What is HTML?

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a system standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for creating web pages. HTML defines the content and logical structure of your web page. You use elements, which are made of tags and attributes, to build you site.

Elements

Elements are individual components of your HTML document. Elements are written as so:

         <tag_name [attributes]>
                 //content
         </tag_name>

Attributes are optional.

Tags

The tag defines what kind of element you are using.

Some common tags:

<a> - defines a hyperlink
<aside> - defines space for content