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So.. you want to learn how to make your own homepage, and you want MY help?
Well.. I actually have some advice for you, if you want them..
There is two ways of making a homepage.
- Using a HTML-editor to create your code
- Learning a little simple HTML, and create the code on your own
What is a HTML-editor?
Well... it is a program that makes the whole creation of a HTML-document a bit easier.It's designed to let you write the text, insert images and links, format the whole thing and then it creates the html-code that will show the whole thing as a web-page, when it's wieved by a web-browser.
Usually you have to download or copy the program, and install it to run it locally from your computer. (There are ISP's (Internet Service Providers) that have online Homepage-creating programs, that lets you do everything through the web, but usually those aren't any good.)
Examples of some HTML-editors are:
- HotDog Professional Shareware
- ArachnophiliaFreeware!
- CoffeeCup HTML Editor++ Shareware
- WEB-ED Freeware!
That's easy.
I don't feel in total control using a program that creates the code. I have to be in total control of where to place objects and links. Second.. learning! The best way to learn a bout Hypertext is to learn the code, so that's why I use this way.
Wanna learn some real heavy programming language?
Well.. then you have taken the wrogn turn somewhere.. because HTML is a relatively easy thing to learn.
Example:
<html><head><title>A HTML-document</title></head><body>
This is a HTML-document!
</body></html>
Actually the text above is a small HTML-document, wich can be wieved in any web-browser around the world. Just add it into a text-file, and name it something.html or .htm, and it works..
I can't tell you everyting about how the tags and everything works, but I can show you how I learned it. I started out searching the internet, and found something called "A Beginnders Guide to HTML", and learned a bit that way.
But then one day, I came across one thing that made the whole thing much easier. I came across a webtutor bade by a person called Joe Barta, from Professional Web Design It is a really nice way to start learning HTML. You can use it online, or download it as Webtutor v3.8. The program is just HTML-files that you use your web-browser to look through.. Just follow the tutorial, and you understand and learn alot about HTML. (You can choose download from the "beginner info" page)
- Another thing.. What text-editing program is wize to use?
- Actually you can use any text-editing program that can save documents in Text-only mode.
I use A program called Notepad + (Windows), wich have added a tool-line with fast save and open buttons. It also handles several documents in one window if you want, or you can have several versions of the program active at the same time. The program is Freeware, and can replace the original Notepad in Windows, and be used as default text editor. Check out The RogSoft NotePad+ Home Page
What to do?
You are wondering if you want to use a HTML-editor or try to write your own HTML?- If you are looking for a fast way to put something up on a web-page, just to let the world know you are alive, and don't want to use any time at all to make your page look good, I'd say go download a HTML-editor, or use the ones you have (MS Word can actually write HTML-code for you!).
- If you want to learn a bit about HTML, get full control over your pages, and maybe use it to create web-pages for organisations (like I do) or other companies, or if you just like computers and think this is interesting.. I'd say; go download Webtutor 3.0 and get started. If you have used any HTML-editors before, you'll soon realize how much better it is to write HTML on your own.
