How to HTML

So! Soooo..the HTML document...
or How to Make Your Own Page
Don't be scared!!..*grin*...

...Ready...
...Set...
...GO...

No Whym.
I don't want to know all that.
Just show me exactly what to type.

Okaaaaay..
Follow the BIG
RED NUMBERS!!

~ What You Need ~

You can make a page in any program
that saves text files.

I write a lot of mine using Eudora, my mail program.
There are a lot of HTML writers available online.

I have Netscape (or another browser)
turned on so I can check my HTML as I go.

1.
Make a new directory (folder) on your hard drive.
Call it Homepage.
Save all your homepage files, gifs, jpegs, etc. in this main directory.

2.
Open a new text document (file).

3.
Save the file as mypage.html in your new directory.

4.
 Open mypage.html with your browser.
 In Netscape under the File menu - "Open File"

5.
Leaving the file open in both programs,
write some, save the text file, switch to the browser and
hit reload. This is the easiest way to check how your page looks
as you go. You don't have to have your modem turned on.

I'm not going to tell you what everything means,
just show you what you need to have
and you fill in the blanks. OK? Okay...begin...
oh..well you sort of did already eh? *smile*

~ From The Top ~

At the top you must have this:

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Welcome to My Page</TITLE></HEAD>

The title is what appears at the top of the browser
when someone opens your page.

Note: You can put lots of other "things" in the HEAD
but for this basic page I am avoiding those.

~ It's Your Body ~

This is where you tell the browser what background to show
(color and/or image), basic font color, link color, visited link color, etc...

Basic Body (fills in the choices for you...blah though eh?)
<BODY>


Body with color background
<BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF>

Note: Use that color guide to find what you want.
You can use names but (older) browsers read color numbers.


Body with color background and background image (those cool backgrounds!)
<BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF BACKGROUND="blue.gif">

Note: Be sure to save your text file and GIF or JPEG
in the same folder or directory so they can "find" each other.
There are a million free backgrounds available on the Net.


Now add the text color, link color and visited link color...
<BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF BACKGROUND="blue.gif" TEXT=YELLOW LINK=GREEN VLINK=PURPLE>


So the top of your page will look like this:

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Welcome to My Page</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>

or like this:

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Welcome to My Page</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF>

or like this:

6.
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Welcome to My Page</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF BACKGROUND="blue.gif" TEXT=YELLOW LINK=GREEN VLINK=PURPLE>

~ Your Page ~
7.
 Now put in all that HTML you learned!!
Hi. My name is...and on..and on...and on!!!

~ Add A Link ~

Stone's Throw

<A HREF="http://www.ptialaska.net/~melissag">Stone's Throw</A>

~ The Bottom ~

That's all!! The endish!! Finis! Well, type this one last thing...*smile*

8.
</BODY></HTML>

You did it! You made your own homepage! Of course now
it's stuck on your harddrive and you'll have to learn
to ftp (file transfer protocal) and call your server
to see if you are allowed room or e-mail it to a friend
with room for you on theirs. Lots to know ain't there?
But you DID IT!!! Soooo very cool you are! Hacker..heh,heh...
*happy*smiling*happy*

See you! Melissa/WhymsiqueL

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