Introduction
Writing HTML is easy. From experience I have noted that keeping an open and positive mind such as this will help immensely while learning. Unlike a programming language or your spreadsheet program, HTML is very forgiving. It is virtually impossible for a web page to crash your computer or do any harm. Most of the time, you will be greeted with a blank screen or your entire page in BOLD. So, don't be shy about experimenting, or trying the examples that I will be presenting. The worse thing that will happen is that you will see for yourself how something works (or doesn't work).
What you will need
In order to publish on the web you will need basically two programs. The first is an Internet browser, which you obviously have if you are reading this now. I strongly suggest that you use Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or above. The second program is a text editor. There are a multitude of such programs available on the Internet, which you can download for free. Most operating systems come with one, such as Notepad in Windows 95 or Simple Text in Macintosh. You can also use any kind of word processor, as long as you remember to save your work in text-only format.
Style
In this tutorial I will put all the tags and parameters in all uppercase letters. I do this to make it clear what is my HTML coding and what is the text I want displayed. I suggest that you do the same when composing your own pages.
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