How to Create a Simple Web Page
As used for Larry Holder's CSCI 201 Class
These instructions have been updated to presume you are using Windows Vista.
Bring up my home page at http://www.utm.edu/staff/lholder
Near the right, click on "Page" and then choose "Save As..."
For the "Save as type:" be sure to choose "Web Page (HTML Only)"
Then, right above this, change the filename to save as to this: sample.html
You can save it anywhere, such as in your Documents folder. Just remember
where you are saving it to. Click the "Save" button.
You can close the webpage now.
In your Documents folder (or wherever you saved sample.html), find the file
(it should show the Internet Explorer's "e" icon) and RIGHT CLICK and then
choose "Open With..." and then choose either Wordpad or Notepad.
When it's open, select ALL the text (Ctrl-A) and then DELETE it all
(hit the Delete button or the Backspace button after all is selected).
You now have an empty HTML document to start with.
Now, enter the following (substituting as appropriate) ...
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>xxxxxxx's Home Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Welcome!</H1>
<P>
I am a student at
<A HREF="http://www.utm.edu">The University of Tennessee at Martin</A>.
<P>
Send email to:
<A HREF="mailto:xxxxxxxx@utm.edu"><I>xxxxxxxx@utm.edu</I></A>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Save your changes. Leave Notepad open, in case you need to make more changes.
Now, DOUBLE CLICK on the icon (for sample.html) to open your page through Internet Explorer.
Note that you might not see the file extension of ".html", only the name "sample".
That is ok. In that case, Windows is simply hiding the file extension, but it's there
(or else you would not see the Internet Explorer "e" icon).
If you need to make changes or corrections, switch over to the Notepad window
that you hopefully still have open, make the changes, save them, and the go
back to the Internet Explorer window and click the Refresh button. Keep on
doing this until everything is correct.
To see how the example page really looks, click here.