Hey, my first html page

Notice the slide bar on the right to look at the whole page. This is a textarea, where you can put stuff to read. None of the html in a < textarea > is interpreted. The ending tag would be < /textarea > (w/o the spaces). html is VERY, VERY, picky about syntax. I have found that Chrome seems to be more forgiving than firefox. But you should really test on all the browsers. This is a <tag> and an ending </tag> Almost all of them come in pairs. All html starts with <!doctype html> and then <html> usually with lang="en" Since there was an <html> there will be a </html> at the end. Inside of the <html></html> there will also be <head> </head> And then <body> </body> (where most of the action happens) You'll have paragraphs <p> often with more 'stuff' and </p> eg: <P style="font-size:20px" style="background-color:yellow;" color:"blue;"> And  You'll want to create a directory to store your html. Mine is: c:\users\lin\documents\html\ <== This contains my html c:\users\lin\documents\html\images <== and this my pictures. You should do something similar. And make your file names on your PC match those on your host. BTW, you can use images from flickr directly, and not pay for space on your host. w3schools.com/html/default.asp .... good html descriptions This is the html you want for your first page <!doctype html> <== ya have to have this. <html lang="en"> <== and this. <title>My first html page</title> <== Having a title is just nice. <head> <== There are 2 main sections, head and body. <h1>Hey, my first html page</h2> <== pretty title line. </head> <== end of the heading section. <body> <== body is where you do your work. <p> <== Paragraph, We'll have 3 of them. Did you remember ctrl-u to see the html? <== When run, blank lines and, spaces are ignored. </p> <== End of the paragraph. <P style="font-size:22px"> <== start of paragraph <p> This is your first page <== say hello </p> <== end of the paragraph </p> <P style="font-size:20px; background-color:yellow; color:blue;"> Did you remember to try ctrl-u to see the html? It's time to try it.<br> BTW, <br> means new line. <br><br> means skip a line.<br> You'll forget them seveal times, and have very long paragraphs. (experience)<br> </p> <== end of the paragraph </body> </html>

This is your first page. BTW, your first (base) finename is index.html

Did you remember to try ctrl-u to see the html

This html can run either on your PC or your website
But for the moment, just run it on your PC
There are a number of choices to host your html
Wordpress .com or .org might be the most popular
But wordpress.com is more often used as a blog than a website.

I've used coffeecup.com (I like them)

When you're checking sites, be sure to look at the renewal price.
Sometimes it's a bit surprising.
Sometimes html will work on your PC but not on a website.
(That's the voice of experience.)

You also will use an editor.
Typically the one you know and like may be best.
Maybe Notepad. Or Notepad++ (there are some html add-ons that are nice.)
I use SPFlite, which is a line editor, because I've used something similar for decades.
It's free (he does, reasonably, ask for $20, but you don't have to pay). I highly recommend it.

One of the advantages of a line editor is when you delete stuff.
In notepad, when you push the delete key, you can delete half a page.
With a line editor, you only delete what's on that line, then it stops.

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