HTML Tutorial

Conclusion

And that's the basics of HTML. The information here will enable you to mark up a document for presentation on the Web. However, it might not look particularly pretty, and won't have much in the way of interactivity. Put simply, you've still got quite a bit to learn. Play about with the language. Experiment. See what works for you; the only way to learn is by doing.

Once you feel fluent enough to proceed, I'd recommend you first learn CSS, as this is pretty straightforward and is the main tool available for getting pages to look good. After that, you may wish to learn some scripting. Here are my recommendations:

Server-side Scripting

Geocities, Angelfire and similar free hosting packages tend not to allow server-side scripting unless you pay them. If you've bought your own hosting, then the sort of scripting you can use depends on the type of host. If your site is hosted on a Windows machine, then you may want to learn ASP. Most companies do seem to be on the look for ASP coders these days, so that may be worth bearing in mind. Alternatively, your site may be hosted on a Linux box, in which case Perl or PHP might be a better option. Either way, all these languages allow you to use databases to drive your site, and on the whole make it a little easier to make the look of your site consistent from page to page.

Client-side Scripting

One of the big buzzwords at present is AJAX. I shan't go into a lengthy explanation of it here, but if you want to do anything related to that, or indeed add any interactivity without resorting to Flash or other proprietory technologies, then you should start by learning Javascript.