Learn how to create your first webpage using simple tex editors like Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac).
These days easy to use professional HTML Editors are available. However, for learning purpose we recommend you to use a simple text editor like Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac).
Steps to create first web page:
Step 1: Open Text Editor
Open Notepad (if you are using Windows) or Open TextEdit (if you are using Mac).Step 2: Write your HTML
Write or copy your structure HTML, for e.g:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Step 3: Save your text as HTML file
Save your file: Select File > Save as in the Notepad menu.Name the file "firstpage.html" or any other name ending with html or htm.
UTF-8 is the preferred encoding for HTML files. ANSI encoding covers US and Western European characters only.
Note: You can use either .htm or .html as file extension. There is no difference, it is up to you.
Step 4: View your HTML Page in your browser
Open the saved .html file on your web browser. The result will look like this:
