This is the most simple website (well, page) that I have ever built. Not only is the wording simple but the HTML is about as basic as you can get. There are no Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) at all, so it won't be pretty, but it is functional. It displays nicely on the browser of your choice but it does float everything to the left.
I have no control over the H1 or body text sizes, you get what you get. Of course I could style those in HTML but that really defeat the idea of the exercise. I've decided to use paragraphs but could get away with a line break <br>, much like a carriage return on a typewriter. Ding.
The template is:
<!DOCTYPE html>If you've never created a web page before, you can use the template to make one. Go to the Notepad++ website and download a free copy of their source code editor. It's also a really good alternative to MS Notepad.
Open Notepad++ and open a new page. Copy the all 11 lines of the template directly from this page, not the source code, and paste it in to Notepad++. Click on File and then Save As. Under 'File name' type Index. Under 'Save as type' select Hyper Text Markup Language. Locate the file in your computer and click on it. Your default browser should open the file and display it as a web page.
Congratulations, you have created your first simple web page. Your next task is to create a menu, if you're going to use more that one page.
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