Web Design Tutorial - Lesson 1, Part 1
Lesson 1, Part 1
What are HTML and XHTML?
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. XHTML stands for eXtensible HyperText Markup Language. Unless noted, I will use the acronyms HTML and XHTML interchangeably. There’s no reason to risk confusion with the differences at this point.
(eXtensible) Hypertext Markup Language? What in the world does that mean?
The acronyms mean that they are markup languages used for writing hypertext (that is, web) documents. What’s a markup language, you ask? Markup languages are sets of code that allow you to set different rules for the text you type. Still confused? You’re not making this easy for me, are you? Okay, I’ll give you an example:
Let’s say I wrote out a text document, and I wanted to post it on the internet. Web browsers don’t understand that I’m trying to indicate a new paragraph just because I skipped a line and indented the text at certain points in my file. I need to let the browser know of my intention, and HTML will let me do that. How? Hey now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. One step at a time.
Enjoyed the lesson? Keep your eyes open for Part 2.
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