anytime you want the site to do something you put <> around the request.
this automatically has a < body > immediately after that type in < body background = "http://www.geocities.com/eli46204/cloud.gif" > and it gives you a background, you can change it to anything you want, or a color. I already installed 3 in your files.
This is the default font size and color. If you don't tell it you want a different color it will automatically put this in.
to make it bigger you put < h# > before the text you want to be bigger.
this is font size h1
this is font size h2
this is font h3
and h4 also
I usually don't go much smaller than this.
I think the bigger the number, the smaller the font.
when you want the font size to end you put < /h# >.
to make it jump to the next line (otherwise it will all run together, regardless of how it looks in the editor)
< b r > gives a one line space < p > gives a paragraph space.
If you want more space you can always put more than one < p > or < br > in.
To create a color text you type < font color = "name of color" > If it still appears black (unless that was your intended color) then it may not recognize the color and will default to black or whatever it determines the closest color to be.
< / font > will end that color font.
< center > to make anything after that command to center on the page (which means < / center > will end the center).
Some commonly known colors are
red
blue
green
white
gold
silver
teal
indigo
violet
purple
orange
yellow
crimson
seafoam
burgundy
pink
turquoise
cream
If you can't get the color to appear like you want, then try and put "#xxxxxx" instead of "color", this can be any 6 numbers or letters a-b-c-d-e-f (I forget if g is included also).
There are websites that will tell you the codes to get a certain color, or you can just keep testing different ones and hit "preview" to see if it is what you want.
Try this out. This ends lesson one.