Let's get started.
To create your HTML files, you'll need two programs. The first is a web browser, such as Netscape, or Internet Explorer. You'll also need a plain text editor, such as the program Notepad which is included in Windows. If you're using a Mac, try SimpleText. And for those using UNIX or Linux, I recommend vi or pico.
For the tutorials in Learn HTML in 20 Minutes, you can practice right here on-line. Whenever you see a section that looks like the following:
You can type into the box and see the result by clicking the "Show Me" button.
Go ahead and try it. Type a letter into the box.. It doesn't matter what it is about. When you're done, click show me, and a new window will open, showing what you typed in.
What you have in the new window probably looks nothing like the way you formatted it in the text box, right? Try inserting some of the tags you learned on the last screen, click the button and see if it looks better.
When you are creating your own files, the way you'll have to do it is to type your text into your text editing program and save the file, making sure the extension at the end is .html. Then open the file in your browser.
