Development
       
  How is a webpage created?  
  Describe the process of generating content in hypertext mark-up language (html) and create a simple webpage to be uploaded to a server.  
       
  Getting content on the Web
If you are already a skilled web developer, this lesson will seem elementary. However, chances are that you're a skilled content expert who is wondering how material actually gets from your computer to the Internet. Now's your chance to find out and to actually put a page on the Internet that can be accessed from anywhere in the world that has an Internet connection.

  
Creating a Webpage
 

Nowdays, most Internet content developers use a WYSIWIG software package to ease and speed the development process. Common packages include Macromedia Dreamweaver™ (used to develop this course) and Microsoft FrontPage™. For the purpose of this demonstration, you will use Notepad which is already installed on your computer, provided you are using a Windows-based machine.

Notepad is not a WYSIWIG tool or for that matter, even an html development tool. Nevertheless, it can be used to manually write html code and, if saved as a .htm file, can be recognized by a web browser and viewed on the Internet.

  
Give it a try!
  

To see the html code that creates this page, right click your mouse on a text portion and select View Source from the drop-down menu. Upon doing so, Notepad will open and display the code. This procedure is shown in the following animation:

  
   
  Click here to view the assignment for this lesson. The procedures within this assignment are technical and could prove complicated if you are new to Web development. It is recommended that you print the procedures given in the assignment prior to beginning.

  
Next lesson
   In the next lesson, you will discover why professionally designed webpages look the way they do. Font, color, and graphic use will be highlighted.