Peeking at Other People s Pages

Peeking at Other People's Pages

Given the visual and sometimes audio pizzazz present in many popular web pages, you probably realize that the simple pages described in this hour are only the tip of the HTML iceberg. Now that you know the basics, you may surprise yourself with how much of the rest you can pick up just by looking at other people's pages on the Internet. As mentioned in Hour 1, you can see the HTML for any page by right-clicking and selecting View Source in a web browser.

Don't worry if you aren't yet able to decipher what some HTML tags do or exactly how to use them yourself. You'll find out about all those things in the next few hours. However, sneaking a preview now will show you the tags that you do know in action and give you a taste of what you'll soon be able to do with your web pages.

By the Way

The HTML goodies at the Sams Publishing website are especially designed to be intuitive and easy to understand.