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You will make a web page in less than 5 minutes!
- A basic word processing program such as
Any basic editor will work, the simpler the better.
- Notepad (Windows) or
- SimpleText (MAC).
- You also need a web browser (Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) to view how your web pages look before sending them to the web. You can obtain a browser using FTP (see below for details). You can then use your browser even when you are offline to see how your pages look.
Make a folder called "myname_web".
Open a text editor - Notepad (if in Windows) or SimpleText (if on Macintosh). Use Finder, if you need to find it. Yes, there are other ways, but we are going to do our own. Later you can do shortcuts, etc. It is sound instructional design that you first learn the concepts and THEN look for shortcuts or helpers that make the work less tedious.
In your text editor type this:
<html>
<body>
HELLO!
</body>
</html>
Save As "practice.html" in your "myname_web" folder. You just made a web page!
To look at it, let's open another window on Internet Explorer or Netscape (whichever you are using).
From the File menu of your web browser, select New Window or New Web Browser. (The exact name of the menu command depends on what browser you are using). A second web window should appear. Think of the first window as your "textbook" and the second clone window as your "workspace" for completing the HTML lessons.
You should have 3 windows open: a window with these instructions, another web window, and a window for your text editor.
Go to the new web window and Open File: myname_web. That's it! It should just say, HELLO!
Now, we will just fancy it up. But first let's get some basic Definitions.
Project Contact: Andria Erzberger
Last Update: January 6, 2003