| The purpose of these lessons are to serve as a guide while learning HTML
and to help you create documents for the World Wide Web. They are adapted from the
original Iowa State University html
lesson guide that is used for an ISU Extension HTML class. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
COMPLETE THESE LESSONS... DON'T GIVE UP! Keep exploring, it takes time. You'll get there.
To complete these exercises you will need:
- Text Editor ("TeachText" for a Mac, "Notepad" for Windows)
- DO NOT use Microsoft Word, other word processor, or HTML-editor program.
- If you are using Windows 95, you will need to set up an .html filetype.
"Netscape" (version 1.0N or later)
- 3.5" formatted floppy disk
We recommend TeachText/Notepad and not Microsoft
Word, because Word is a "word-processor." It includes information to describe
fonts, styles, etc., which Netscape and other browsers do not understand. We could save it
as text, but that can be troublesome. We do not use an HTML-editor (i.e. Hotdog or
HTMLEdit). They are useful once you understand the codes, but learn with the text editor
first.
One would like to be able to have BOTH a text editor and a browser (Netscape) running
at the same time. This way you can make small changes and see the effects. When you are
working on the lessons and wish to see your results in Netscape, follow these steps:
- Save the change in the text editor
- Switch to Netscape
- Click on [Reload] to see the change (after you've loaded the page once already).
- Switch back to the editor, make more changes, and repeat this process.
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