Create your own web page

Creating your own web page

I found this icon on another web site and thought it was hilarious. Yes, the HTML files on this web site are 100% Notepad compatable! You really can build your own web site and have complete control over it! Here's how I got started, step-by-step:

Get an HTML tag reference.
HTML formatting "tags" tell your browser what & where to place text, lists, links, tables, frames and graphics when it reads an HTML file, i.e., a web page. I recommend Elizabeth Castro's "HTML 4 for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide", it is thorough, easy to use and inexpensive. Her publisher's web address is: http://www.peachpit.com
Find a page you like.
This will be your reference page, save it to your hard drive, using File Save on your browser.
Edit the reference page.
The browser will save the reference page as an HTML file. HTML files are simply text which can be edited by any text editor, such as the ubiquitous Windows Notepad. Change the text to whatever you desire, then Save it.
Test your new Web page.
Bring up your browser, and using the Open File command, the browser will read and display an HTML file off your hard drive. Tweak your page by going back to step #2, and test again, and again, until the page looks perfect.
Upload your Web page.
Almost all of the online services have a place where users can post their own web pages. There are services which will host your personal site for free, their obtrusive advertising pays for the space. For commercial sites, there are many web hosts out there, some who are fair and scrupulous, others who are crooks, so buyer beware!
Test the page on the Web.
Use your browser to go on the web and actually test whether everything is working OK.

The graphics on this site were made with Jasc's Paint Shop Pro. I highly recommend it, you can download a 60-day trial version from their web site: http://www.jasc.com

Web Hotspots is a free imagemapper that can be used to create client-side imagemaps such as the map for the logo on the top of this page. It's very easy to use, download it from: http://www.1automata.com

For JavaScript beginners, I recommend John Keye's "The Ugly JavaScript Book", which is subtitled "How to Cobble Code Together Without Knowing What You Are Doing". You can download a free HTML version from: http://www.infohiway.com/javascript/tujb.htm

Rick Tharp, Certified HTML Programmer

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