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Okay! Now your brains will really be put to the test. Follow these instructions carefully and eventually you will have a webpage of your own..

Instructions to open HTML editor:

  1. Locate your HTML Editor that you downloaded before
  2. In the editor click File | New
  3. Click in the main part of the editor (usually white and has a cursor)
  4. Read on!
Okay, so now that you've got your editor open, it's time to write some HTML! This page will contain the main elements of the webpage, and also some text. I'll explain it more in depth right after. Type this into the main part of the editor:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Just Testin'</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Can you see this?</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Cool huh?! Oh? You don't think its cool? OH YEAH, I almost forgot! Now you've got to save. Go to File | Save or CTRL-S or Apple-S. Save it as "testing.html" and remember where you put it. Now, go into your browser and in the address bar type in where the file is. Do you see the webpage? If you don't, try resaving it or keep looking around for the file. The webpage should look like this:

Example: 2a.html
Source Code: 2a.txt.

Okay now, finally we're going to tell you what all of this mumbo-jumbo means. The <HTML> tag is the most important tag of all HTML documents. It tells the browser: "Hey, this is an HTML document!" and then the browser gets the message and listens to the rest of the tags. At the end, it shows that the HTML document ends by saying </HTML>. After that was the <HEAD> tag. The <HEAD> tag starts the HEAD section of the document. In the HEAD of the document is the stuff that tells the browser how to act. The stuff you see in the main part of the HTML document would be the BODY, but we'll get back to that later. Then comes the <TITLE> part of the document. The <TITLE> is where you put what you want your page to be called. It will not show up on the webpage, however, but you should ALWAYS put it on. Everything between <TITLE> and </TITLE> would be the title. Then comes the <BODY> part of the document. The BODY is what you see on the webpage. Most everything we teach you will be contained in the body. When you're done with everything, you do </BODY>. Then comes <H1>. <H1> is the tag used for HUGE fonts. H1 is really really big. Everything inbetween <H1> and </H1> would come out in the heading one font. You will learn more about using fonts and heading sizes in the next section. Hey, why not. You've done well. Go take a breather and come back. Remember, you don't have to go straight through. Keep it relaxed, and at your own pace. We've got technology on our side this time!

Better get some coffee out, because this next section is a real whopper. Basic Text Manipulation.