Web page construction

So what exactly is a Web page? It's an HTML document, with the extension .htm on Windows computers (.html everywhere else). But what's an HTML document? It's really just a plain text document with special "tags," each of which starts and ends with angle brackets. Look at an HTML file and you'll be <I>surprised</I> at how easy it is to read.

A Little HTML Never Hurt Anyone

In most browsers, it's very easy to take a look at the underlying HTML document that's the source for the displayed Web page. In Netscape, and most Web browsers, the command is View|Source or Page Source. The HTML source will appear in a new window. The fastest way to learn about HTML is to look at source files for interesting pages. [Top]

HTML Creation

There are more and more tools being developed that enable users to create Web documents without having to know much about the underlying HTML tags. Generally, they let you create and format a document normally, and then perform a conversion for you. At the very least, they can automate the insertion of tags and hypertext links. Some of the options available include: [Top]

• Text editors.
  • New versions of word processors.
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Corel WordPerfect 2000
• WWW Browsers with built in editors.
  • Page Composer in Netscape Communicator 4.7
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
• Graphical HTML editors.
• FrontPage 2000 by Microsoft
• PageMill 3.0 by Adobe
• Dreamweaver 3 by Macromedia