Basics of Web Authoring and Design

What is HTML5?

HTML5 is a markup language that is used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.

HTML stands for "hypertext mark-up language." It is a standard way or system used for tagging text files to achieve font, graphics, and hyperlink effects on world wide webpagfes. The mark-up tels the web browser how to display a webpage's words and images for the user.

Key Definitions:

"Hypertext"

refers to hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain.

"Hyperlinks"

are a reference to data that a user can directly follow by clicking or hovering.

"Mark-up language"

refers to the ways tags are used to define the page layouts and elements in a page.

HTML5 Syntax

HTML5 syntax can be broken down into a simple formula:

HTML5 Parts

Name	Definition	Syntax
Elements	what HTML documents are made up of	content
Tags	keywords (tag names) surrounded in angle brackets
Attributes	provide additional information on how to display an element	property="value"
Property	attribute you are selecting to change	property=
Values	what you are changing the property to	"value"

Elements

- what HTML documents are made of.

Tags

-marks the beginning and end of an element; specifies which element to display

Attributes

- parts of HTML elements that provide additional information about an elememt and allows you to modify certain parts of an element.

Property

- what aspect, or attribute, of the element that you are changing

Value

- what you are changing the value of the attribute to

Content

- what is visually displayed on the page