Introduction on how to make a website
Hello and Welcome to this HTML tutorial for making websites.
Over the next few pages we will aim to show you how to make a free website with no programming knowledge. This will help prepare you for the long term target of making your own professional looking website.
Even with a little or no programming experience by reading through the tutorial you will learn how make a professional looking websites that you will be proud of. FACT: You don't need to be a programmer to make a website. Its really simple once you grasp the basic concept, in fact I have written a free ebook on how to make a website, to make even easier and which you can download here on this website.
When I first started playing with HTML. I was far from being a programmer ( I was a Site Manager for a construction company ) all I wanted to do was make a website for our company. Back then I always kept my notes on how to make web pages and HTML tips in a common file so I didnt have to keep looking for the solutions again and again. Since then it has evovled into this website and last year I decided to share that knowledge and bring all the information I have gathered over the years to one website. So heres the proof !
Bookmark this Site as a Reference (Or if this link dosent work press Ctrl D on your keyboard.)Following these website tutorials step by step you will be shown the easiest ways to design and build your own website in a very short space of time. As you progress further into the tutorials you will learn more tips of the webmasters trade showing you how to add more complicated features to your website.
Even if you finally decide not to make the website yourself and decide to freelance this service, the information in this tutorial is invaluable to understand exactly what you should expect from your programmer, thus keeping their costs lower and showing that you know exactly what you’re talking about.
The make a website tutorial is broken down into sections:
This is the first section and after this 30 minute brain workout you will learn what HTML is, how to edit, and implement it on a browser. For this part of the tutorial you don’t necessarily need the tools, but it would help to make the examples and get hands on experience before moving on.
The following sections will show you the most common elements found in website contents and how they are structured. It also shows basic examples and encourages you to take part in writing your own markup to get a feel for HTML and after after reading only a few of these sections you will be ready to start to make your own website.
What language is used to make a website?
Websites are normally written in a language called HTML (among others) and this is where we will start. We will show you the basics of HTML and how this very simple language is structured. Before this tutorial is over you will have made your first webpage and have learnt how easy it is to make your website, and probably surprised at how little it costs.
What do you need to get started and make a website?
Taking for granted you already have a PC and internet connection (how else would you be here!) To get started making a web site all you will need is a simple text editor or HTML editing software and a little time. It really is that simple!
Your HTML website can be designed, developed and tested on your PC at home and without the need of an internet connection until you are totally satisfied with the results. After which you can either upload it to a web server with your own domain name or a free web site hosting service.
Everything we will show you in the tutorial will be free, although we do not recommend in the long run to go with the free web services, but initially they can be good to test your site, before you want to make a financial commitment. Also some of the tasks can be made easier by buying and using small applications but also at this point in the tutorial all we want to do is help you understand the basics of HTML and whats under the hood of a website.
You can navigate through the tutorial with the links on the left or read each page and at the bottom find the "nest page" link to go to the next
Topics in this tutorial and there links
- HTML and its History
- Hyper Text Markup language explained
- The basic webmasters toolbox
- HTML , Tags, Elements and Attributes
- General HTML document Layout tags
- HTML Head tag and elements in Detail
- HTML Body tag and elements