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HTML Tutorial
Learn HTML Quickly and Easily and Build Your Web Page with this HTML Tutorial

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This HTML tutorial takes you through the steps to building a Web page. You'll start out with the basic tags for a page, and run through adding text and graphics to the page, and much more.

Basic HTML Tutorial

Follow these steps and to learn HTML and begin building Web pages.

  1. Writing HTML in Notepad
    When you start your Web page, you don't need a fancy program to write your HTML, all you need is a text editor like Notepad or SimpleText.

  2. Basic Tags for a Web Site
    Every Web page must have these tags.

  3. Tags for Text
    Once you've got the basic tags, you'll want to add content to your page. The paragraph and line-break tags help you format your text

  4. Headings, Bold, and Italics
    Once you have basic text on your page, you can change how it looks with these tags.

  5. Lists
    Make numbered and bulleted lists with ease.

  6. Linking to Other Pages
    Once you have your page up, you'll want to point to other pages.

  7. Adding Images
    Graphics make a Web page fun, but don't forget to upload them to your Web server (see next step).

  8. Uploading Your Pages
    Once you have a page ready for display, you'll want to upload it to a Web server.

Other Beginning HTML Resources

Beginning HTML Resource Center
HTML 101 - Free HTML Course
How to Build a Basic Web Page
HTML Tags Library
More HTML Tutorials

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