HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Video killed the radio star
Want to get an idea out there? Sell something? Just need a creative
outlet? Turn to the Web
—
we don't need to tell you it has become
the universal form of communication. Even better, it's a form of
communication
YOU
can participate in.
But if you really want to use the Web effectively, you've got to
know a few things about
HTML
—not to mention, a few things
about how the Web works too. Let's take a look from 30,000 feet:
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.
The Internet
Web Server
The HTML in
your web page tells the
browser what
it needs to know to display
your page. And
, if you've done your job
well, your page
s will even display well on cell
phones and mo
bile devices, and work with
speech browse
rs and screen magnifiers for
the visually im
paired.
And th
ere are a lot of
PCs and device
s
connect
ed to the Inter
net all running
web
browse
rs. More import
antly, there are
friends
, family, fans, a
nd potential cus
tomers
using t
hose devices!
