LESSON #28: Building a Website With HTML
In the previous lesson I talked about 5 different ways to build a website.
Today I’m going to be covering one of those methods in more depth. More specifically, I’m going to show you how to build a website from scratch using HTML without any special tools…
(Watch this video…)
Main points:
< >I recommend Notepad++:
NOTE: Regarding my instructions in the video… In order to change the file extension from .txt to .html you must have your file extensions visible.
For Windows XP go to:
Tools >> Folder Options >> Click the “View” tab >> Make sure there is NO checkmark by “Hide extensions for known file types”
For Windows Vista:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
http://www.w3schools.com (My favorite… Great resource for CSS and PHP too)
also http://htmldog.com
Action step:
1) Create a web page using HTML.
The next step will be to upload your new page to the web, and I’ll be covering that in the next lesson.
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below 
Have a great day!
Many many thanks, I regularly read your massage, you are my very much interesting, but my request to you that you teach all your readers one very good web designer, actually it is main condition for becoming one good net guru, if there is any worng pl excuse me
Sujit
i am a designer auto cad master from wazirabad pk
Eric, this has been so cool! I could already read a bit of it but for someone who can’t spell HTML, this was an eyeopener! Especially want to thank you for the resources for checking the code in different browsers–nifty….
Jay
http://www.How2BooksandVideos.com
Thanks Eric!
I did not know about the tutorial site.
I myself just put up my own site in HTML
Check us out http://www.mitchellmarketinginc.com
April Mitchell
I really like the look of your site, very cool!
I think this site is a better example of what can be done with HTML and XSite pro. Especially for small business. Includes 3 videos as well!
http://www.sail-oceanside.com
Hi Eric,
I have watched every single of your videos and I am a huge fan. I’ve recommended your videos to many of my friends.
I started watching and doing the actions to video #28 and I’m stuck on the very first action - renaming of the notepad page from a .txt to a .html.
My note pad doesn’t come up with a name that has the “.txt” after the name, so when I renamed the file ‘index.html’it’s not saved as an html page.
Does this make sense? What am I doing wrong?
Sharon
That was my fault for not mentioning this in the video, because many people’s Windows settings by default do not show the file extension.
You must have your file extensions visible.
For Windows XP go to:
Tools >> Folder Options
Click the “View” tab
Make sure there is NO checkmark by “Hide extensions for known file types”
For Windows Vista:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
Thanks Eric!
I have a problem. When you opened the text document and renaming it as index.html, it asked you a question and from there it converted into your personal site. On my computer, when i change the name to index.html, it does not ask me a thing and simply stays as a text and does not convert to a site like on your video. how do i fix this please?
Sorry about that
See my reply I just posted above…
Hello Eric, seems to be a problem with getting today’s lesson, please advise. I think http://www.about.com has a great tutorial for html they will also give you a certificate if you complete the course, which is free.
thanks Liz
the lesson has started for me thanks
Help!
The video wont play for me!
I just started using the new version of Camtasia… I think it uses the latest version of Flash.
Are you getting an error message?
Try going here and upgrade your flash and let me know…
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
Thanks for the advice eric
I tried that but still no joy.
Thanks Eric,
Learning HTML at least the basics is indeed a good idea. You make it look very easy and I particularly like the step by step instructions. It’s also very helpfull to see the video. I’ve done my homework and actually created a web site - check it out
http://www.reachsuccessonline.com/Eric/eric.html I could not create a link for the web address though.
It only tool 30 minutes, I guess I’ll get better with practice
Awesome
Hehe that’s because I didn’t show you how to make a link. If you want to try it, here’s the code for your link:
Hey Eric,
Your right on the money Eric when you say, you need to know basic html, sorry folks but this a must.
I used MSfront page for years and spent 1000,s of hours during the years, designing affiliate sites for myself.
But now I outsource all of the building to freelancers, who do a much better job then me.
When I give them specific, detailed,
instructions to build the site, I always, always have to make changes.
They do a great job if you find a good freelancer, which is mostly trial and error, and lets not forget that you have to add your own content, articles links etc.
When I moved out of my comfort zone and started to outsource this changed everything, MSfornt page was getting out of control so I moved Over to wordpress and now Joomla which are content management systems (CMS) used to create, edit, manage, and publish content.
All from your browser window, if I were just starting out in IM, I would use xsitepro.com Or nvu, these application will get you there.
Just take the time to learn the basics folks, marketing on the net can, and will change you life.
