Handy HTML Tags to Know
If you want to get started building your own website right away, here are some HTML tags that you can use on the fly.
All HTML tags are surrounded by angle brackets, like <this>. The first word inside angle brackets <starts> the command, and when it is repeated with a slash mark in front of it, it </ends> the command. So, for instance, HTML websites typically begin this way:
<html> and end </html>
The tags <body> and </body> signify the main body of the website, which users can see and navigate through.
The tags <p>and </p> signify the beginning and end of a paragraph that stands on its own.
If you want headings for your paragraphs, you will have to number them:
<h1> and </h1> and <h2> and </h2> and so on.
<em> and </em> will put your text in italics. <strong> and </strong> will make it bold.
Now, the Internet wouldn't be much use if websites didn't link to one another. To add a link to your page (linking it, for instance, to this site) you would use the following tag:
<a href="http://www.organichtml.com">Organic HTML</a>
"Organic HTML" will be the text displayed to people who view your page, and clicking on it will take them to this site.
Try these yourself! Once you're done creating your site, it's time to upload it to the Web. To do this, you will need to find a Web host. Your Internet service provider may include Web hosting with your monthly bill. If not, you can turn to Yahoo! Web Hosting or GoDaddy for inexpensive or free personal Web page hosting. Both of these services charge a low monthly rate for personal pages, under $10. If the Web hosting service is free, like the venerable hosting service Angelfire, you will most likely have to contend with ads on your site.
After choosing a Web host, their tutorial will most likely walk you through the steps of getting your page online. If not, you will have to upload your page using a process called FTP (File Transfer Protocol.) It is easy to download an FTP client, such as this one at FileZilla. The site HTML Made Easy has a good guide to this process. Once your page is up, you should be able to update it with new content whenever you want. See you on the Web!
All tags on this page are courtesy of w3schools.com and the HTML Code Tutorial.