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Let us start with a basic HTML notepad layout, then we start to fill in the places. First, though, make a directory called anything you like. This directory is where all the files used on you page will be stored. Then, open notepad, then you put all the tags in it as you see below, then "save as" index.txt. This now, will be where you work your page from. Then you "save as" index.html where you will view the page from. The index page is usually the first page viewed by your visitors. There are basic tags you need to start with and go from there. Below is the basic layout. Notice, that all the tags used have opening <> and closing </> tags, please be sure you use them both, or your page will not work. Think of this as having to use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and a punctuation at the end of a sentence, you must have both.
<HTML>This tag starts your tags.
<HEAD>This tag is always before the title.
<TITLE>This is the title of your page.
</TITLE>
</HEAD>This tag goes just below your title.
<BODY>All the contents that will be seen by viewers will be put after this tag.
</BODY>These next two tags, end your document.
</HTML>

Now, let's try something. Open notepad, then put in all of the tags as you see above (just the tags, not the explanation). Then, after the <BODY> tag, but before the </BODY> tag, put in something such as "hello", "save as" index.txt then "save as" index.html. Open your browser, go to File at the top left side, down to Open, then Browse, find the directory you are storing your web page files in, then find index.html, and open it. You will see what you have made, come to the screen. Fun huh?

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