Basic Tags

Getting a webpage started is very easy. That's one of the reasons there are so many on the World Wide Web. The talent is in making it good! There are several things that make a good webpage. First and foremost, it has to have something that people want to look at. Secondly, it needs to be easily navigated. Thirdly, it needs to be visually attractive. Finally, it needs to load reasonably fast. We will look at all of these requirements in this class. First, however, how do you start??

To start an HTML file, open up a simple word processor like Wordpad or Notepad. Save the file as xxxxx.htm in a folder where you will place all files for this webpage. xxxxx is a name you give the HTML document. Now, you simply type the tags(special code between a less-than symbol, <, and a greater-than symbol, >, that tells the browser what to display) and insert the information you wish to display between the opening and closing tags. There are three basic steps to writing a basic HTML document. Click on the 3 links below to start your 1st webpage.

1. Tell the browser that this is an HTML document.
2. Format the text.
3. Specify the colors.


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