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How To Build a Basic Web Page

From Jennifer Kyrnin,
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It's really easy to build your first Web page. There are only a few HTML tags you need to learn.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 10 minutes

Here's How:

  1. Write the html tag <html>
  2. Write the head of your document <head>
  3. Write your title <title> Put your title here </title>
  4. Close the head of your document </head>
  5. Open the body of your document <body>
  6. Give your page a heading <h1> heading goes here </h1>
  7. Write your page contents
  8. Separate paragraphs with the p tag <p>
  9. Close the body of your page </body>
  10. Close the html </html>

Tips:

  1. Use any text editor to write your page.
  2. Write your HTML tags in lowercase - this conforms to the current standard.
  3. Review the page in your browser off your hard drive before uploading it to your server.

What You Need:

  • HTML editor -or-
  • Text editor
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