If you don’t quit, just think ahead a little and go for the long haul. You can still do the other stuff, PPC, clickbank etc…
But when you start using these application it becomes much easier managing all of this content.
If your building a large site, then I feel this the way to go. There is a learning curve, but it’s well worth the effort.
I know how hard it is struggle, but just keep going. And my biggest tip would be to focus, focus and stay focused.
Acquire some of the knowledge you receive from all of those ebooks you have gathering dust on your disk drive and start doing and keep doing.
To your success,
I wish the best to everyone here,
Don’t quit and keep going
Cheers,
Jim Novak
Thanks for the input Jim, well said!
Eric
This was an absolutely fantastic lesson. Expertly presented with lots of great links to resources.
Duncan
Hi Eric,
Thanks for making things so much simpler than others do. You definitely have a gift for teaching.
I am running Windows XP on my computer and I don’t know if it is because I am running Firefox or what but I could not make my file extensions visible as per your directions above. I actually had to do it almost the way you explained for Vista.
1.Go to Start, click on Control Panel, then click Folder Options.
2.Follow the directions you wrote above.
It was just different enough it had me doubting my sanity for a while there. I was really hoping I would not have to load Windows Explorer onto my computer again.
I hope that will help others who might also be stuck at the same place I was.
Thanks Eric,
Pete Bass
You are right Pete. It doesn’t have anything to do with Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, but I wasn’t clear enough about WHERE to click on Folder Options. The control panel is where to go to affect the settings for all folders on your computer. Good call
This lesson inspired me! I wasn’t going to bother with HTML but…my mind was changed. I taught myself HTML once (yes, many years ago I created a web “page” on geocities) but I can’t remember a jot. It is the intellectual challenge if nothing else!
Thanx Eric, I’ve been wanting to learn that for so long! U rock! Greetings to your lovely family too *
Vesna from Slovenia: look it up
Don’t get stuck in learning all the html stuff.
There are only about a dozen that make up the most used html elements (tags?) that are found in webpages.
Get a reference of the most used ones and keep it handy.
Pick a wyswig editor and start writing webpages.
Nvu and Kompozer are free editors.
When you become a little more serious about it, try Microsoft,s replacement for their FrontPage which is Expression Web Version 2.
For Internet Marketers, look at XSitePro version 2.
Good Luck,
John
Hello!
I am using HTML for some years, and yes, it makes me life easier all the time when I want to do things a little different.
I am using xSitePro because has so much functionality embedded on it which save time for me, and if I want a fancy change, I click on source and work with HTML; it is useful especially when I want to add widgets, java scripts, modify the sidebars:
http://www.ebookscamp.com
http://www.mc-ebay-resources.com
You lesson was helpful for me, I discover from where I can learn PHP, I am full around with my WordPress blog on my domain, just to learn to work with WordPress:
http://michaelacernescu.com
HTML helps a lot but I really need to learn PHP now, http://www.w3schools.com is excellent to learn from. Thanks Eric.
Also, thank you for Traffic Geyser review, that one is awesome!
Eric, always I have something to learn from your lessons.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Michaela
Thanks Eric, I have been wanting to learn HTML. How do I get rid of a little thing in the center that says add to cart? I guess I would look for asign=center then delete. I haven’t found this in the document. I intend to be a webmaster but it wil take time. God bless you.
Mary
Hi Eric,
As we say, not everyone is going to do has whats you have done. We don’t like comparisons on others, we knew someone willingly to show us the ways & your lessons is always great.
We will do it & like to see more on this lessons a you are covering deeper on building of the WEBSITE.
Ths, regards
Mohd
Hi Eric,
I really thank you for showing step by step method on how to create HTML webpages in a very lucid style.It is very useful for people new to computer primary code language.
You are doing a great job! for people like me. Keep it up!
Can you please show how to create banners using HTML code?
I hope you read my comments and you may heed what I ask you.
Thank you once again,
N.Vaidyanathan
11-16-08
Eric,
I have Windows XP, but when I click on Tools, I don’t get “Folder Options.” The only “Options” link I have is “Internet Options.” Any suggestions?? The tutorial is great, but so far (maybe because of the options thing) I can’t get a page to open like yours. Mine opens with all the HTML just like it appears on Notepad, and the URL ends with .txt. Thanks for your help.
