A SIMPLE GUIDE TO HTML
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SIMPLE WEB HTML
FOR BEGINNERS

By Roald Stephens

ANYONE CAN MAKE WEB PAGES
YOU CAN DO IT WITH NOTEPAD!

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Contents

1. Arranging text on a page
2.Making lIsts
3.Making and using horizontal rulers

First steps

  • Make a new folder called HTMLwork somewhere on your computer

  • Open a new Notepad document

  • Type in the following exactly as written

    < HTML >
    < HEAD > <TITLE>     Type Title HERE </TITLE> < /HEAD >
    < BODY >

    Type anything here and it will show on you web page
    < /BODY >
    </HTML>

  • To save this Notepad document as a HTML document
    Click on 'File' and 'Save As'
    Type in what you want to call it e.g mypage.html .
    And save it in your HTMLwork folder

  • Close the Notepad file

  • Find mypage.html on your computer, and open it.

  • Have a look at your webpage

  • To see your HTML code go VIEW and SOURCE

    HINT - you can click View and Source to see the HTML
    of any web page you are viewing on the internet.

  • You can change your page in various ways.

    Fitst click View and Source to open Notepad
    Then type in your changes
    Next click File and Save before you close Notepad
    Next click Refresh on your browser to see the changes you made

    It doesn't work!
    • Check your spelling
    • Check you used the "tags" < and > EXACTLY where you got told
    • Check you saved your document as .htm and not .txt or .doc
    • Now try again
    REMEMBER
    • Your document has to begin with the "tags"< HTML > and end with < /HTML >
    • Next comes < HEAD > which contains the < TITLE >
    • Don't forget < /TITLE > at the end of the title and then< /HEAD >
    • Next comes the < BODY > after which appears all the stuff you want to show on your pages.
    • Don't forget < /BODY > and finally < /HTML > at the end
    • Save your HTML document with .htm or .html at the end (doesn't matter which)

    Now try this -

  • Open your new web page, click View and Source. Now add a few sentences of your choice.

  • Save your document, and Refresh your page to view your changes.

    These pages was created by Roald Stephens. Do not reproduce