3.1. Getting started with HTML
Before you start work, create a separate folder for the upcoming page on your computer, for example, the page folder Page on disk D (D:\Page).
Today, the HTML markup language is the basis of all electronic
documents posted on the Internet. Like the usual foundation of a building, it is a supporting structure on which the walls are subsequently erected. HTML is the simplest and go-to tool for creating hypertext documents which, together with more flexible and functional Internet technologies, gives you truly fantastic results. All that is implemented with a simple and accessible yet effective HTML markup language.
For HTML document layout, use Notepad.
Open Notepad (start/programs/standard/Notepad), copy and paste the following text there:
<html>
<head>
<title> My first step</title>
</head>
<body>
This is my first page
<br>
Welcome! :)
</body>
</html>
Now save the file with the .html extension. Please note that there is no option to select the .html extension while saving the file. You should save your document as follows:
File/Save as
Enter the name for your document, for example, index.html (instead of just index); we attribute .html manually; it should be mandatory.
In the next line File Type, select All Files.
If you have already saved your document as *.html when introducing changes to this document, you can save it as follows: File/Save.
To observe the result, run this small program with one of the browsers: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera, or Mozilla Firefox.
This is the result we get: