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| HyperText Markup Language |
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| HyperText Markup Language is a subset of SGML, which is used to markup ASCII text files with codes. This can be done
with word processors or proprietary tools, some of which give the user a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment
in which to author hypertexts or
web pages. Unfortunately, the person who uses these tools alone, could never be accused of understanding HTML, and if the page
doesn't look quite right, they probably will not be aware of the reasons why. |
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| The code generated from these WYSIWYG editors
is not always compact (lots of unecessary or duplicated font tags), although the demand for these "laymans" programs, for people who do not want to, or have the time to learn
HTML, is growing all the time. The focus now is on tailoring these products for the professional, so that the code is compact and using the software saves the
professional user time. At one point, 'Webmasters' would sneer at anyone using WYSIWYG editors, now they are using the better ones, because they
can take care of the sites layout and links automatically updating them whenever necessary. |
| An example of HTML is shown below: |
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<BOLD>HELLO!</BOLD> |
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| The HTML tag <BOLD> is wrapped around the text that you want to embolden etc... and there usually has to be an end tag to tell the software displaying
the HTML document when to stop emboldening text. To learn more about HTML, try this HTML Tutorial. |
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