HTML: markup language for structure on your Website
The term "HTML" stands for "Hypertext Markup Language", in English "Hypertext markup language". This is the Format in which web pages are written.
- In a HTML-file, the Creator of the website writes the Text of a Website. The HTML file is a Text structure and format (e.g., font size, and Font). In addition, you can integrate via HTML Links to other websites, or add your Text, images, Videos, or background noise.
- Browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer to read the HTML file in a fraction of a second and then show graphically.
- In General, HTML will not be written to the files themselves. Website operators will this work with a graphical user interface removed - this is done for example via Content Management systems such as WordPress or Typo3.
- Tip: Click with the right mouse button in a free area on this website and select the Option "Save" or "save page as". You can then download the HTML file of this web page and the bare Code in the Editor view. In addition to the individual words, you find commands for Links or images.
HTM - what not to do so
Earlier web pages were programmed entirely in HTML. Due to the increasing dynamics on many web sites has established a reputation for modern web design in addition to CSS. Therefore, HTML is used only for the structuring of a Website. You determine, for example, whether a Text should appear as a Heading or body text. In a linked CSS file, you define which Format is to have a section of such a text. In the next practical tip we will show you in detail where the differences between HTML and CSS.
