HTML is an application of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) which is the International Standard (ISO 8879) for text markup. and the right one is the fondator of HTML process. The
principle is that text markup concentrates on structure
rather than appearance, making the files more reuseable and
leaving the visual details to the end-user software (like the browser
you're reading this with now).
The standard version is like above and the complex version is like below: and he is the one who still work with HTML; he is the inventor of HTML.
Character That is used
They are:
<,",=,/,>
Yes, that is just five characters, if you found another like
:, ; (, ), ‘, that's not html, but dhtml or htmldomHTML Basic Document
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of document goes here</title>
</head>
<body>
Visible text goes here...
</body>
</html>
Basic Tags
<h1>Largest Heading</h1>
<h2> . . . </h2>
<h3> . . . </h3>
<h4> . . . </h4>
<h5> . . . </h5>
<h6>Smallest Heading</h6>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<br> (line break)
<hr> (horizontal rule)
<!-- This is a comment -->
Formatting
<b>Bold text</b>
<code>Computer code</code>
<em>Emphasized text</em>
<i>Italic text</i>
<kbd>Keyboard input</kbd>
<pre>Preformatted text</pre>
<small>Smaller text</small>
<strong>Important text</strong>
<abbr> (abbreviation)
<address> (contact information)
<bdo> (text direction)
<blockquote> (a section quoted from another source)
<cite> (title of a work)
<del> (deleted text)
<ins> (inserted text)
<sub> (subscripted text)
<sup> (superscripted text)
Links
Ordinary link: <a href="http://www.example.com/">Link-text goes here</a>
Image-link: <a href="http://www.example.com/"><img src="URL" alt="Alternate Text"></a>
Mailto link: <a href="mailto:webmaster@example.com">Send e-mail</a>
Bookmark:
<a id="tips">Tips Section</a>
<a href="#tips">Jump to the Tips Section</a>
Images
<img src="URL" alt="Alternate Text" height="42" width="42">
Styles/Sections
<style type="text/css">
h1 {color:red;}
p {color:blue;}
</style>
<div>A block-level section in a document</div>
<span>An inline section in a document</span>
Unordered list
<ul>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
</ul>
Ordered list
<ol>
<li>First item</li>
<li>Second item</li>
</ol>
Definition list
<dl>
<dt>Item 1</dt>
<dd>Describe item 1</dd>
<dt>Item 2</dt>
<dd>Describe item 2</dd>
</dl>
Tables
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>table header</th>
<th>table header</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>table data</td>
<td>table data</td>
</tr>
</table>
Iframe
<iframe src="demo_iframe.htm"></iframe>
Forms
<form action="demo_form.asp" method="post/get">
<input type="text" name="email" size="40" maxlength="50">
<input type="password">
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
<input type="radio" checked="checked">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset">
<input type="hidden">
<select>
<option>Apples</option>
<option selected="selected">Bananas</option>
<option>Cherries</option>
</select>
<textarea name="comment" rows="60" cols="20"></textarea>
</form>
Entities
< is the same as <
> is the same as >
© is the same as ©
Source : http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp
