Lesson 3

Creating Your First HTML Page

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The HTML File

HTML files are text files, so you can use any text editor to create your first webpage.

There are some very nice HTML editors available; you can choose the one that works for you. For now let's write our examples in Notepad.

Fill in the Blanks

The HTML File

What type of editor is used to edit HTML code?

editor

The HTML File

Add the basic HTML structure to the text editor with "This is a line of text" in the body section.

In our example, the file is saved as first.html

The HTML File

When the file is opened, the following result is displayed in the web browser:

Multiple Choice

What is the correct extension for HTML files?

• .css

• .txt

• .html

• .exe

The <title> Tag

To place a title on the tab describing the web page, add a <title> element to your head section:

<html>

    <head>

      <title>First page</page>

    </head>

    <body>

       This is a line of text.

    </body>

</html>

Multiple Choice

Where should you put the title tag?

• Between the body tags

• Between the head tags

• After the closing html tag

• Before the html tag