This page is my favorite simple html learning page
http://www.eobcards.com/tutorial3.htm
html tags start with the command enclosed in and end with the code enclosed in enclosed and the / inserted in front of the command.
This site explains how html works:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm
Webmonkey website has a lot of in depth articles about html. I started reading the articles but they are overwhelming for a beginner:
http://www.webmonkey.com
A good and free HTML editor is the HTML-kit editor which can be downloaded from www.chami.com/html-kit
To host your photos and graphics use a free image hoster such as www.imageshack.us
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