HTML the most widely used Language in Website Design

Dec 12
08:26

2012

Sean McMans

Sean McMans

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Before we go any deeper, we need first to discuss the terms HTML, CSS, and XML derived from Mark up Language. The term Mark up language evolved from the marking up of manuscript used by editors to denote revision instructions in highlight coloured pen/pencil.

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Before we go any deeper,HTML the most widely used Language in Website Design Articles we need first to discuss the terms HTML, CSS, and XML derived from Mark up Language.  The term Mark up language evolved from the marking up of manuscript used by editors to denote revision instructions in highlight coloured pen/pencil.  Mark up language set off the software or the web browser showing the text to carry out actions to display the imprinted instructions.

Aside from English and Latin, the World Wide Web uses unique language in terms of communication.  HTML is the most used language in the cyber world.  So, what is HTML?  In addition, why is it being widely used compare to other presenting mark up language?

HTML means hypertext mark up language and first introduced by Tim Berners-Lee, a Physicist, at around 1991.  It is a descriptive type mark up or language, meaning it only uses the supplied tags in the document to give specific procedure on how they interpreted by the web browser.  The main purpose of the web browser, like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome just to name the few, is to read and display provided HTML by the web designer.  HTML has its own humble beginnings.  On November 1995, the first version of HTML created as HTML 2.0.  The most recent updated version of year to date is HTML 5 released February 2011.  It has been widely used for the reason of its simplicity and flexibility in nature as representation of web design.

HTML is like the storage of date, or like memo where the web designer input their masterpiece in through simple and plain text.  Web developer have mastered these twist and turn that out of pure textual instruction can bring out a more colourful images and presentations of document viewed by users.  HTML is where the heavy works are laid.  It serves as a blueprint for every web designs translated by the web browser.

A web designer does not just jot down what they want to present in a browser.  They follow certain rules governed and regulated by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).  Therefore, HTML has elements, notice that not every text written in HTML format viewed by the user, only those written in between tags or words enclosed in angle bracketsElements serve as the building blocks of web development and are as what comprises of a structural document denoting heading, paragraph, quotes etc. 

In general, do not overload yourself with too much information.  You do not have to be an expert to know how to manipulate the presentation and layout of your custom web design.  Allow ample time to equip yourself the necessary materials to build the foundation of your business.  Ludwig Miens van der Rohe, a German- American architect, quotes "Less is more.”  Learning the basic of HTML is the first step towards more complex form of web designing.  Keep it simple rather than complex is the key of success in website designing.