Writing Your First Page
So, here we go... you're going to write your first HTML page
using what you have learned above plus two other items. And these two items are important to
every page you will ever write. Why? Because they will be on every page you ever write.
You will start every page with this flag: <HTML>
That makes sense. You are denoting that this is an
HTML document.
Your next flags will always be these: <TITLE> and </TITLE>
See the very top of this page? I mean way up top. Above the
FILE -- EDIT -- VIEW menus. The colored bar up there. Right now it reads "Basic HTML:
Flags" That's the title of the page and that's what you are denoting here. Whatever you put
between these two flags will show up in the title bar way at the top.
Finally, you'll end every page you write with this flag:
</HTML>
Get it? You started the page with HTML and you will end the
page with /HTML. That makes sense again.
So, Here We Go!
I want you to play around with these commands. Just remember
that HTML reads like you do, top to bottom, left to right. It
will respond where you place the start flag and stop where you place the end flag. Just make sure
your flags are within the < and > items.
Here's a sample page to show you what I mean for you to do
tonight:
<HTML>
<TITLE> My first html page </TITLE>
<B>This is my first HTML page!</B><P>
I can write in <I>Italic</I> or
<B>Bold</B><BR>
<HR>
<B><I>Or I can write in
both</I></B><BR>
<HR>
<TT>...and that's all</TT>
</HTML>
Notice I only used the flags I showed you on this page. Yes,
it's a simple page, but you're just starting out. Notice the
<HTML> and </HTML>. Notice the <TITLE> and </TITLE>. See how there's a
beginning and end flag when I alter the text and that the P and BR commands are used to go to
new lines?
Now, click here to see the
page the code above produced.
Look at the program above and then what it produced. Look at the source code when you open
the page. See how the HTML flags denoted where text was affected? Good! I knew you would.
Now go! Go into the world -- or at least to your text editor -- and create. Follow the instructions
in HTML Lesson Day #1 to help you save
and then display your first HTML page.
You Can Do This!