It's an exciting time in the world of HTML as the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is hard at work on the latest version of HTML – 5.0.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It's the most common method for web developers to connect to their web servers and upload / download web pages on their sites.

Despite the advent of CSS, the HTML table continues to be a useful layout tool for web designers.

Want to know the necessary HTML code for enhancing your site with some unusual symbols? Here's everything you need!

CSS rules give you the ability to place HTML elements exactly where you want them. You can adjust how they respond to other elements sitting around them, or even hide them entirely.

Basic HTML gives you several great options to create lists. You can build both ordered and unordered list with a few simple lines; add CSS to the mix and you can really make your lists pop.

In February of 1999 the World Wide Web Consortium (otherwise known as the W3C) released the specifications for XHTML version 1.0, and by January 2000 it became the W3C’s recommended format, replacing HTML 4.01.

The DOCTYPE tag (short for “document type declaration”) describes the type of HTML used for a particular web page. How you define your DOCTYPE can have a profound effect on your website’s appearance.

Event handlers are a vital tool for web developers, because they allow us to build a script that will run only if and when a specific event occurs. Introduced in HTML 4.0, they add a dynamic element to a website, allowing programs to run in response to your visitors' actions.

Ready to add a little action to your site? Javascript is a great place to start. Because it's a scripting tool rather than a programming language in itself, it's quite a bit easier to learn – think of it as "programming lite."