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Tutorial 1: Getting Started with

HTML5

Session 1.1

Objectives
Explore the history of the Internet, the

Web, and HTML


Compare the different versions of HTML
Study the syntax of HTML tags
Define a Web page head, body, and title
Work with the HTML5 structural elements

Introducing HTML
Web pages are written in HTML
HTML = HyperText Markup Language
Characteristics:
Describes the content and structure of a

document
Uses tags
HTML Ancestor
SGML = Standard Generalized Markup

Language

XHTML and the Development


of HTML 5

Tools for Creating HTML


Documents
Basic text editor such as Windows Notepad

(PC) or TextEdit (Mac).


Other software programs that enable you to
create documents in different formats, such
as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat,
include tools to convert their documents
into HTML for quick and easy publishing on
the Web
Web publishing software manages all of the
code and extended features of your site

Entering Elements and


Attributes
An HTML document is composed of

elements that represent distinct items in


the Web page, such as a paragraph, the
page heading, or even the entire body of
the page itself
Elements are marked by one or more tags

A two-sided tag is a tag that contains

some document content. General syntax


for a two-sided tag:
<element>content</element>
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Marking Elements with


Tags

A two-sided tags opening tag (<p>) and

closing tag (</p>) should completely


enclose its content
Elements can contain other elements
Tags cannot overlap

<p>CBIS 3219: Web Development</p>

Adding an Attribute to an
Element
To add an element attribute, use the format

<element attribute1=value1
attribute2=value2
...>content</element>
where attribute1, attribute2, etc. are the
names of attributes associated with the
element, and value1, value2, etc. are the
values of those attributes.
<p align =left>CBIS 3219: Web
Development</p>
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Exploring the Structure


of an HTML File
<html>
<head>
head content
</head>
<body>
body content
</body>
</html>

HTML is like a
Sandwich???

Practice
Create a new html page and save it as

basic.html
Create the root html element and nest the
head and body elements within it.

Document Type
Declaration

Prior to the opening <html> tag, many HTML

files also include a Document Type


Declaration, or doctype, to indicate the type
of markup language used in the document.
Doctype for HTML 4.01:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01/EN
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd>

Doctype for XHTML:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1strict.dtd>

Doctype for HTML5:


<!DOCTYPE html>

Practice
Add the doctype for HTML5 to the basic

page.

Head Element
Page Title (appears in the title bar of the

browser)
Syntax:
<title>document title</title>
Example:

<title>Shop clothes for women, men,


maternity, baby, and kids | Gap </title>

Practice
Set the page title of the Basic page to The

J-Prop Shop Special This Month.

Adding Comments
Purpose: Explain your code to yourself or
others.
Comments are not displayed in the browser.
Comments can be spread over several lines if

necessary.
Syntax:
<!-- comment -->
Example:

<! The doctype of this document indicates that


HTML5 is used -->

Practice
Within the head element, insert the

comment
The J-Prop Shop
Sample Page for the Basic Stick
Author: Your name
Date: the date

Defining the Structure of the


Page Body

Example of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business


Web site:
http://www.gcsu.edu/business/deanswelcomeundergrad.h
tm

Insert HTML5 Structural


Elements
Example:

<header>
</header>
<nav>
</nav>
<section>
</section>
<aside>
</aside>
<footer>
</footer>

Within the section structural


element
<section>
<article>
</article>
<article>
</article>
</section>

No Structural Element in
HTML 4.01 or XHTML
Replace the structural elements with div

elements.
Syntax:
<div id=id>
content
</div>

Practice
Within the body element, create structural

elements for the page header, main


section, and footer.

Summary of tags
<doctype>
<html>
<head>
<body>
<title>
<header>, <section>, <article>, <nav>,

<aside>, <footer> or <div>


Comments: <!-- Tips: use comments to
explain your code-->

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