<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>
What do you do with it?
I'm glad you asked!
To start with, open up Notepad and either type or "copy" and "paste" the code into it.
Between the <TITLE> and </TITLE> tags, type "My Start Page". Between the <BODY> and </BODY> tags, type "Hello World".
When you "Save As" your web page, remember to change the "Save as Type" to "All Files (*.*)" and then give your web page a name with the .html or .htm extension. Your page will not display in a browser if you don't give the page an .html or .htm extension.
Open up your browser and in the "address" or "location" window, type the "path" to your page eg;
C:\internet\your_start_page.html
Congratulations! You've just built your first web page.
You can move on to the next lesson here or read on for an explanation of the tags.
The <HTML> and </HTML> tags tell the browser that everything in between these tags is an HTML document and to display it as such.
The <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags we will go into more detail later in this tutorial. For now, we'll just say it holds the <TITLE> and </TITLE> tags. They do more than that, but that's down the road a little.
You'll notice that what you typed between the <TITLE> and </TITLE> is in the top left hand corner of your browser; as you build more pages, you'll want to put the reference for your page (My Start Page, Links, Graphics, that sort of thing) in between these tags so visitors to your page will know where they are.
Everything you put between the <BODY> and </BODY> tags is displayed in the browsers window.
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