What You Need...
To begin using HTML, you will need to have a few things. Here is the big list of items you need to have to get started:
You will need a text editor of your choice. If you have windows, Notepad will do the trick. If you have a Mac, you can use BBEdit.
In Windows find the program group named "Accessories" and double click the notepad icon to open it. On a Mac, you should be able to find BBEdit under the Apple menu, or it can be downloaded here.
You will need a web browser of your choice. If you possibly can, use Firefox, or the latest version of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer .
You will need a place to save your work. You can use your hard drive, a floppy disk, or your web server. You don't have to work online, you can write the html and use your web browser offline on your own computer.
Were going to design or mark up our page by inserting a series of tags (you read the section on HTML, right?) to layout the page. There are dozens of HTML tags but only a few get used regularly. The first and most important thing you need to learn is to type carefully. Most mistakes come from simple typing errors. In the following lessons we're going to be writing markup and content. Ypu can replace the sample content with your own, but you must write the tags (markup) exactly as you see it on the screen.
Click on 'Your First Page' when you're ready to start.