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Build a Basic Web Page

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

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
  2. Write the head of your document
  3. Write your title Put your title here
  4. Close the head of your document
  5. Open the body of your document
  6. Give your page a heading

    heading goes here

  7. Write your page contents
  8. Separate paragraphs with the p tag

  9. Close the body of your page
  10. Close the 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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