First HTML web page

Now it is time to type and run your first web page. Follow the steps below:

Typing your first web page in a editor

program in notepad

If you have chosen a text editor to enter the following code as it is.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My first web page</title>
</head>

<body>

Hello World!

</body>

</html>

Saving as an HTML document

saving HTML file

Save as an .html or .htm file.
If you are using notepad change Encoding to UTF-8 and Save as type as All Files. This makes sure that the file is saved as example.html, not example.html.txt.

Opening the web page in a browser

Open the HTML file in your browser by dragging the file in the file explorer and dropping it in the browser window.

windows explorer

dropping the file in browser

output in chrome