The World Wide Web, or the Web, is one of the more popular mechanisms for disseminating all types of information to people. We can present people with words, images, video, or audio - usually without the user having to install additional software or viewers on their computer. For some video and audio clips, additional software may be needed, but for the most part, computers purchased today come "web browser" ready.
In addition to receiving information from the Web, people also want to create their own web pages and disseminate this information; they want to create their own home page on the Web.
Creating your own web page(s) is quite easy, once you master a few basic HTML commands. This course introduces you to those basic HTML commands. To use video, audio and image maps on your page is outside the scope of this tutorial. For those users already comfortable with the basics, we recommend you take a look at the Center's HTML for the Advanced User tutorial.
To create an HTML page, most people use an HTML editor - which assists you in inserting the correct HTML tags (commands) into your document. Because there are so many editors available, this tutorial is written such that a command is introduced along with its usage and format; i.e., how you enter a tag without necessarily using an editor.
At the end of this tutorial you will find a link to a large collection of not only HTML editors, but various other tools available for Web users.