Open the Notepad program
(Start-Programs-Accessories -Notepad) and type the following:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>your page
title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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<HTML> is the first tag on your web page and it tells your computer
what computer language your web page is written in.
HTML means HyperText
Mark-up Language.
<HEAD> stands for header. This tag opens
your header. </HEAD> closes the header.
Type the title of your web page between the opening <TITLE> tag and the closing </TITLE>
tag.
This title will only be seen on the top title bar of your browser, not in your web page. It is
also the title that will come up when someone saves your web page to their
"Favorites".
Your entire web page will be between the the opening <BODY>
tag and the closing </BODY> tag.
The closing </HTML> tag tells your
computer that this is the end of your web page.
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It is very important to save this file correctly. If it
is not saved correctly, the web page will not work at all.
File -
Save As
The Save
in: box
should show the folder you plan to save your web page in. It is a good idea to
have a special folder just for your web page.
The File
name: should
not have any spaces and all the letters should be in low case. End the file name
with ".html"
Example:
webpage.html
Change the Save
as type: box to All
Files
This is extremely important because a text file will not open as a web page.
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Save this change: File - Save As
The File name: should end with .html example:
webpage.html
Make sure the Save as type:
box says All
Files
Open this web page in Internet
Explorer. You should be able to see your page title on the top title bar. The
rest of the page should be blank.
You are now ready to create your web page. Click
on a tab above for instructions and make sure you save after every
change. You will be instructed to use the Save As command
instead of Save. Doing a File-Save or Control-S could change the file format
from .html to .txt or change html to htm. So to avoid a great deal of frustration
and time, use the Save As command.
