Understanding Stuff

How to create a web page

 

Follow the steps below to create an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) web page.  Although these instructions are for a Windows computer, the same type of things may also be done on an Apple Mac or Linux machine.

  1. First time only – Start up Windows Explorer (files) and select the View tab (at the top).  Make sure that File name extensions is ticked.  This allows you to see the extensions (e.g., .html) on the file names.

  2. Create the file – Start up Windows Explorer, right-click in a white area and select New->Text Document.  Give it a name, for example: webpage1.html and be sure to remove the .txt extension and include the .html extension in the name.

  3. Edit the file – Start up Windows Explorer, right-click on your HTML file and select Open with.  Select Notepad.  If notepad is not showing, then select Choose another app and then select Notepad.

    Here is a very simple web page: 

    <html>
<body>
<h1>My Web Page</h1>
<p>
Here is some text on my web page
</p>
</body>
</html>
  4. View your web page – Start up Windows Explorer and double-click on your HTML file. 

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