages that are far from valid HTML. XHTML, which applies the stricter rules of XML to HTML to make it easier to process and maintain, is the W3C's successor to HTML. As such, many consider XHTML to be the "current version" of HTML, but it is a separate, parallel standard; the W3C continues to recommend the use of either XHTML 1.1, XHTML 1.0, or HTML 4.01 for web publishing. HTML markup HTML markup consists of several types of entities, including: elements, attributes, data types and character references. [edit] The Document Type Definition In order to specify which version of the HTML standard they conform to, all HTML documents should start with a Document Type Declaration (informally, a "DOCTYPE"), which makes reference to a Document Type Definition (DTD). The DTD contains machine readable code specifying the permitted and prohibited content for a document conforming to such a DTD. For example: This declaration asserts that the document conforms to the Strict DTD of HTML 4.01, which is purely structural, leaving formatting to Cascading Style Sheets. In some cases, the presence or absence of an appropriate DTD may influence how a web browser will display the page. In addition to the Strict DTD, HTML 4.01 provides Transitional and Frameset DTDs. The Transitional DTD was intended to gradually phase in the changes made in the Strict DTD, while the Frameset DTD was intended for those documents which contained frames. [edit] Elements Elements are the basic structure for HTML markup. Elements have two basic properties: attributes and content. Each attribute and each element's content has certain restrictions that must be followed for an HTML document to be considered valid. Listed below are several types of markup elements used in HTML (see HTML elements for more detailed description of elements). Structural markup describes the purpose of text. For example,

    Golf

    establishes "Golf" as a second-level heading, which would be rendered in a browser in a manner similar to the "Markup element types" title at the start of this section. Structural markup does not denote any specific rendering, but most web browsers have standardized on how elements should be formatted. Further styling should be done with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Presentational markup describes the appearance of the text, regardless of its function. For example, boldface indicates that visual output devices should render "boldface" in bold text, but has no clear semantics for aural devices that read the text aloud for the sight-impaired. Presentational markup is largely deprecated, and presentation should be controlled by using CSS. In the case of both bold and italic there are elements which usually have an equivalent visual rendering but are more semantic in nature, namely strong emphasis and emphasis respectively. It is easier to see how an aural user agent should interpret the latter two elements. Most presentational markup elements have become deprecated under the HTML 4.0 specification, in favor of CSS based style design.

  15. Justin E

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:05


    HyperText Markup Language try this site http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/

  16. zigzag1234

    On 2006-08-02 15:43:06


    HTML is Hyper Text Mark Up Language. it is the code that works behind the scenes and makes the pages of a website work. it arranges all the text, pictures and links etc on the page. if you do a search under 'Bare bones' in yahoo or google you will be taken to http://werbach.com/barebones/ which is a very useful site and guide. hope this helps

  17. man-with-no-name

    On 2006-08-02 21:06:51


    Hyper Text Markup Language is the basic building block for websites and subsequently the internet. No HTML=NO web! ;-)

  18. G!

    On 2006-08-02 15:50:28


    Hyper Text Markup Language is the code used for building lots of Websites. It sets out how the text is formatted. I find it a bitch that I just needed to learn and be done with, so its OK to hate it, and easy to understand. Message me if you need something translated, or its simple to work out for yourself. Yahoo has some good stuff in Help. You cna also use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) stuff which does the thinking for you.

  19. lt

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:20


    HTML is the code used to make the website pages. It is fairly easy to code...you should try the book HTML for dummies.

  20. Moi

    On 2006-08-02 15:38:06


    HyperText Markup Language. Yep - if you want to create a webpage - even of the basic type - you need it, and if you want to construct the code from notepad or similar text editor you will have to learn the raw HTML, which you can get from any web site if you enter "HTML tutorial". If you are not into learning raw code to use it as a formatter for layout then just use something like MS frontpage (which I think is pants!!) or dreamWeaver (better but cant beat the raw code!!). You could put "free html editor' into a search engine and download something if you dont have either of the above two programs. Good luck.

  21. tchomekay

    On 2006-08-02 15:34:51


    I'm a webdesigner and I don't know what it means... :P