Website programming HTML

What is HTM? You may have heard this mentioned when talking to your website programmer or seen it in programs if you have access to a content management system like WordPress.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is basically the language that programmers sometimes use when they are creating a website of online elements. HTML is the markup symbols or codes inserted in a file. That when translated by a browser, display the output of a website structure and information.

The markup tells the Web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox for example) how to display a Web page’s words and images for the visitor. Every individual markup code is referred to as an element. As mentioned some content management systems allow you to input text and images in HTML format which gives the user more control over how a page is laid out and displayed.

Hypertext Markup Language is something that all website owners should have a basic knowledge of if possible as it helps you to understand how it all works and the work involved in add / editing a page.