lecture one

what is a web site?

In this first lecture you will learn what a web site actually is, that is, what file types make it up and how they fit together. You will also learn what HTML is, and two of its basic elements: tags and attributes. Finally you will learn how all web pages have to include structural tags, including the page title; the first foundation stones in any web page.

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There is no prior reading required for this lecture.

online materials

These are designed to be read after you have followed the virtual or real lecture 1.

• What is a web site?
• The tools you need
• Naming your files
• URLs
• Tags
• Attributes
• Comments
• The head, the the body and structural tags
• Titles

Remember you can use the printer-friendly (text-only) page if you want to print off all these topic pages.

Before moving on to lecture 2 you should check your progress with the self-test.