Getting Started with HTML

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Getting Started!

Windows users start with Notepad

Mac users should start SimpleText

OSX users start TextEdit however by changing the following preferences:

Format Menu> Plain Text.

Then:

Text Edit> Preferences> Ignore rich text commands in HTML files.

Note: These changes are necessary or else your HTML code will not work properly.

Start by typing the following text in:

<html>

<head>

<title>Title of page</title>

</head>

<body>

I started with HTML. <b>This text is bold</b>

</body>

</html>

Save this page as

Save the file by any name like ‘first.htm’ or ‘name.htm’...

Note: Initially some software were only able to recognize and read three letter files such as the files having ‘htm’ extensions. However, the latest software allow both ‘html’ and ‘htm’ extensions.

Steps:

- Open you internet browser

- File>Open > Browse > first.htm (the file you just created)> Open.

- Once you have selected the file click OK so that the browser displays it

Success! If you see your file displayed by the browser that means you performed the first part very well. Now let’s move to the next step!

Note: Html files can easily be edited using Frontpage or Dreamweaver. However, it is recommended that you use a plain text editor to learn the basics well.