The Outline
Writing HTML is kind of like writing a formal letter. The <html> at the top of the page tells the viewer where the "letter" begins. The <head> section tell the viewer what the page is called and other unique attributes of the page. The <title> section, located inside the <head> tells the viewer what the name (or title) of your page is. The <body> section tells the viewer what the page looks like (i.e. what your background is, what color your links are, what color the text is, etc.), what is on the page, what text you have, what images will be displayed and where they will be displayed. There is a corresponding end statement for each section. This code forms the outline of your page. All of these sections must be in your page in the right order so that it can be read. On your blank page, type the words in blue that appear below.
In most cases, the spacing of words and commands doesn't matter in HTML. For example, your page could look like the one above, or it could look like this:
<html><head><title></title></head><body></body></html>
The only time spacing matters is when your placing more commands inside the < and >. You'll see an example of this in the next section.
Now that the basic structure is there, you can begin personalizing your web page.We'll add colors in the next step.
