All Web sites use HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). HTML is a subset of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that is used to produce paper documents. HTML is a text-only format that defines page structure and allows you to place text content within the page and reference graphics for display on your Web Browser.
Many (Most?) web sites use extensions to HTML for display or processing of data that HTML cannot perform. CGI (Common Gateway Interface), Perl and Java are common extenders to Web Servers. The Guitar Tricks Site uses CGI extensively.

When you open a web page in your browser, you can usually view the HTML source. In Internet Explorer 5, select View - Source. Notepad should open and show you the source code for the page.
You can use Notepad to create a web page - you can also use Microsoft Word 97 or later; just select "Save As" HTML. You can then open the page with your Web Browser for Viewing or with Notepad for editing.

[This message has been edited by Jon68 (edited 09-23-2000).]