Make Your Own Web Page

Paragraph Tag

You can make your own paragraphs using the Paragraph Tag.

The code for the paragraph tag is: <p></p>

Notice there are actually 2 tags. Most HTML tags come in pairs. There is an opening tag and a closing tag. The closing tag always includes a forward slash. For compliance with future XHTML rules, always include a closing paragraph tag.

The basic code from the previous lesson is shown below with changes.
Change the code in firstpage.html as shown:
<html> <head></head> <body> <h1>Hello World</h1> <p>This is my first paragraph on my first web page.</p> </body> </html>

This code can be saved as a web page and would produce the words Hello World in large letters on the computer screen and a simple paragraph of text below it.

Note: If this is your first web page and you skipped the first 2 lessons, you should read Notepad and Browser before you try this exercise.

If you'd like to proceed:

Copy the text to NotePad: Hold down your left mouse button and drag it over the code to highlight it.; Right Click on the highlighted code and Click Copy; Open NotePad and Right Click inside the editor window.; Click Paste
Save the Page: Click File - SaveAS; Save the page as firstpage.html (Remember where you save it!!); If working these lessons in succession, you'll need to answer yes to overwrite the file.
Look at the page with a browser: On any browser (Even AOL) Click File; Click Open; Navigate to the folder where you saved firstpage.html; Click on the filename firstpage.html to highlight it; Click Open

The words Hello World in large letters should appear in the browser window with a short paragraph below it. If you are doing the lessons in succession, you may need to Refresh your browser to see the change.

Note: If all you see is code, you saved the page with a txt extension. The .html extension is critical.

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How to Put It On the Internet

To put your web page on the internet, you'll need a web hosting account. You can buy web hosting from 1 of millions of companies that sell it.

Once you've acquired your hosting, rename your web page, index.html. Then use the file manager provided by your web host to upload the page to your account.

This is just a general summary of the process, but it should get you started in the right direction.

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