You need to be within a folder in Windows, not in Internet Explorer. If you want to apply it to ALL folders, you need to be in the control panel >> Folder Options
11-26-08
Eric,
I finally found a way to access the Folder Options and unchecked the “Hide extensions . . .” box, but so far that hasn’t made any difference. Do I need to re-do the whole page?
Perhaps you only applied the setting to one folder. Try the Folder Options in your control panel…
11-29-08
Eric,
I did what you suggested: went to the control panel, unchecked the “Hide extensions. . .” box, clicked on “Apply to All Folders.” Still no luck! Any other suggestions??
Thanks.
Henry
Hi Eric
You showed me just what I needed to know: websites made easy.
Thanks a million!!!
Shirley
Hi Eric
I use VRE templates that I bought from Joel Comm
a few years back and I only recently noticed that in Firefox they align left not central as in IE7
I have tried to fix this using the html center tag but to no avail,the support desk could not help when asked,so as you narrated the VRE videos, I wondered if you could help with this problem, I just watched the cool html lesson and this prompted me to ask
I hope this is not asking too much
Thanks
Use a <div align=”center”> tag in place of the <center> tag.
Thanks Eric
Worked perfectly after a couple of tries,
I realise now that I was editing the template instead of the stylesheet
Sanity resumed
Thanks again
Dear Eric,
Thank you for your valuable teaching,
With blessings,
Gabriel
Downside to learning HTML - its all in American english. I keep forgetting that I have to spell everything “wrong”
to get it to work!
Good evening Mr. Eric,
I have been following your each lesson by heart. First of all I am very very thankful for these tutorials. Really Eric, I have no words to just say thanks to you because whenever I see you lesson its ton of simple, no nonsense and comprehensive information to build my online business.
I think this is the most rememberable week of my online business as I have purchased my first domain and hosting it by HostGator. With your lessons I can easily visualize myself making thousands of dollars in Online Business.
I have also purchased you ebook on creation of my own Infoproduct. It’s fantastic!!!
This lesson was really mind blowing I’ll tell you why because all my life till date, I was thinking that to learn HTML you need have all those thick thick books. But yes you enlighten me in this area.
Just can’t wait for the upcoming exciting lessons.
Thanks again.
Sohan Negi
Hey Eric,
This is great, but do you have any solid suggestions for us avid Mac users - programs to use, etc?
Thanks brother, and Cheers.
Clint
Eric thanks for the advice but I tried downloading at the link ..
it still wont work …
I click on the video above and it disappears and
watch this video comes up ..
Then stalls.
O Man!
Great lesson Eric I just made my pre-launch page and will post it soon probably this weekend. The domain name I registered is effectiveprofitplr.com
I would appreciate feed back on my page after I put it up. I looks like yours from the lesson I need input on the content. Thanks again for wonderful lesson and solid information we can use.
Lesson 28 I have had problems with the video. At times I have no video and have audio. At other times I get a windows message box saying, a script in this movie is causing adobe flash player 10 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script.
I have never had this before.
I do have Adobe Flash Player 10.x it is up-to-date.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
Hi Eric,
I’ve viewed your video many times but I still
couldn’t get started with step 1 “How to create HTML box?”
I got Notepad++ downloaded and I also learned
some tips from W3school.com about HTML.
I only need more instructions of how to begin the “first step to create a web page”.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks and God Blessed,
Mike Wong
right click on your desk top and select “new text document” it will create an icon on your desktop. Right click on that and rename it “index.html”
Thank you David for showing me the way. I got it done!
Hi Eric I created my pre-launch page using basic html as you showed us and loaded it to my host gator account but to the wrong folder. I have never used an ftp program before and have filezilla the support technician at host gator correct it for me during online support chat. they are great thanks for recommending them. I entered the wrong url in my last comment it is http://www.effectiveplrprofit.com I would appreciate any feedback as this is the first time I have tried to do this myself.
Can anyone help me I cant get the video to work…
I have the latest updated version of adobe
Thanks guys.
Wow!
It was meant to just get our feet wet but we got knee-deep into it.
Great lesson. I suggest your make one advanced
later, just one if it’s not asking too much .
What i appreciated more is the way you made it
easy, a real demystification.
And you are giving without bragging.
It’s empowering. Thanks once more
Bounama
http://www.todaymillions.com
Thanks Eric! I have watched every one of your videos since you started this. Your information is priceless!
I have been clicking ahead… you know lesson28 in the URL and i went to lesson 29 and got a 404 error.
eric buddy….
I cant be the only one that cant see the video.
