Part One: Let's Build a Webpage
First of all create a new folder and name it My Website or whatever you wish. Remember which directory you placed this folder in as you will be recalling it often.
Then...
1. Open Word Pad (click here if you don't know how)
2. Click on File in upper left hand corner
3. select New...
4. then selct Text Document.
Next...
Type in the following code (or copy and paste it into your new Word Pad document). You learn more by manually entering the coding onto Word Pad, but you can simply "copy-and-paste" the following onto your Word Pad document you just created. If you don't know how to copy-and-paste, learn here.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My First Webpage</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FONT SIZE=3 FACE=ARIAL COLOR=BLUE><B>This is my first webpage</B></FONT><HR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE=ARIAL COLOR=RED>This webpage is all about me, myself and I.<P>
I like Tom Waits.</FONT><BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Almost done...
Last, you need to save the file a certain way so web browsers can read it. All files must end in .html.
1. Click on File in the upper left hand corner of Word Pad.
2. Click on Save As....
3. In the File Name box, type template.html.
4. Click Save.
DONE!
Viewing your new web page
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Open the folder you created (ie. My Webstite) then
3. double click on template.html.
Or you can use Internet Explorer. In the upper left hand corner of your browser click on File, then Open... and find the file you just created.
TIP: After you have named and began writing the document in Word Pad, always choose SAVE when you add or delete any information and this automatically updates the changes.
TIP: ALWAYS SAVE AS TEXT DOCUMENT. This saves all the new coding or text that you have applied.
Note: WordPad is actually the only program you will ever need to run a website. Sure there are programs out there that are already set-up and all you do is type in info and point-and-click, but once you learn the basics, its easier with Word Pad. Other than when I got my first computer and used Netscape Communicator, I have used ONLY Word Pad and have built every website and webpage by myself.
Now go on to Part Two and find out why your page looks like it does.
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