HTML Tutorial Summary

So you've made it to the end - Congratulations! You now have the knowledge required to hand code your own website.

We have covered off a lot in this tutorial. To recap:

• We started with an introduction to HTML, and what it's used for.
• We then created a basic webpage, before moving on to some of the basic tags. We learnt that each tag can have different attributes, and that we can supply the value for these attributes.
• We learnt that we can create hyperlinks using the anchor tag (a) with the href attribute.
• We embedded an image using the img tag with the src attribute, and applied several other attributes to the tag
• We then learnt about the importance of commenting our code to make site maintenance easier
• Armed with the above knowledge, we tackled some more advanced HTML such as image maps, tables, forms, and frames.
• We finished by learning how to extend HTML with stylesheets and scripts.

Next steps

Website Hosting

Learn about Web Hosting for your website.

This tutorial provides an overview of web hosting, domain names, FTP and the like. Knowledge of these concepts is essential if you plan to make your website available for the world to see.

HTML/CSS

You can also build on the knowledge covered in this tutorial to add more advanced features to your web pages. I recommend the following:

• View the complete list of HTML tags
• Check out the HTML Cheat Sheet
• Learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) with our CSS tutorial

Scripting/Programming

If you think HTML/CSS is too easy and would like to move onto something more advanced, try these:

• Once you've got a good grasp on HTML, I recommend that you learn JavaScript
• If you already know JavaScript, try learning a server-side scripting language such as ColdFusion or PHP
• If you're interested in developing database driven websites, you should check out the database tutorial and the SQL tutorial

Website Templates

And, don't forget about the massive collection of professionally designed website templates that can help you get a website up and running in no time at all!

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