In the previous lesson I talked about 5 different ways to build a website.
Today I’m going to be covering one of those methods in more depth. More specifically, I’m going to show you how to build a website from scratch using HTML without any special tools…
(Watch this video…)
Main points:
< >I recommend Notepad++:
NOTE: Regarding my instructions in the video… In order to change the file extension from .txt to .html you must have your file extensions visible.
For Windows XP go to:
Tools >> Folder Options >> Click the “View” tab >> Make sure there is NO checkmark by “Hide extensions for known file types”
For Windows Vista:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
http://www.w3schools.com (My favorite… Great resource for CSS and PHP too)
also http://htmldog.com
Action step:
1) Create a web page using HTML.
The next step will be to upload your new page to the web, and I’ll be covering that in the next lesson.
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below 🙂
Have a great day!
Thanks Eric! I have watched every one of your videos since you started this. Your information is priceless!
I have been clicking ahead… you know lesson28 in the URL and i went to lesson 29 and got a 404 error.
eric buddy….
I cant be the only one that cant see the video.
Please help !
there is no error message at all the video just goes blank.. dosnt seem to load “erics tips ” in red ..nothing just blank.
Hello Eric, todays lesson is the best, the absolute best, I have looked for something like this a very long time, thank you so much.
I tried Notepad++ it did not work well for me when i tried but i will try again.
Learning html is so much fun. There are so many tutorials available and I agree since w3c is the consortium that makes the internet possible its a great place to learn, http://www.w3cschool.com. hope that comes up and you can all fine it easily.
Happy Holidays all, and lets all enjoy our journey learning the internet, thank you so much for being a big part of my learning Eric.
oh yeah PS 😉 next time you do something so monumental for us please give us a link in the written part
May be off the beaten path or you may address it in the future but what about privacy and disclaimers and such for your website. I am new to this and have come upon AutoWebLaw and a Legal Protection product called
IPPP (Intellectual Property Protection Plan).Do you or anyone one have any experience with it or is something like this necessary.
Thanks Mark
Hey,
I’m using a MacBook with Windows Vista and Parallels installed.
Basicly all the things being done in this lesson as far as creating an html doc. in Notepad and viewing it on my web brouser is done differently and I’m having a hell of time tring to figure it all out. I can’t right click (MacBook) for starters and everything looks different so I’m never sure if I’m in the right place. Help! anyone.
Eric,
still I am looking for your answer.
For affiliate sites: wordpress or xsitepro or both.
thanks.
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This great and wonderful.Thanks alot Mr Eric.It is easy to understand
Thanks i now have everything working.
Another free text editor that I have used is EditPad Lite.
You can edit multiple documents at a time. Use a hotkey to display the current document in your default Browser.
Give it a try.
John Wilson
Hi Eric I had a problem with this video. It played for a while and then quit as you were doing the paragraph page. Could someone please look into this for me. I hope to watch the video all the way through.
Thanks Sandy
Great lesson on HTML…you made what I thought would be an extremely complex subject, and put it simple terms that anyone could understand. That I got it in fifteen minutes is amazing!
Congratulations on the ‘new babe’ too. Susan
Hi Eric, Thanks again for the great lesson on HTML. I created a document but I don’t have MS word. Could that be the reason my document is still in the creation format. My word program says it can’t save in HTML format. When you have time. Susan
Eric,
I got my page up ok but the whole thing was in one column 1 inch wide from top to bottom of page.
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Hi,Eric…
Do I need a domain…may I know which hosting service that you use?
Yes and yes.
Domain registration: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson23/
Hosting service:
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I have read a lot about web building but I have not heard any body explaining about the
Title + three lines description + domain name,
that appears in the web browser.
Where this come from?
Thanks.
It sounds like you are talking about search engine results? It often comes from the meta-tag information contained within the header of a web page.
I think this site is a better example of what can be done with HTML and XSite pro. Especially for small business. Includes 3 videos as well!
http://www.sail-oceanside.com
Thanks Eric for the continuous information and input.
Hi Eric…
I’ve really appreciated your lessons and have been able to keep up until now. I am on lesson 28 and I have 3 problems:
1)When I click on tools, I do not have a folder option. I have Windows XP Professional so I don’t understand why that option isn’t there. What should I do?
2) When I connect to Windows Explorer to display what the web page I’ve created, it shows all the HTML text. It doesn’t display it as it would be seen by someone else.
3) When I tried to download NotePad++ on my computer, I didn’t know how to choose the correct architecture or operating system from the list they have displayed. I don’t recognize any of the terminology for my Windows XP operating system. (Can you tell I’m computer illiterate?)
Please help….Jeanette Still
Either, or both! I’ll be talking more about Xsite, and I’ll be covering WordPress in detail.
1) I think maybe you are clicking on Tools in the wrong place. If you still cannot see your file extensions, you may be able to get some free help in this forum: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/forums.html
2) Either your computer is opening it with something OTHER than Internet Explorer, or the HTML is malformed. My guess is that since you cannot see the extensions, it is actually a TEXT file and not an HTML file. You need to change the entension to .html
3) download the most recent binary EXE file
Hi Eric, you are the greatest teacher. I love all your lessons. Keep it up.
Lekan.
