| So you want to create a web page but don't have any idea how to do
it? Well, that's what this article is all about. We'll start from the basics
and work up to some of the more advanced techniques.
The first thing you will need is an editor of some kind. My suggestion
is to use the simplest, easiest editor of all - Notepad (if you are on
a Macintosh, use the equivalent text editor). For those who don't know,
Notepad is a very simple text editor which is started by clicking the "Start"
menu, selecting "Programs", then "Accessories", followed by Notepad (by
the way, some good Notepad replacements are NewPad, NoteTab, and NotesPad).
Why use Notepad and not some fancy editor? Simple - you want to learn
HTML, not an editor. What the editor tend to do is hide HTML from you so
you don't have to deal with it. Some of them, like Dreamweaver and Frontpage
2000, do a very good job and make it almost totally unnecessary to use
HTML at all. Others, like Arachnophilia, completely expose HTML for viewing
and editing.
Oh yes, before I forget, don't use a word processor like Microsoft Word
or Wordperfect. These programs, although excellent at what they do, completely
change the formatting of lines and make it much more difficult to write
HTML code.
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