Building a Web Site - Creating a folder and the first page

Create the Folder

After you have planned the web site ( you did plan the web site didn't you?), you should create a folder to hold all the web pages and the pictures that will be on the web site. All the pictures should be in the same folder as the web pages.

Start up My Computer. Go to My Documents (or whereever you want) and create a new folder (File Menu --> New --> Folder). Give it a name that reminds you what is in the folder. That's it! Now you're ready to create the pages.

Create the Generic Page

First, create a generic page. It is good practice to use the same basic layout for all the pages in your web site. So, spend a little time creating a table structure that you like. (See the Week 4 tutorial on tables if you forget how). Add in some color to the table, if you like. Save the page with the name index.htm. This will be your main starting page. Last, if you want a small graphic to be on each page add it in now and save the page again.

Example of a generic page layout:

The steps:

• plan the web site
• create a folder to hold the web site and all its graphics
• create a generic page
• save the generic page as each page you plan on creating
• add content to the pages
• add links between the pages