HTML BASICS

In the Beginning.....

So, you want to learn how to design a web page. There are plenty of programs on the internet, called HTML editors. Some are good, some are not good. Microsoft, has a program called FrontPage, and you can download the trial version here:
FrontPage Trial Version

it will cost you, and you will have to wait for it to arrive in the mail. Or you can download Hot Dog Professional, for a hefty price too from here:
Hot Dog Professional

There are also some free html editors on the internet, the one I have used exclusively is called Arachnophilia it is a fully functional "FreeWare" meaning … the price is perfect.. it is free. You can download it here:
Arachnophilia Download

Or you can rough it and use notepad, it is on your windows software. For explanatory purposes only, we will assume, for now, that you are using notepad, if not, then parts of this tutorial, will automatically be done for you by your editor.

Ok, lets make our first web page. In note pad, type this <html> that is the first thing that should be in a html document, what that does is tell the persons browser that this is a html document. The next thing to type is <head> This tells the browser it is the top or "head" of the document.

Now we have to name the document, am sure you all have seen this, while browsing the web, at the very top of your browser, is normally the name of the site, the way they do this, is <title> This describes the title of the document.. for now, lets put right after the title command, type in MY FIRST WEB PAGE then put after that, </title> the slash before the word title means end, finished.. you are telling the persons browser, that the type in between the <title> and the </title> is the name of the document.

So far pretty easy huh? Hey, I never said it was hard. Now, you need to close the <head> tag. Can you guess how to do that? Yep.. just like this </head> and now you have completed the head section of your first html document.. just so we make sure we are all in sync here, below is what you should have so far.
<html>
<head>
<title> MY FIRST WEB PAGE </title>
</head>

If you don't have that, read the paragraphs again, till you have that.

Now on to the body of the document.. this is the meat and potatoes of your web page. This is where you will tell people what you want to tell them.

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