The basics of HTML | Learning Lab Jump to Navigation Skip to content RMIT Australia RMIT Australia RMIT Europe RMIT Vietnam RMIT Global RMIT Online Students Alumni & Giving Staff Library Search Getting started New to university? Managing my time Studying efficiently Starting my first assignment Assessment tasks Researching your assignment Essays Reports Case studies Literature review overview Reflective writing Oral presentations Annotated bibliographies Artist statement Group work Law assessments Writing skills Academic integrity Harvard referencing and academic integrity Paraphrasing Academic style Referencing Writing for the workplace Art and Design Spelling tips Writing paragraphs Writing sentences Study skills Mind mapping Note-taking Reading skills Argument analysis Critical thinking Preparing for exams Maths Algebra Arithmetic Complex numbers Differential equations Differentiation Equation solving Functions and graphs Indices, logs, surds Integration Laplace transforms Matrices Numerical methods Nursing calculations Statistics Trigonometry Vectors Science & health Chemistry Physics Resources for nursing Law Introduction to law Assessments for law Contract law How to study company law Business law: Introduction Business law: Negligence Business law: Contract English Tips from students Academic word list tool Useful websites Postgraduate Writing for coursework Literature review Critical reading Postgraduate reports RMIT Australia RMIT Australia RMIT Europe RMIT Vietnam RMIT Global RMIT Online Students Alumni & Giving Staff Library Learning Lab Getting started Assessment tasks Writing skills Study skills Maths Science & health Law English Postgraduate In this section New to university? Managing my time Studying efficiently Starting my first assignment In this section Researching your assignment Essays Reports Case studies Literature review overview Reflective writing Oral presentations Annotated bibliographies Artist statement Group work Law assessments In this section Academic integrity Harvard referencing and academic integrity Paraphrasing Academic style Referencing Writing for the workplace Art and Design Spelling tips Writing paragraphs Writing sentences In this section Mind mapping Note-taking Reading skills Argument analysis Critical thinking Preparing for exams In this section Algebra Arithmetic Complex numbers Differential equations Differentiation Equation solving Functions and graphs Indices, logs, surds Integration Laplace transforms Matrices Numerical methods Nursing calculations Statistics Trigonometry Vectors In this section Chemistry Physics Resources for nursing In this section Introduction to law Assessments for law Contract law How to study company law Business law: Introduction Business law: Negligence Business law: Contract In this section Tips from students Academic word list tool Useful websites In this section Writing for coursework Literature review Critical reading Postgraduate reports The basics of HTML   HTML is the language that builds websites and other online resources. Knowing how to write in HTML will help in lots of roles. Explore the beginnings of HTML and some basic tags.  What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language or HTML has been used since the very early days of the Internet. People began using codes to create formatting in 1989 and HTML as we know it today first appeared in 1992. Today we are at HTML5, with new commands created and added in each new version. HTML is the language used to create most websites. It is understood by all computers on the Internet. HTML tells the computer what to display on the screen. HTML commands are put inside opening tags <> and end tags so your computer knows what text to display and what it looks like. An HTML instruction to put text into a paragraph looks like this:

Paragraph goes in here

Any text inside the tags will appear and the

will be invisible. Some commonly used formatting choices, like paragraph above, appear as single letter or short commands. Another example is em for emphasis, which uses the tag em. Turns your text to italics How is it used? When you learn the language of HTML, you learn the basic building blocks of websites and other HTML powered resources. HTML is still the default code to format text, add pictures and more. CSS is used to design websites, and Java is used to add interactive elements. Think of HTML as the basic outline, say the house. Cascading Style Sheets - CSS are the painting and decorating and Javascript creates the complex features, controlling things that move and change. Basic HTML Using headings? There are different levels of headings from 1-6 you can use in HTML by adding these markups

Heading!

Notice that when using the heading elements, that is all you need, the heading will appear on its own line with spacing before and after.  

Creates a list, without numbering

Creates a list, with numbering

 Highlighted text Practice Codepen is a great site for practising your HTML skills. You can add HTML tags and make changes and it will display the result below. If you create an account, you can save your projects and keep building on them. You can also explore other people’s work and use the code they create. This Codepen page that you can see below, has some exercises to practise your HTML skills. Follow the instructions in the left-hand panel and create your own code.  See the Pen HTML - give it a try! by Meg (@M3gst4) on CodePen. CSS Javascript Keywords:  Basic skills HTML Coding Log in to leave feedback Getting started New to University? Managing my time Studying efficiently My first assignment Academic integrity Assessment Researching Writing Skills Group work Reports Case studies Referencing Art & design Artist statement Writing in design Maths Algebra Statistics Law Introduction to law Assessments for law Contract Law Company law Business law Science & health Chemistry Physics Nursing About the Learning Lab Search Keyword index For educators Latest updates Still can't find what you need? The RMIT University Library provides study support, one-on-one consultations and peer mentoring to RMIT students. Copyright © 2021 RMIT University | Terms | Privacy | Accessibility | Learning Lab feedback | Complaints | ABN 49 781 030 034 | CRICOS provider number: 00122A | RTO Code: 3046 | Open Universities Australia