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web browser. To do so, you will first need to save your text document as a file that your browser can open. When you are saving your file, make sure to save it with the ".html" extension on the end, otherwise it will not display properly in the browser.

ex: tutorial.html

After you have saved your file, go to your browser and click,

"File" then, "Open File" and search for your HTML document.

Once you have found you newly created HTML file, click open and you should see how your HTML looks inside the browser. If you made your HTML code correctly, it will look similar to the tutorial/lesson. If you made your HTML incorrectly it won't display right.

To fix it, you will need to change code in your text editor and save the file again.

TIP! You don't have to reopen your html document in the web browser each time you save your HTML file! After you open your HTML file in the browser, don't close it! To see your new changes take effect, all you need to do is click the "refresh" button on your browser menu. This will reload the page and display the current version. This will save you tons of time testing!

4. Find & Copy other HTML Code you like

After you've tried a few tutorials and are beginning to get the hang of how HTML works, I recommend that you find some web sites you like, and try to emulate their HTML code. This is a great way to help you figure out how other web sites/HTML works.

TIP! You can view the HTML code of ANY web site/page! Cool huh? In order to do this, right click over the web page and go to "view source" or "view source code". This will display the HTML of the web site, and you can see how the page works. Take bits of the code you like and use it to help test your own HTML coding.

5. Create a web site!

The best way to make sure you have learned and understood the HTML tutorials you've been reading, is to create your own web site! You can create an entire web site on your computer. You don't need to put it online for it to work!

TIP! Try to include what you learned from each tutorial into the web site you create. This will help you learn how to integrate the separate tutorials/lessons and understand how they work together to create a web site.

After reading this, you should be well on your way to creating your own web pages and web sites. I recommend that each and every person have their own web site, so get out there and show the world what you've got and above all else, have fun!

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