XHTML Tutorial #1 - The Beginning - Page 1

What is HTML?

• Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML Files contain text surrounded by markup tags
• The markup tags tell the browser how to display the data or give other instructions for handling the data
• HTML files have a .htm or .html extension (example.html)
• HTML files can be written with a simple program like a text editor
• Some people prefer to write files with a WYSIWYG editor like Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Front Page
• HTML 4.01 is the current specification by the World Wide Web Consortium.

So what is XHTML?

• eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language
• XHTML is the new web standard replacing HTML 4.01
• XHTML is like HTML on steroids, but the good kind. It makes HTML stronger without the nasty side effects.
• XHTML is an XML application

On the next page we'll create your first web page.

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