What is HTML?

HTML is hypertext markup language and is the language of the Internet. If you go to your browser on any webpage and click on View, Page Source – the code you will see is HTML.

It stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the language used to make a webpage.

It looks like this:

<b>I made text</b>

That would bold “I made text.” It is fairly simple.

I made text

<l>I made http://text</l>fluther.com

Don’t even let people tell you HTML is code. It’s markup, meaning you’re adding style and format to your content. There is no logic involved hence the reason it’s not code.

how do you add link?

That’s not gonna work on Fluther kido. They strip the posts of HTML :)

A link would be <a href=“http://www.whatever.com”>Link Text</a>

why?

oh so then CSS is what I use to make a layout on tumblr?

Hmmm…tumblr uses a combination of HTML (the format) and CSS (the stlye) and their own API (the content) to make your blog :)

so are there any easy codes I can use just to get the hang of it?

On tumblr?

yea

So what does HTML do, basically? Does it tell the computer what to do?

What kind of stuff can it do?

And if HTML isn’t code, then what is?

Can I use tumblr to put stuff like my video series I made? Or is it blogging specific?

First off, you can say all that stuff in one post next time. Don’t muck up the answers by using so many posts.
Dude, I told you, HTML is markup, read my answer up there.
You can post videos on tumblr if you like.
Slow down.

I really hate blogging, I don’t get why people would want to view a website just to read what some joe shmoe did that day. I want to do something more interesting. Or should I just buy my own website to do the things I want to do?

Maybe you should stop. Just stop. Take my advice and slow down, stop and re evaluate your life online.

Ok, slowly. When making a website is it a combination of CSS HTML and coding? (where can I get something to code with?)

Start off my opening notepade (I assume you’re on a windows machine.)
In the new notepad document type <b><a href=“http://fluther.com/”>This is a link.</a</b>
Now save the document as index.html to your desktop.
Go to your desktop and open the file with IE6, or whatever you use. Now you’ve made some HTML.
http://tizag.com has some helpful information on learning to write markup.

<i><b><u>Hello</u></b></i>

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What’s on second.

I think you mean Who’s on second?

No, who’s on first; what’s on second.

Really now…I’m retarded sometimes.