First you can play with HTML without buying anything. You can put text
edit in "plain text" mode and start writing your first html file. Then
load that in Safari to check your work. You'll just flip back and forth
adding stuff and reviewing. Once you've got the hang of HTML then I'd
start thinking about hosting and setting up a domain name. So in text
edit, before you create a new file go to preferences and set the format
radio button to Plain text. Name your file something ending in either
.htm or .html such as MyFirstWebPage.html and then you can start putting
html in there. Once you have saved that file somewhere you can open
MyFirstWebPage.html in Safari to review the results.
There are piles of free tutorials out there so just google around. Web
pages are generally three general buckets. HTML is the content with
markup sprinkled around to tell what the content is such as a paragraph,
list or table. CSS is Cascading Style Sheets where you can make, for
example, all the headings a certain font or add margin to paragraphs.
The last most complex bit is javascript which is code that can
manipulate the content or the styles, usually in reaction to user events
such as mouse clicks or keystrokes.
CB
On 6/22/15 6:29 PM, Nancy Badger wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking of building a very simple website. I have never done this before.
I have no idea how or where to start. I know I need to get a domain name. How
do I do this? Is there an accessible program to use one building a website are
there tutorials? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Nancy
Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
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