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Step 5: Open the template file (usually clicking on the file will open it.) You will again see your tags typed out. (In the event your tags all appear on the same line, space them out manually, leaving a line between each. It's a harmless but sometimes annoying circumstance that occasionally occurs.)

Step 6: Between the opening tag and the closing tag type a title for your web page. (We will discuss how to pick a good title later in the lesson, for now, give it what ever name you would like.) Then between the opening tag and the closing tag type some text to view on the web page.

Example:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Type the TITLE of your webpage here.</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>Replace these words with what you want to say on your web page. </BODY>
</HTML>

Now you will save the htmltemp.txt file as an HTML file and create a page which can be read in the browser.

Go to the text menu on your text editor and select: FILE:, then SAVE AS or the equivalent. (It may vary somewhat on different programs or operations systems.) A prompt box should appear. You will need to make sure that the file is going to be saved into the "HTML" directory which you created earlier. This is the same directory in which you saved the original htmptemp.txt file. If that directory is not indicated, navigate through your directories until it is open and is indicated as the place the document will be saved. Once you have done this, look near the bottom of the prompt box. In the box there is a space for a "File Name" and another which says "Save as type" . In the "File Name" type "mypage.htm" and in "Save as type" select the "All files" option. Now click the SAVE button on the box. The file should save as a HTML document. (NOTE: Again, the procedure for saving files is different on different systems. If the procedure does not work, follow the procedure you would normally follow to save a file. Just remember to save the file with the extension .htm.)

Now, look in your HTML directory. You should now see TWO files there. One named "htmltemp" and one named "mypage".

The file named "mypage" should appear with a version of the symbol for Netscape (or Internet Explorer) on the icon. (Note that Win 3.11 users will not have this symbol for a browser but rather will see the icon for a text file and the file by name as mypage.htm in File Manager.) Clicking on "mypage" should open your web browser and display the file as a web page. A single line of text which says:

Replace these words with what you want to say on your web page.

It should appear in your browser as plain black type on a gray or white background. However, the "REAL" default background color for webpages is gray if you have not altered the background color with the information you will learn later! The difference here is a caused by a setting in the BROWSER which allows you to see the background as white.) You will also see the template title at the top of the browser.

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Lesson material copyright Jean Engel
Instructor for Beginning HTML at Virtual University

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