How to Build a Web Page Using HTML
Writing a Web page in HTML is probably much easier than many people assume. Although there are many WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) tools out there that make it easy to develop Web pages, writing them in HTML is worthwhile simply because you have more control over the way your page looks.
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Instructions
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Open your text editor in a new screen. Type "<html>" and then go to the top of the text editor and select File > Save As and name the file "index.html." Be sure to save this file in a directory you can easily locate later. Browsers need a page that has the .html extension to recognize the file as a Web page.
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Insert the <head></head> section. Within this area, add title information, meta information and CSS (cascading style sheet) information.
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Add a <body> tag after the </head> tag. The <body> tag will contain all of the HTML you will use to construct your page.
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Type in "<h1>Name of your page</h1>." This will give your Web page a bold, large-faced name.
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Type in a paragraph of text, then enter "<p>" and then enter another paragraph of text. You will now want to see what you have created. Press Ctrl+S. This will save the changes you have made to the HTML file.
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Bring up a web browser. Select File > Open, then navigate to the directory where you saved the index.html file. Click on the file, and the browser should now display the file you have just created.
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Add any text you would like to add, fix any errors, and then add "</html>" at the end of all the text you have entered. You are now ready to FTP (File Transfer Protocol) your Web page to your server space.
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Open up your FTP GUI or go to a DOS prompt. Connect to your server space automatically if you are using an FTP GUI, or if you are using a DOS prompt, type: "ftp www.yourwebspacename.com." You will then be prompted for a user ID and password. After you have logged in, you are ready to move the file you have created to the server.
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Select the arrow on the FTP GUI to move the file to the server, or if you are using a DOS prompt, type in: "MPUT index.html." You can now look at the page with your browser as it sits on the Internet.
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Type in "http://www.yourwebspacename.com" and you should see your Web page displayed as the rest of the world will see it.
If you want make changes, simply edit your index.html file and use FTP to send the file back to the server again.
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Tips & Warnings
You will want to learn many more HTML commands now that you know the basics of getting a basic Web page on on the Web.
If your Web page does not display correctly, make sure that you have added all of your end tags (>).
