Basic Web Page Design

Text book: HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Sixth Edition written by Elizabeth Castro. Software: Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS6 (for basic web page design notepad /Microsoft word can be used) Website:

Learning basic html using Notepad: HTML  HyperText Markup Language Notepad as editor Step1: In html, there is a starting tag( ). Most, but not all tags have a closing tag. The browser will interpret everything between and as an HTML document. Step2: HTML document needs a pair of head tags. Step3: In the head tags are the title tags. My IRES web page!

Step 4: Within the body tags write My IRES web page! Welcome to my website! For details tag description see: Step 5: Save the page as index.html (Save as: all files) To transfer the files you need FTP. Open FTP (file transfer protocol). On the server site open public html folder. And then transfer index.htm or.html to the server site. References:

Learning basic html using Microsoft word: 1. Converts text to HTML code 2. Transforms images to GIF or JPEG formats (that are web-compatible) 3. Creates a single HTML file 4. Generates an XML style sheet 5. Makes a folder that contains XML file

Create a basic web page using word by opening a blank document and adding your own text and pictures. Save the word file as web page format ; file extension.htm or html (as for example index.htm or index.html). An additional folder is generated with the same name as the web page file (as for example index_ files) To transfer the files you need FTP. Open FTP (file transfer protocol). On the server site open public html folder. And then transfer index.htm or.html and the associated folder to the server site. For details visit: eb_pages.htm eb_pages.htm

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