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How to Create a Simple Webpage Using Notepad.pptx
- 1. How to Createa Simple Webpage Using Notepad HTML Activity
- 2. Do you wantto learn web design? You don't need fancy editing software to get started creating a web pages. You can create web pages using Notepad, which comes pre- installed on your Windows computer. The language used to create web pages is called "HTML," which stands for Hypertext Markup Language. You can write HTML using Notepad or any other text editing program. Then all you need to do is save the file as an HTML document. HTML is easy to learn, even if you have no programming skills.
- 3. Things You Should Know • HTML isthe primary language used in web design. • You can easily write HTML using Notepad or any other text editing program. • Don't forget to save the file as an HTML (.html) document.
- 4. Part 1 Creatinga Document
- 5. • Open Start WindowsStart. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The Start menu will pop up.
- 6. • Search forNotepad. Type in notepad to do so. You should see a list of matching results appear near the top of the Start menu.
- 7. • Click File.This is in the top-left corner of the Notepad window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu
- 8. • Click the"Save as type" drop-down box. This option is near the bottom of the window and should have "Text documents (*.txt)" written on it. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu to appear.
- 9. •Click All Files.It's in the drop-down menu. This will allow you to save your file as an HTML document.
- 10. • Select asave location. Click the name of the folder in which you want to save your document on the left side of the window. • For example, to save your document on the desktop, you would scroll up and click Desktop in the left-hand sidebar.
- 11. • Enter aname and the "html" file extension. Click the "File name" text box. Then type in whatever you want to name your file, followed by .html, which is the file extension for an HTML document. • For example, to name your webpage's file "hello", you would type in hello.html.
- 12. • Click Save.Doing so turns your current Notepad document into an HTML document. At this point, you can proceed with setting up your web page's initial structure. • If Notepad inadvertently closes or you must return to your document later, you can right- click the HTML file and click Edit in the resulting drop-down menu.
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- 14. • Add yourwebpage's language tag. The first tag you'll need to add is the language tag. This tells the web browser that this is an HTML document and that the language being used is HTML. Type the following into Notepad at the top of the page.
- 15. • Add the"head" tags. The "head" section of an HTML document contains the metadata for the web page. This information is not displayed in your web browser. It can contain information such as the page title, style sheets (CSS), scripts, and more. For now, just type <head> below the "<html>" tag, press Enter twice to leave a space. Then type in </head>. • Each HTML element has an opening and closing tag. When we add a new element, such as the "<head>" tag to open the head, we need to add a closing tag as well. For the head, this is the "</head>" tag.
- 16. • Add pagetitle to your website. The title goes within the "head" section of your HTML document, so you will need to enter this in between the opening "<head>" tag, and closing "</head>" tag. To add a title, type the opening title tag, which is <title>". Then type your title text. Add the closing title tag immediately after, which is </title>. For example, if you wanted to title your web page, "My Website,“.
- 17. • Add the"body" tags. Everything displayed in your web browser will go in the "body" section of your HTML document. The opening and closing body tags go below the closing "</head>" tag. Add the opening and closing body tags, as shown.
- 18. •Close the HTMLtag. The last tag to go in your document will be a closing HTML tag to signify the end of the page. Type </html> at the bottom of the page below the closing "</body>" tag.
- 19. • Review your HTMLdocument so far. At this point, your document should look something like the following:
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- 21. • Save yourdocument. To do so, click File in the menu bar at the top, followed by Save. This will ensure that the HTML document shows the most recent version of your web page when you open it.
- 22. • Right-click yourHTML document. Navigate to where you saved your HTML document, and right-click it. A drop-down menu will appear.
- 23. •Select Open with.It's in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens a pop-out menu with a list of apps you can open the file with.
- 24. Review •Review your webpage.If the formatting looks good to you, you can go ahead and close Notepad. Return •If you want to keep editing your HTML document, return to Notepad and make the necessary edits, making sure to save your changes often. Adjust •You can adjust the webpage's background color, set a background image, or change the font color by using CSS in conjunction with your HTML document.
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