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Step 1
Learn HTML. HTML is the very basis for any website page. A homepage is simply the first webpage and in some cases the only webpage of a website. So to create a homepage you must first understand some basic HTML. Even if you use a software program to create a homepage, you need to understand HTML to fix any problems that arise either technically or just in how the page looks.
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Step 2
Pick a clear focus. The biggest obstacle to creating a homepage is not the technical aspects but the design and focus of the homepage. Ask yourself about the purpose of your homepage and who your audience is. Once you have a good focus, creating the page will flow more easily.
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Step 3
Make basic tags. There are only two required pieces of information in a webpage. Webpages work on what are called tags. Tags define how different aspects of the page look and work. You need an open and closing HTML tag and inside those you need an opening and closing body tag, in which pretty much everything that is visible to the web user will be added and defined. If you use a software program to create your homepage, than these tags will be created for you.
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Step 4
Pick colors and images and a design. Figure out the colors and basic design of your page and do this first, because this should stay the same for a long time and will make it easier for visitors of your site to read what's on your homepage.
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Step 5
Create a place for links. Most web surfers want to navigate to other parts of your site or find related information about your topic on other websites. So pick a good place that is easy to see and convenient, to put your links to other pages.
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Step 6
Save it and upload it. You need to save your page as index.htm or index.html for it to be marked as the homepage of your site. Once you have created and saved the page, you need to upload it to your server and give it worldwide viewable permissions.
