One of the first tools you need in order to create and edit web documents is a full featured HTML editor that will not alter the original code in any way after a document is saved.
Many common HTML editors and web design software will add extra code into a document which can cause undesirable effects which need to be de-bugged.
Notepad can also be used to create web pages but the drawback for me with this is that all the code is in one color - black.
The HTML editor I use (below) displays different code elements in different colors which make it a lot easier on the eye.
When I discovered the need to edit my first site, (that day I pannicked) all I knew was that the web page was written in the HTML programming language.
I searched the Internet and came across all sorts of different HTML editors and web design software. I was willing to pay immediately if I could find the solution to my problems.
1st Page 2000 - FREE!
Eventually I discovered a Free HTML editor called 1st Page 2000.
This HTML Editor is full featured and has no limitations on it's use. It is not crippled (not a lite version) in any way. Hard to believe aye?
Three Different User Modes
1. Easy 2. Advanced/Expert 3. Hardcore
You will probably find it the most easy to use in Advanced/Expert mode. The user interface in Expert mode is similar to Word or any other full featured text editor.
The easiest way to learn to use this tool is to play with it. Then, continue to play with it by using it for real. Then, continue to use it.
Sample Blank Document
Run the editor and you will see a start up screen with a new web document ready to go. You will notice that you did not need to add this code by hand. The editor generated this code for you.
Sample Blank Document
The above document is the code for a real web page in it's simplest form. Add content such as text in between the body tags as per the illustration above.
More About Body Tags
<body>Add text and images here only!</body>
Now listen carefully. If you are adding text or images to your web document, you will only ever add them in between the body tags.
Save Your Document
After you have added some text into your document, from the File drop down menu, select Save.
A dialog will appear. Browse to the location of your special new play folder, name the file index.html and click the save button.
Floppy Disk Icon
In Expert mode, you can also save documents by clicking on the single floppy disk icon.
View Your Web Page
Now go to your new play folder and double-click on index.html.
The file will open in your default web browser.
Congratulations, you have created a web page. It is not on the Internet yet but it is a real web page.
After you have created your first basic web page with a few words on it, you will need to know how to do line breaks, paragraphs, bolding etc with these Common HTML Tags.
While this free HTML editor is a very powerful web authoring software, it is not a WYSIWYG web site design software because pages are created by inputting HTML code only.
