USING WORDPAD OR NOTEPAD TO MAKE WEB PAGES

Both Wordpad and Notepad are already on your PC, i.e. they comes with Windows. To access either of these editor, try C:\Programs File\Accessories\wordpad.exe or C:\windows\notepad.exe\. I recommend that you put a shortcut on your desktop to whichever program you used to make web page. If you are not sure how to do this then please see my help pages on Windows Explorer.

You can save a web page with the file extension of either .html or .htm (both will work on the web) by including the file extension in the file name box when using FILE > SAVE AS.

To view your work:

1. FILE > SAVE AS or click on the floppy icon (RED CIRCLE) in Wordpad or Notepad to a specific folder, e.g. my web pages.

   

2. Change the name and file type. Change the Save as type:, to Text Document and the file name to the name you want and add .html to the ending, e.g. as I have below, mypage.html. Be sure you have the correct folder in the SAVE IN: on your PC specified. Ignore the alert pop-up that says you will lose any formating by saving the file this was with Wordpad or Notepad.

   

3. Start your browser.

4. In the location bar type: C:\My Web Pages\mypage.html. My sample page is named mypage.htm, and it is located in my folder, my web pages.

   

You will have two active screens (a) Wordpad (Notepad), (b) your browser with web pages displayed. Now, make a few additions/changes to the page in Wordpad, SAVE it (the floppy icon), and bring up the browser window with your page displayed and click on the REFRESH BUTTON. The additions/changes should now display.

You can now start learning HTML by first seeing all the basic HTML tags you will be using to make the sample page.