Creating your Webpage Document
Open NotePad. Notepad can found by clicking Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad.
In the Notepad Untitled document enter you HTML code. You can copy (Ctrl c + Ctrl v) the HTML code from the previous page or begin to write the HTML code from scratch. Remember the basic HTML structure is necessary.
<html>
<head>
<title>Webpage Title</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>Save the document (File > Save ). Give your document a name relevant to its content, example "myhomepage.html". Remember the directory where you saved your file. It would be a good idea to create a specific directory for the tutorial files.
You MUST save the file with a .html or .htm extension.
Viewing your Webpage in your Browser
Once you have your HTML document on your hard drive, you can open it in your browser to view your results.
Open Interent Explorer or Netscape.
To view your newly created webpage selet "Open" (or "Open Page") in the File menu of your browser.
A dialog box will appear. Select "Browse" (or "Choose File") and locate the HTML file you just created - "myhomepage.html".
Select your file and click "Open". Click OK, and the browser will display the page.
The browser has interpreted the HTML commands in your document for you and displayed the Web page.
