Each web page is a pure text document, describing the content in a special descriptive format called "HyperText Markup Language" or HTML.

HTML looks intimidating at first glance, but all it really says is stuff like "start a new paragraph here", "change to italics here", "insert an image named xxxxx here", "new section heading here", and so on.

As a result, web pages can be created in a pretty straightforward manner, with a minimal "learning curve."
 

• The "Hard Way", typing in the HTML instructions using any text editor or word processor.
• Plus - you get exactly what you want.
• Minus - you have to learn the HTML codes.
• Minus - you need a good imagination to keep the page image "in your head" while working on the HTML text.
• The "Easy Way", using a WYSIWYG program to graphically build the page and generate the HTML behind the scenes.
• Plus - very easy to produce a "quick and dirty" page.
• Minus - may not be able to handle more complicated features.