Eric, I’m still working on the Lesson 28 problems. I tried the geekstogo forum but did not find a place to enter a specific question and did not find anything about my issue. I feel this has got to be some little thing I am missing…
You said I may be clicking on Tools in the wrong place. I tried Tools in the Index HTML Notepad. (There was no Tools option there.) Then I tried Tools in the Internet Explorer place and that is where there was no folder option under Tools. What am I missing?
I am determined to figure this out, but am not savy enough to do it on my own. Help!!!
Jeanette
Those are not the right places. You should simply be in a folder (Windows Explorer). You can do that by double clicking My Computer, and a folder will open. Here is a tutorial I found:
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Hidden-File-Extensions-in-Windows-XP
BTW at the geekstogo forum if you still needed help you would submit your question in the Windows XP forum:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Windows-XP-2000-2003-NT-f5.html
Eric, I’m back again…I am going thru Lesson #28 for the 3rd or 4th time to see what I missed. I realize that I did not do what you did at the beginning when you opened the Index.HTML Notepad document in Internet Explorer. You did some fast clicking and it went there. But I had to go back to the desktop and right click on the closed Index.HTML to get it to go the Internet Explorer. So there’s something very basic I’m missing at the beginning. How did you get the web page to open in Internet Explorer?
Jeanette
Ok…I figured some of this out. Thanks for the help! I was able to disable the hidden file extensions so now what I type in notepad shows up on the web page without the HTML markings.
But I have a new problem…Only half my text showed up on Internet Explorer. My title is not included. I’m going to try to paste my notepad & web page here so you can see what I mean…
BEYOND GLOOM: Poetry On Depression & Spiritual Growth
Express Yourself and Heal.
I have dealt with depression for most of my 51 years. I started writing poetry at age 4. I am going to share poetry written after I graduated from college and thereafter.
Writing my feelings in poetry has brought me comfort over the years. I hope you find them helpful and inspiring. I hope you too find an outlet for your feelings.
COMING SOON…By June 1st.
Here is what is on Internet Explorer…
Express Yourself and Heal.
I have dealt with depression for most of my 51 years. I started writing poetry at age 4. I am going to share poetry written after I graduated from college and thereafter.
Writing my feelings in poetry has brought me comfort over the years. I hope you find them helpful and inspiring. I hope you too find an outlet for your feelings.
COMING SOON…By June 1st.
The title (within the HTML title tags) does not show up on the page itself when you view it in a browser. It shows up at the very top of the browser, above the toolbar, in what’s called the title bar.
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I still can’t get this video to play the video part. I get the audio. I have the latest version of Adobe Flash and I am using Firefox.
Help, please
Thanks
Brianna
Still can’t get the video to work. When I looked Adobe Flash 10 was in my programs in control panel – but was eliminated from my start panel. So I uninstalled it9with adobe uninstaller) and re-installed about 10 times – but can’t get it to install. I’ve used reg cure to check registry. I have the latest version of firefox and adobe flash. I have searced the web and tried all the troubleshoot tips – No avail. What can I do
Thanks
Brianna
are you only having the problem with this video, or with all of them?
This one and the others 29 ++. But I finally got it to work. I uninstalled again and re-installed and it finally worked.
Thanks for your quick reply and all your hard work on these videos.
Brianna
Hi Eric,
I have been working on building my website, and I am at the point, where I need to know the best way of generating traffic. Like most everyone else, I have bought all of the Guru Crap, that is either too confusing, or just plain bogus. They know who they are, and normal honest people like me, just need a little help. I do not have the money to pay some blow hard for a windy disertation that means, He does not know.
Can you address this question for those of us who are retired, and need to make a little money?
Thank you,
Tom
USMC Retired
I’ll be covering traffic generation extensively in my lessons.
Generally speaking, you can either buy it or work for it.
My favorite paid traffic is PPC and affiliate traffic (you pay commission to your affiliates). My favorite “work for it” traffic is list building because you only have to work for it once, and then you can keep those visitors coming back. Methods of traffic that take more work, and thus are good candidates for outsourcing, are SEO and Web 2.0/social networking.
Your all I need to get by!
Hi Eric,
Great Lesson!! However, I paid for a ready-made website for affiliates. My question is can I use the domain name I purchased for that site to create my own site or do I need to cancel the other site before doing so? It is currently hoste but not generating any traffic. I can’t wait for next lesson. Thanks again:-)
You can use the same domain. You can sign up for hosting in lesson #24: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson24/
And when you sign up it will give you the option to use an existing domain. Then you will simply need to go into your domain registration account, and point the DNS to your new hosting account (see lesson #25).
Hey, Can you send me what you wrote in the video?
My computer is not letting me see the whole video.
Thanks
The main points are already written here… are you getting an error on the video?
Thank You Eric
Hop we can use some of this to create a better site for our visitors
Well Eric,
I must be the dumbest f&*$ on the planet because I tried doing a web page a dozen times as outlined in your lesson 28, and all I get is the code lines when I open it in FireFox. I ran it through Validator.w3.org and the gibberish it came out with is Martian to me. I think I’ll have a programmer do my web page.Thanks anyway.
Hmm… sounds like maybe it didn’t get saved as an HTML file. Don’t fear, there are easier options ahead in the lessons!
Eric, I’m heartbroken, for the past 5 lessons now I’ve been unable to access your videos but I keep saving them hoping against hope that some how I’ll manage to get into them. Did you change the way you do them, cause I started with lesson 1 with no trouble and now I just can’t get in