Please help !
there is no error message at all the video just goes blank.. dosnt seem to load “erics tips ” in red ..nothing just blank.
Hello Eric, todays lesson is the best, the absolute best, I have looked for something like this a very long time, thank you so much.
I tried Notepad++ it did not work well for me when i tried but i will try again.
Learning html is so much fun. There are so many tutorials available and I agree since w3c is the consortium that makes the internet possible its a great place to learn, http://www.w3cschool.com. hope that comes up and you can all fine it easily.
Happy Holidays all, and lets all enjoy our journey learning the internet, thank you so much for being a big part of my learning Eric.
oh yeah PS
next time you do something so monumental for us please give us a link in the written part
May be off the beaten path or you may address it in the future but what about privacy and disclaimers and such for your website. I am new to this and have come upon AutoWebLaw and a Legal Protection product called
IPPP (Intellectual Property Protection Plan).Do you or anyone one have any experience with it or is something like this necessary.
Thanks Mark
Hey,
I’m using a MacBook with Windows Vista and Parallels installed.
Basicly all the things being done in this lesson as far as creating an html doc. in Notepad and viewing it on my web brouser is done differently and I’m having a hell of time tring to figure it all out. I can’t right click (MacBook) for starters and everything looks different so I’m never sure if I’m in the right place. Help! anyone.
Eric,
still I am looking for your answer.
For affiliate sites: wordpress or xsitepro or both.
thanks.
Either, or both! I’ll be talking more about Xsite, and I’ll be covering Wordpress in detail.
[…] the previous lesson, I showed you how to build a web page using HTML. But that page isn’t going to do you a whole lot of good if it’s not on the web, is […]
This great and wonderful.Thanks alot Mr Eric.It is easy to understand
Thanks i now have everything working.
Another free text editor that I have used is EditPad Lite.
You can edit multiple documents at a time. Use a hotkey to display the current document in your default Browser.
Give it a try.
John Wilson
Hi Eric I had a problem with this video. It played for a while and then quit as you were doing the paragraph page. Could someone please look into this for me. I hope to watch the video all the way through.
Thanks Sandy
Great lesson on HTML…you made what I thought would be an extremely complex subject, and put it simple terms that anyone could understand. That I got it in fifteen minutes is amazing!
Congratulations on the ‘new babe’ too. Susan
Hi Eric, Thanks again for the great lesson on HTML. I created a document but I don’t have MS word. Could that be the reason my document is still in the creation format. My word program says it can’t save in HTML format. When you have time. Susan
Eric,
I got my page up ok but the whole thing was in one column 1 inch wide from top to bottom of page.
[…] the past couple of lessons, I showed you how to build a basic website with HTML and upload it to the […]
Hi,Eric…
Do I need a domain…may I know which hosting service that you use?
Yes and yes.
Domain registration: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson23/
Hosting service:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson24/
[…] the past few lessons, I showed you how to build a basic website with HTML and how to use an HTML […]
I have read a lot about web building but I have not heard any body explaining about the
Title + three lines description + domain name,
that appears in the web browser.
Where this come from?
Thanks.
It sounds like you are talking about search engine results? It often comes from the meta-tag information contained within the header of a web page.
Thanks Eric for the continuous information and input.
Hi Eric…
I’ve really appreciated your lessons and have been able to keep up until now. I am on lesson 28 and I have 3 problems:
1)When I click on tools, I do not have a folder option. I have Windows XP Professional so I don’t understand why that option isn’t there. What should I do?
2) When I connect to Windows Explorer to display what the web page I’ve created, it shows all the HTML text. It doesn’t display it as it would be seen by someone else.
3) When I tried to download NotePad++ on my computer, I didn’t know how to choose the correct architecture or operating system from the list they have displayed. I don’t recognize any of the terminology for my Windows XP operating system. (Can you tell I’m computer illiterate?)
Please help….Jeanette Still
1) I think maybe you are clicking on Tools in the wrong place. If you still cannot see your file extensions, you may be able to get some free help in this forum: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/forums.html
2) Either your computer is opening it with something OTHER than Internet Explorer, or the HTML is malformed. My guess is that since you cannot see the extensions, it is actually a TEXT file and not an HTML file. You need to change the entension to .html
3) download the most recent binary EXE file
Eric, I’m still working on the Lesson 28 problems. I tried the geekstogo forum but did not find a place to enter a specific question and did not find anything about my issue. I feel this has got to be some little thing I am missing…
You said I may be clicking on Tools in the wrong place. I tried Tools in the Index HTML Notepad. (There was no Tools option there.) Then I tried Tools in the Internet Explorer place and that is where there was no folder option under Tools. What am I missing?
