Webpage1 PDF
Webpage1 PDF
There are lots of ways to create web pages using already coded
programmes. These lessons will teach you how to use the underlying
HyperText Markup Language - HTML.
A HTML web page is made up of tags. Tags are placed in brackets like
this < tag > . A tag tells the browser how to display information. Most tags
need to be opened < tag > and closed < /tag >.
To make a simple web page you need to know only four tags:
< HTML > tells the browser your page is written in HTML format
< HEAD > this is a kind of preface of vital information that doesn't
appear on the screen.
< TITLE >Write the title of the web page here - this is the
information that viewers see on the upper bar of their screen. (I've
given this page the title 'webpage1').
< BODY >This is where you put the content of your page, the words
and pictures that people read on the screen.
EXERCISE
Save the file as 'first.html' (ie. call the file anything at all) It's useful if you
start a folder - just as you would for word-processing - and call it
something like WEBPAGES, and put your first.html file in the folder.
On Internet Explorer:
Top menu; FILE\ OPEN\ BROWSE
Click on your WEBPAGES folder\ FIRST file
Click 'open' and your page should appear.
If the page doesn't open, go back over your notepad typing and make sure
that all the HTML tags are correct. Check there are no spaces between tags
and internal text; check that all tags are closed; check that you haven't
written < HTLM > or < BDDY >. Your page will work eventually.
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