Web
pages are made up of a programming language called HTML (hypertext mark-up
language). This happened because there were so many different operating systems
and web browsers that a uniform language had to be developed, so that all
systems could read the language and produce a web page that would look similar
to them all.
So let's start with the basics of building one of
these pages. If you are using a PC you can start in a text editor such as
WordPad (not Word) or for the Mac SimpleText.
At the top of your
text page type <HTML> This will tell the browser that it is looking at a
HTML document notice and that it is contained between two brackets <> All
HTML is contained between these types of brackets when you are typing a page.
Next type <TITLE> (it doesn't need to be in capitals - this just makes it
easier to see). After the title 'Tag' type title again only this time add a
forward slash </TITLE> this tells the browser that the tag is closed.
Next comes your 'body' tags, open tag <BODY> and closed tag
</BODY> Inside these are where you are going to type the text of your web
page. Then to finish the basic layout add a closing HTML tag </HTML> to
tell the browser the page is finished.
So your text page should
now look something like the following:
<HTML>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Now start to fill in some of
the blanks:
<HTML>
<TITLE>My Web
Page</TITLE>
<BODY>
This is my first web page.
If this
works it is a miracle!
</BODY>
</HTML>
Now
comes the magic. Save your document, but choose 'save as'. Save it in plain text
format something like 'webpage' but after webpage add .html (that is DOT html
don't forget the dot). This is telling your system to save it as an HTML
document.
Then go to your hard drive and find your document
'webpage' which should now look like an HTML document. If it looks like a text
file then you need to save it again making sure you add the .html extension.
Open your new html document (double click) and your Internet
browser will spring into action. Lo and behold you should see your first web
page, notice the title at the top of the page is the title you chose and your
text is in the 'body' of the document. Yes this is a miracle!
Now
comes an even bigger miracle. Staying on your web page go to the tool bar and
choose 'View' then 'Source' you will then be presented with your text file once
again. From here you will be able to alter your title and the body text as much
as you like, after doing so you must always choose 'Save' in your text editor.
Once you have saved your changes you will need to reload/refresh
your browser window to view the changes. Do this from the web page as you would
normally refresh a page and you will see your alterations take effect.
OK so that is the basics of a web page a little plain perhaps but
a good start. The rest? Well that is for another
article.
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