Creating an HMTL File

The format for HTML files is standard ASCII text. This allows HTML files to be created with easily, being that any simple text editor can be used to create a file. HTML files commonly have a '.HTM' or '.HTML' extension. An HTML file is composed of HTML tags. These tags are specified by being enclosed in < less than and greater than > signs. All text outside of these tags is considered part of the content of the web page.
To create and HTML File, first open a text editor (like Notepad) or word processor (like WordPerfect) and create a new file. There is one tag that is required for HTML. This is the HTML tag. Without this tag, the browser will not recognize the file as HTML.
To create a simple HTML file, type this into your text editor.

<HTML>
This is a HTML page
</HTML>

Now, save the file (go to File -> Save As) and call the file "index.html". You've created your first web page!
To view your work, open your internet browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) and select File -> Open and then browse to the page you just saved.
You should see the web page you just created with the words 'This is a HTML page" displayed in your browser. Next we will discuss adding content to your web page.
To go on to the next lesson, click here (Adding Content).
Or click here (Main Page) to go back to the main page.

This page created by English 303 Students Rachel Galliano, Kyle Johnson, Joel Ford, Ben Roubique and Lydia Starns, February 2002.