How is a Web Page Displayed?

A web page is displayed when your browser reads and responds to a simple language called HTML.

View the HTML code that displays this
(or any other) web page.

On the browser's menu, select View.
From the View menu select Page Source or Source

Although this may look confusing, there are only three elements that make up a web page:

Text
Images
Links

Except for the more advanced, everything else is style, page positioning, and formatting.

TEXT: The words and symbols typed directly into the HTML code that will display on the screen.

(e.i. "How is a Web Page Displayed?") produces those words in the browser.

IMAGES: The picture files you want displayed.

LINKS: Links to other pages within your web site or to an external site.

How is the HTML code created?

With any text editor, you type in your html code and save it as an .html file.

If this is confusing to you, you should take the class.

An HTML file, when double-clicked, will open in your default browser.