I am determined to figure this out, but am not savy enough to do it on my own. Help!!!
Jeanette
Those are not the right places. You should simply be in a folder (Windows Explorer). You can do that by double clicking My Computer, and a folder will open. Here is a tutorial I found:
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Hidden-File-Extensions-in-Windows-XP
BTW at the geekstogo forum if you still needed help you would submit your question in the Windows XP forum:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Windows-XP-2000-2003-NT-f5.html
Hi Eric, you are the greatest teacher. I love all your lessons. Keep it up.
Lekan.
Eric, I’m back again…I am going thru Lesson #28 for the 3rd or 4th time to see what I missed. I realize that I did not do what you did at the beginning when you opened the Index.HTML Notepad document in Internet Explorer. You did some fast clicking and it went there. But I had to go back to the desktop and right click on the closed Index.HTML to get it to go the Internet Explorer. So there’s something very basic I’m missing at the beginning. How did you get the web page to open in Internet Explorer?
Jeanette
Ok…I figured some of this out. Thanks for the help! I was able to disable the hidden file extensions so now what I type in notepad shows up on the web page without the HTML markings.
But I have a new problem…Only half my text showed up on Internet Explorer. My title is not included. I’m going to try to paste my notepad & web page here so you can see what I mean…
BEYOND GLOOM: Poetry On Depression & Spiritual Growth
Express Yourself and Heal.
I have dealt with depression for most of my 51 years. I started writing poetry at age 4. I am going to share poetry written after I graduated from college and thereafter.
Writing my feelings in poetry has brought me comfort over the years. I hope you find them helpful and inspiring. I hope you too find an outlet for your feelings.
COMING SOON…By June 1st.
Here is what is on Internet Explorer…
Express Yourself and Heal.
I have dealt with depression for most of my 51 years. I started writing poetry at age 4. I am going to share poetry written after I graduated from college and thereafter.
Writing my feelings in poetry has brought me comfort over the years. I hope you find them helpful and inspiring. I hope you too find an outlet for your feelings.
COMING SOON…By June 1st.
The title (within the HTML title tags) does not show up on the page itself when you view it in a browser. It shows up at the very top of the browser, above the toolbar, in what’s called the title bar.
[…] prefer to edit files offline using Notepad++ (see Lesson #28 for basic HTML editing skills) See video for examples […]
I still can’t get this video to play the video part. I get the audio. I have the latest version of Adobe Flash and I am using Firefox.
Help, please
Thanks
Brianna
Still can’t get the video to work. When I looked Adobe Flash 10 was in my programs in control panel - but was eliminated from my start panel. So I uninstalled it9with adobe uninstaller) and re-installed about 10 times - but can’t get it to install. I’ve used reg cure to check registry. I have the latest version of firefox and adobe flash. I have searced the web and tried all the troubleshoot tips - No avail. What can I do
Thanks
Brianna
are you only having the problem with this video, or with all of them?
This one and the others 29 ++. But I finally got it to work. I uninstalled again and re-installed and it finally worked.
Thanks for your quick reply and all your hard work on these videos.
Brianna
Hi Eric,
I have been working on building my website, and I am at the point, where I need to know the best way of generating traffic. Like most everyone else, I have bought all of the Guru Crap, that is either too confusing, or just plain bogus. They know who they are, and normal honest people like me, just need a little help. I do not have the money to pay some blow hard for a windy disertation that means, He does not know.
Can you address this question for those of us who are retired, and need to make a little money?
Thank you,
Tom
USMC Retired
I’ll be covering traffic generation extensively in my lessons.
Generally speaking, you can either buy it or work for it.
My favorite paid traffic is PPC and affiliate traffic (you pay commission to your affiliates). My favorite “work for it” traffic is list building because you only have to work for it once, and then you can keep those visitors coming back. Methods of traffic that take more work, and thus are good candidates for outsourcing, are SEO and Web 2.0/social networking.
Your all I need to get by!
Hi Eric,
Great Lesson!! However, I paid for a ready-made website for affiliates. My question is can I use the domain name I purchased for that site to create my own site or do I need to cancel the other site before doing so? It is currently hoste but not generating any traffic. I can’t wait for next lesson. Thanks again:-)
You can use the same domain. You can sign up for hosting in lesson #24: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson24/
And when you sign up it will give you the option to use an existing domain. Then you will simply need to go into your domain registration account, and point the DNS to your new hosting account (see lesson #25).
