HOW TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL WEB SITE Rel. 1.1

LESSON 02 - Chapter b

by Carlo Scodanibbio

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1 - chapter c
1 - chapter d
1 - chapter e
1 - chapter f
1 - chapter g
1 - chapter h
1 - chapter i
1 - chapter j
1 - chapter k
2 - chapter a
2 - chapter b
2 - chapter c
2 - chapter d
2 - chapter e
2 - chapter f
2 - chapter g
2 - chapter h
3 - chapter a
3 - chapter b
3 - chapter c
3 - chapter d
3 - chapter e
3 - chapter f
3 - chapter g
3 - chapter h
4 - chapter a
4 - chapter b
4 - chapter c
4 - chapter d
4 - chapter e
4 - chapter f
4 - chapter g
4 - chapter h
4 - chapter i
4 - chapter j
4 - chapter k
5 - chapter a
5 - chapter b
5 - chapter c
5 - chapter d
5 - chapter e
5 - chapter f
5 - chapter g
6 - chapter a

In order to progress with this Lesson and the following ones you should "toggle" between:

the Browser window that is displaying the Lesson
the Notepad window to introduce changes to your HTML textual Code
and the other Browser window to display the changes you introduce to your testpage.html

If you know how to do it you may carry on with this Lesson.
Alternatively, please study a quick tutorial on toggling between windows and managing windows (Enclosure 05).

Now you can carry on playing with your testpage.html HTML Code in Notepad, introducing changes within the BODY Tags.
Save your work frequently - in fact you must save your HTML textual Code every time you make a change if you want to see the corresponding effects - and toggle between Notepad and the Browser window displaying testpage to see immediately your progresses and to correct errors.
When you go to the Browser's window to see the effects of your work, do not forget to "refresh" (Explorer) or "reload" (Netscape) your Browser.

The Refresh and Reload buttons look, respectively, like this:

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You may also refresh or reload a Browser window by simply pressing the F5 key in your keyboard.
Sometimes this is not sufficient to refresh your Browser: the "stronger" way is to press F5 while you keep the shift key depressed.

Refreshing or Reloading will cause your Browser to re-read the testpage.html document completely, including new changes just made.

The "Refreshing action" is very often used when browsing the Net to re-load again a Page that does not seem to download fast enough, or that gets "stuck" while being downloaded, etc.
This normally happens when there is a poor (or "hiccup") Internet connection.

On with the course.
So, for instance, go to your Notepad window, and add some text in the Body of your Page:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My experimental Web Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>This is my first Web Page !!! Huh, I am so proud of it !!!</BODY>
</HTML>

See the changes now. Activate the testpage Browser window and hit refresh. This is what you will obtain as a result:

All clear ? So practice a bit, by introducing more text within the <BODY> tags, and see the effects at every change you make.

shut-down this HTML story !

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