beginner’s web site creating guide
Beginner’s web site creating guide
Welcome HTMLFREECODES.COM introduction to HTML and web design. The aim of this brief tutorial is to provide the new Internet users with a little experience in writing HTML code, correct saving of the files, and observing the finished works in a web browser. Unfortunately this tutorial cannot teach you the fundamentals of utilizing a computer, so please be sure that you meet the following prerequisites:
- Be acquainted with notepad and how to utilize it
- Be able to open up a file via Internet Explorer (or the browser of your choice)
- Be acquainted with copying and pasting text from a webpage (significant!).
If you are not acquainted with the above items, please contact a local geek and ask him/her to teach you as quickly as possible.
Tutorial overview
You are going to transcribe code into notepad and then observing it with a web browser via this tutorial. The code is known as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and notepad is a regular text editor on Window PCs. In this step-by-step tutorial of how to make your first web page, we will acquaint you with its procedures although HTML may seem bewildering at first.
Your first web page
To start off with copy the following HTML code into notepad. Be sure to copy the code exactly, otherwise your web page may not function correctly.
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<html> <head> </head> <body> <h2>My first website page! :) </h2> </body> </html> |
In order to create a basic web page, the above code is all that is required! Now save your file in notepad by selecting Menu and then Save. Click on the Save as Type drop down box and select the option All Files.
When asked to name your file, type “index.html”, without the quotes. Be sure that you did everything properly and then press Save. You will need to open this file soon, so remember where it was saved to.
viewing your web page – web browsers
You need to use a web browser in order to observe your web page. Web browsers are programs that interpret HTML, like what you have just copied into notepad, and convert that code into a visual representation, or a web page. The following are some of common web browsers:
Viewing your page
You must open the “index.html” file within a web browser in order to observe your web page. Pick up another browser window and then follow these guidelines.
- Select FileThen Open in the new browser window,
- Click on Browsein order to enter Windows Explorer
- If you remember the location of your file, it’s time to navigate to its location
- Finding your file, index.html, double-click the file to open it within your web browser
Success! You have just observed your very first webpage.
Please, go through the steps again and follow the directions closely, if this did not work for you. If you still can’t get this to work, please don’ts hesitate to Contact Us and we will get you up and running.
First web page – review
Well done! Now let’s check that you remember what you have learned during this lesson.
- To know how to copy some odd looking text (HTML) into notepad?
- To know how to properly save this odd text in notepad?
- To know how to open your saved file and observe your webpage?