Things You'll Need:
- Notepad
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Step 1
First you'll need to open Notepad on your computer. Don't worry, all versions of windows should have it. We need to begin the document with an html tag. Html is made up of tags. Tags are put inside of brackets (<(<) and (>) [without parenthesis] and end with a forward slash before the tag name. For example, the html tag will begin like this:
(<)html(>) and in the very end of the document it will end like this:
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Step 2
Under the html tag, you'll need to add a head tag. Type (<)head(>) and skip a line. We're now going to make another tag that will be inside the beginning and ending head tag. Make a tag called (<)title(>) and write something inside of it. This will be displayed on the blue bar at the top of the website. End it with (<)/title(>). After this, skip a line and end the head tag with (<)/head(>). Your document should now look like this image.
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Step 3
Now under the head tag, let's make a body tag. This will display anything inside the actual webpage, or everything that you actually see within scrolling range. Begin it and skip a line. Now write (<)h1(>)Heading(<)/h1(>) and then type (<)br(>). This h1 format gives the text that's going to be displayed in the webpage a bigger font. The br tag gives a break, or skips a line in the webpage. After typing the break, type in anything. This will be displayed in a smaller font as it isn't inside the h1 tag anymore. End the body tag with (<)/body(>).
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Step 4
End the document with (<)/html(>). You're done! Now you have a very simple page with text on it, coded in html. Click file, then save as at the top. Save it as anything.html. Make sure you type the .html extension to format it as a webpage. Your document should look like this when finished: http://bbmechanics.phpwebhosting.com/webpageexample.html
