HTML Basics for Absolute Beginners

The video teaches absolute beginners HTML, focusing on HTML syntax, elements, and form fields.

### HTML for Absolute Beginners: Learning Basic Web Development from Scratch
* 📹 The video series is designed for **absolute beginners** interested in learning **basic web design and development**, starting with **HTML**.
* 📚 Each video in the series focuses on a different topic, with the first video covering **HTML only**, followed by **CSS** and possibly **JavaScript**.
* 🌐 The series aims to teach how to **upload a website to the Internet**, emphasizing that **no prior web development knowledge is required**.
* 🖥 To get started building websites, you only need a browser to **view the HTML** and a text editor to **write the HTML**, both of which are **cross-platform**.
* 🧱 HTML is the building block of the web, used to create web pages and documents, but it is **not a programming language**.
* 🔤 HTML tags are the basic building blocks of web pages, with different tags **formatting the way information and text is displayed**.
* 🔗 Links are created using the anchor (`<a>`) tag, with the `href` attribute specifying the **link location** and the `target` attribute determining **how the link is opened**.
* 📝 Tables, comments, and attributes are also fundamental concepts in HTML, with **tables (`<table>`)**, **comments (``)**, and **attributes** providing **additional information about elements**.

### Mastering Basic HTML Tags: Tables, Forms, Images, and HTML5 Semantic Tags
* 🏗 To create a table, use the `table`, `thead`, and `tbody` tags. The headings are placed in a `tr` tag with **`th` tags**, while the data is placed in `tr` tags with **`td` tags**.
* 📝 "Tables should be used for **tabular data only**, not for layout purposes. Use CSS for **website layout**."
* 📝 To create a form, use the `form` tag with **`action` and `method` attributes**. Labels and inputs are used for form fields, and the **`type` attribute specifies the type of input**.
* 🖼 To add an image, use the `img` tag with the `src` attribute to specify the **image source**. It's recommended to use the `alt` attribute to provide **alternative text for the image**.
* 🏷 Quotation elements include **`blockquote`** for block quotes, **`abbr`** for abbreviations, and **`cite`** for citations.
* "HTML5 semantic tags such as `header`, `nav`, `section`, `article`, `aside`, and `footer` provide **structural meaning** to the content."
* 📄 Meta tags in the `head` section, such as `description` and `keywords`, are used to provide **information about the webpage for search engines**.
* 🔗 "**Links can be used for navigation between pages**. Use the `a` tag with the `href` attribute to **create links**."

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Basic Web Development for Absolute Beginners: HTML Fundamentals

This web development series is designed for beginners with no prerequisites, focusing on HTML, CSS, and possibly JavaScript.

The course emphasizes patience in learning and the importance of HTML as the building block of the web.

To get started in web development, all you need is a browser (e.

, Sublime Text), both of which are completely cross-platform.

It's important to avoid using Internet Explorer and consider using a text editor with line numbers and syntax highlighting.

Installing and Opening Sublime Text for HTML Editing

Sublime Text can be easily downloaded and installed for Windows, Mac, or Linux, with the option to add it to the Explorer context menu.

HTML files can be created locally on a computer and opened in a browser for testing, without the need for a special server.

When ready to deploy the site on the Internet, a domain name, hosting package, and file upload are required.

The basic structure of HTML involves using tags surrounded by angle brackets, usually in pairs of start and end tags, to format the display of text and information on a webpage.

Understanding HTML Self-Closing Tags and Document Structure

Self-closing tags like <br/> are used for elements without content, such as line breaks, and are written with a slash before the closing bracket.

The structure of an HTML document includes the doctype declaration, opening and closing HTML tags, a head section for metadata, and a body section for the visible content.

HTML5 has a standard doctype, and the head section contains the page title, while the body section contains the content displayed in the browser.

Using comments in HTML allows for adding non-parsed annotations to the code.

Understanding HTML Headings and Paragraphs

HTML headings range from H1 to H6, with H1 being the largest and H6 the smallest.

Headings are useful for structuring content and indicating the importance of text.

Paragraphs in HTML are block-level elements, providing spacing and a new line for each separate paragraph.

Using HTML Tags for Emphasis, Links, and Lists

The e/m tag is used for emphasis, providing a semantic way to italicize text in HTML.

The a tag is used to create links, with the href attribute determining the link's destination, and the target attribute specifying whether the link should open in a new tab.

Lists in HTML consist of unordered (UL) and ordered (OL) lists, with the li tag used to define list items.

Unordered lists display bullet points by default, while ordered lists display numbers, and they are commonly used for website navigation.

Building a Table and Creating Forms in HTML

Tables in HTML consist of a table tag, with a head and body section, and use th for headings and td for data.

It is recommended to use tables only for tabular data, not for website layouts, which should be created using CSS.

HTML forms are used to create the look of a form, with the form tag containing attributes like action and method.

The action attribute specifies the page the form will be submitted to, while the method attribute determines the type of request (post or get) that will be made.

The form consists of labels and input tags, with the type attribute defining the type of input, and the name attribute used for server-side programming to capture the submitted form values.

Creating a Form with Various Input Types in HTML

Using different HTML input types such as email, text area, and select list can provide built-in validation and a better user experience.

HTML5 introduces new input types like number and date, allowing for more specific data input and providing a value and placeholder attributes for better usability.

The form is completed with an input button of type submit to finalize the form submission.

Using HTML for Basic Functionality and Display

HTML is not a programming language but a markup language used for displaying content on the web, requiring other languages like JavaScript for functionality.

The IMG tag in HTML is used for displaying images, where the source attribute specifies the image file and the alt attribute provides alternative text if the image can't be displayed.

HTML also allows the use of width, height, and linking attributes for images, as well as quotation elements like blockquote and abbreviate for specific formatting purposes.

Using HTML5 Semantic Tags for Website Structure

The World Wide Web is represented by the <ad> BR tag and is used for abbreviations.

The <cite> tag is used to indicate cited content in HTML.

HTML5 semantic tags, such as header, nav, section, article, side, and footer, are used to further structure web documents.

These tags help to layout web pages and are especially useful for creating a blog page, with the main content section, blog post articles, post dates, and sidebar for categories.

Using HTML tags like nav, footer, and meta, to organize different sections of a webpage.

The tutorial also covers adding simple CSS styles to the header and footer, as well as creating page-to-page navigation links.

The use of meta tags for page description and keywords is also explained.