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HTML - Greek or Latin?

You've heard how easy a web page is to build, but when you click View/Source all you find is some archaic language. It all begins...

<HTML> or "how to make lunatics", so your brain says when you foolishly try to figure out how that mess translates into a pretty page like this.

HyperText Markup Language is the vernacular of the web, and though it can look more confusing than my checkbook or a phycist's formulas, it is simple once you know the rules.

Rule #1: Commands are always given in <> signs. The rest just shows up as text on a page.

Rule #2: There are almost always two commands: on and off. For example, to begin a paragraph use <p> then type stuff and end it with </p>.

Rule #3: Every command has a logical meaning. The web was started by some clever grad students who wanted to share research papers. Not wanting to waste time on archaic mathematical or computer speak, they just wrote a sort of shorthand for their commands. <p> is a paragraph. <h1> is the title or 1st header paragraph. <table> is a table. <tr> is a table row, etc.

Rule #4: Every page has a document header that talks to your web browser. In the header you'll find the page title, meta tag descriptions for search engines, and other display information.

Rule #5: HTML commands follow a hierarchy. It begins with the language <HTML>, then onto the <header>, closing that </header> the page begins the <body> where all graphics, hyperlinks and text goes until it's closed with the </body> and then the language </html>.

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