Creating a Basic HTML Document
To create an HTML Document, you will need an editor that can write and store text (ASCII) files. For example, Windows WordPad or Notepad are both capable of storing files in text format. There are other, more sophisticated programs that can also do this. Programs like Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, Lotus WordPro, and other word processing programs can also save information in ASCII format. Most word processing programs also have the capability to turn text documents into HTML documents.
Open a blank document and type the following:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> My First HTML Document </TITLE>
< BODY >
Everything that I want to put on my page goes here between the Body Tags
< /BODY >
< /HTML >
Now save your file as first.html, then load it into your Web Browser.
OK Jim, now show me how my first page should look.