Simplify the Web

What is HTML?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the language that displays your website's images, headlines, and paragraphs. It's very simple. You can make a paragraph like this:

When you wrap your paragraph in tags like that, you're "marking it up"...describing it as a paragraph so that web browsers can display it properly. You can make a link like this:

When you wrap your words in tags like that, you're creating "hyper text"...linking one page to another page, or a file (like a downloadable PDF).

What is XHTML?

XHTML is a more precise and strict version of HTML, making your website more usable for virtually all visitors, even those using cell phones and PDAs.