Web page Basic Building Blocks – HTML, CSS, Content

A simple way to think of the role of each piece of technology is:

Content – the basic information you want viewers to see (Announcements, Documents, Calendars, Photos, …)

HTML – the structure of your webpage (Hyper Text Markup Language)

    • HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the code that is used to structure a web page and its content. For example, content could be structured within a set of paragraphs, a list of bulleted points, or using images and data tables.
    • Introduction to HTML – Tutorial

CSS – the style of how that information is presented (Cascading Style Sheets).

    • What is CSS? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or in other media. CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple web pages all at once.
    • Introduction to CSS – Tutorial