Building a simple web page is not as simple as it seems, but it is not too difficult; it only takes patience and determination and knowledge which can be readily learned. Whichever method you use -software or html from scratch - you should learn the basics of html (hypertext markup language.). With this basic knowledge of how a web page is constructed you will not be at a complete loss when later you have problems with your software.

Get the hard part out of the way first and that is learning the few basics every beginner needs to know. The following is a simple page construction. Building a web page is like building a house; first you lay the foundation. That out the way keep adding the other parts as your overall plan calls for.(Since the greater-than and the lesser-than symbols won't show on Helium, I am using parenthesis for the enclosures.

(html)This is the beginning of every web page. These word symbols are called elements and tags. Get acquainted with them. As a web page developer you will be using them every day. Even now, without even knowing you are doing so, you use them every time you are on the interent.

(head)Every web page has a head. It is where all the directions and instructions for the page is kept.
(title)Every web page has a title. Exactly what is it you are going to say on your web page? Once you have your title you need to close that tag. You do that by adding a forward slash before the word title. See below. Lets name our page, My First Web Page. It will look like this:
(title)My First Web Page(/title)

(body)Next you need the body. This is where your document will go. Your documents consists of paragraphs. You will need to tell the web browser where the paragraph begins and where it ends. It is not absolutely necessary to close the paragraph tag but it is recommended by the later versions of html. I like to use closures. See how I have constructed my body tags below.

(p)The first paragraph goes here (p) I like having my articles easy to read and the online style is to add an extra line. It is constructed with the tag. It needs no closure.

(br)Essentially what we are doing here is the same as when we press the enter button. It forces a break. This is called the forced break tag.

(p)This is the second paragraph.(/p)

(p)This is the third and the last paragraph(/)p
(/body)This closes the body of the document.
(/head) This closes the head
(/html)This closes the document.

This is the absolute basics of the essentials of a web page. Once you learn these you are on your way. You will learn how to make the page any color you want it, how to sing your name, how to underline, how to make your headings larger, how to put images; well if you are really interested you can make your pages whatever you want to make them. The task will be made easier by software. Yet, in order to fully understand the workings of the software, you really should learn the basics.

A basic template:
(html)
(head)
(title)(/title)
(body)
(p)(/p)
(br)
(/body)
(/head)
(/html)

With help in learning the basic go online and search out html + basics. You will be inundated with all kinds of advice; or simpler than that read what Helium has to say about how to construct web pages. I glimpsed at a few of the pages and there's plenty of information. Other than that, ask for help on the Computer/internet forums.

With help in learning the basic go online and search out html + basics. You will be inundated with all kinds of advice; or simpler than that read what Helium has to say about how to construct web pages. I glimpsed at a few of the pages and there's plenty of information. Other than that, ask for help on the Computer/internet forums.

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