Basic HTML
HTML is a set of instructions that the browser reads and follows in order to display the page as the designer intended. In any browser you can go to View >> Source and you will see the HTML for that page. HTML is just text and can be written with any word processor. In recent years HTML editors have become popular. Dreamweaver is the most common one. At the basic level these editors write the html for you.

Although Dreamweaver allows you to not have to write all the code by hand it still is important to have a basic albeit growing knowledge and understanding of HTML. The basic tutorial in the manual is a good start on HTML. For further help follow the links on the right.