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World Wide Web pages are written in a language known as HTML, consisting standardize "tags" which are added to the text of your web page to specify formatting features. You may add the HTML tags yourself using a text editor, or you may use a web page editor. Here are some popular websites which can help get you started using HTML, from the most basic to the most technical.

* W3 Schools HTML Tutorial
The W3 Schools HTML Tutorial consists of several tutorials that will walk you through many aspects of web publishing. The guide is used by many to start to understand the hypertext markup language (HTML) used on the World Wide Web. It is an introduction and does not pretend to offer instructions on every aspect of HTML. Links to additional Web-based resources about HTML and other related aspects of preparing files are provided at the end of the guide.

* HTML 4.01 Reference Specification
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) maintains a series of web pages devoted to promoting HTML standards. This document has been reviewed by W3C members and other interested parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.

* World Wide Web Consortium's Style Guide
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) maintains a web-site devoted to promoting standards within the HTML development community. This guide is designed to help you create a WWW hypertext database that effectively communicates your knowledge to the reader. It has been prepared in the light of comments by readers, and many demands by providers of online documentation. Some of the points made may be influenced by personal preference, and some may be common sense, but a collection of points has been demanded, and so here it is.