HTML Start

What You Need

1. You don't need an editor
2. You don't need any software
3. You don't need a web site
4. You don't need a web server

Editing HTML

In this tutorial we use a plain text editor (like Notepad) to edit HTML. We believe this is the best way to learn HTML.
However, professional web developers often prefer HTML editors like FrontPage or Dreamweaver, instead of writing plain text.

Your Own Web page

If you just want to learn HTML, skip the rest of this chapter.

If you want to create a test page on your own computer, just copy the 3 files below to your desktop.

(Right click on each link, and select "save target as" or "save link as")

yourfilename.htm

yourfilename1.htm

yourfilename2.htm

After you have copied the files, you can double-click on the file called "mainpage.htm" and see your first web site in action.
 

HTM or HTML File Extension Difference

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html file extension. We use .htm in our examples. It is a habit from the past, when the software only allowed three letters in file extensions.

With new software it is perfectly safe to use .html.