Demystifying HTMLAn introduction for bloggers
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What’s the plan?
1. What is HTML?
1. What is HTML?2. Why use it?
1. What is HTML?2. Why use it?3. How do we use it?
1. What is HTML?2. Why use it?3. How do we use it?4. Where can we learn more?
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Lucas Cherkewski
What is HTML?
HTML is…
HTML is… content
HTML is… contentHTML is… description
HTML is… contentHTML is… descriptionHTML is… structure
HTML:
HTML: HyperTextHTML:
HTML: HyperTextHTML: Markup
HTML: HyperTextHTML: MarkupHTML: Language
Why use HTML?
Specify precisely whatyou mean
Accessibility
Easier editing inWordPress
Customizing pluginsand themes
Stepping stone tolearning to code
How do we write HTML?
Somewhere to code…
Somewhere to code…the “text” tab!
Back to languageschool!
Meet your new bestfriends:
Meet your new bestfriends: >
A basic HTML “tag”:
A basic HTML “tag”:Our words…
Our words…
A real-world example…
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Some basic tags…
Some basic tags…•
Some basic tags…• •
Some basic tags…• • , , , …
Some basic tags…• • , , , …•
Going beyond simpledescription
Check out my site!
Checkout my site!
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My great adventureI went to Vancouver. It was so cool!
My great adventureI went to Vancouver.It was so cool!
Where can we learnmore about HTML?
In-person
In-person• Ladies Learning Code
In-person• Ladies Learning Code• Camp Tech
In-person• Ladies Learning Code• Camp Tech• Lighthouse Labs
Online courses
Online courses• Treehouse
Online courses• Treehouse• Codecademy
Online courses• Treehouse• Codecademy• Lynda
Online resources
Online resources• CSS-Tricks
Online resources• CSS-Tricks• MDN
Online resources• CSS-Tricks• MDN• Stack Overflow
Tools
Tools• Code editors
Tools• Code editors• Codepen
Tools• Code editors• Codepen• Glitch
WordPress specific
WordPress specific• Codex
WordPress specific• Codex• Facebook groups
WordPress specific• Codex• Facebook groups• WordCamps and meetups
What’d we talk about?
HTML is a language todescribe content
Knowing HTML helps uswork on the web
There are manyresources to learn from
Thanks!
Thanks![email protected]@lchski