Hey, Can you send me what you wrote in the video?
My computer is not letting me see the whole video.
Thanks
The main points are already written here… are you getting an error on the video?
Thank You Eric
Hop we can use some of this to create a better site for our visitors
Well Eric,
I must be the dumbest f&*$ on the planet because I tried doing a web page a dozen times as outlined in your lesson 28, and all I get is the code lines when I open it in FireFox. I ran it through Validator.w3.org and the gibberish it came out with is Martian to me. I think I’ll have a programmer do my web page.Thanks anyway.
Hmm… sounds like maybe it didn’t get saved as an HTML file. Don’t fear, there are easier options ahead in the lessons!
Eric, I’m heartbroken, for the past 5 lessons now I’ve been unable to access your videos but I keep saving them hoping against hope that some how I’ll manage to get into them. Did you change the way you do them, cause I started with lesson 1 with no trouble and now I just can’t get in
I may have changed the video settings, but you should definitely be able to access them. Are you getting an error?
Perhaps try a different browser, such as Firefox?
And make sure you have the latest Flash player installed…
thank you Eric.your teaching is very usefull to me.
Once again Eric a very good lesson. Great stuff for us nebies.
Hi Eric, I’ve understood everything up until now. And, I understand the HTML. Where you lost me was in bringing up NotePad on the desktop and renaming it. I don’t get the same drop down menu when I right click in the notepad screen. I’m going to continue with creating the document and see if it is read as a website page. Thanks,
Chris
Hi Eric, I got my html document written in NotePad, but could not figure out how to open it in Internet Explorer. I’m lost at this point. But, I will figure it out.
Thanks,
Chris
Chris,
Please refer to the section under the Main Points for this lesson. You have to go to the Control Panel where you find the folder options and clear the check mark for “Hide extensions for Known File types”. Otherwise, when you change the extension of the file you created with NotePad it will be xxxx.html.txt and that’s the reason you can’t open the file with Internet Explorer. I ran into the same problem in the beginning. Once you clear that “Hide extension for Known File types” , you will be able to change the file from xxx.txt to xxx.html and then you can open and view it in Internet Explorer. Hope this helps.
Shirley
Eric,
This is another great lesson and thanks for your response on my follow up question on lesson 23 (I feel closer and more organized to the relaunch of my Dad’s website). I learned just a little with Yahoo html help a month ago and also by searching on the internet to understand what was written on my Dad’s website. I was able to add title and mega tags to the existing home page. After this lesson I was able to create a practice web page based on your instructions in the video with Notepad and opened it in Internet Explorer. It feels great to be able to write from scratch.
Your reference to w3schools.com is terrific. I have been looking to find good site to search or learn some of the tags but most of them I found were cumbersome and not comprehensive. I am half way down learning the basics of html and want to complete the whole thing including the advanced stuff. I’m the kind of person that I feel the need to understand what’s going on even though I may not choose to do it from scratch.
I have meant to finish learning the html before moving on to lesson 29 FTP upload, but can’t really wait to see how it’s done so that I can back up some of the existing pages on my Dad’s site. Thanks so much for the great lessons!!!
Shirley
thanks,that html explaination has cleared up everything.
i have been following ur lessons thanks for it
Thank you Eric I’m really new to this, before your lessons I did not know what an html was now I’m learning to make one once again thank you.
Thanks Eric for tips. This will save me tons of money paying webmasters like I did in the past. I appreciate it.
before i started taking your lessons i went to the public library and got some books on html wow, was i over my head.i copied down four pages of html that i thought i might need sometime.now i’m glad to see i didn’t waste my time now i can look at them and know what i’m looking at, its easier now because of this lesson.i put after each code i copied what that code would do, now i won’t feel like a dummy when i look at it.the codes i copied down are the ones i expect i will be using the most.thanks again for another eye opening lesson.
great lesson on html. I learned alot thanks,
Thanks for the HTML basics. I do agree you really have to understand HTML and maybe a bit of . Even if you use a tool…sometimes you have to add code and you have to understand where to add or replace.
For example I just had to add code for Patdotcom pay buttons….
I also had to add code for autoresponder integration. Next I found that was driving a drop-in box…and because I didn’t know , I couldn’t fix the way it was operating. So I had to call on tech support to fix it for me…I waited a day for that…so not knowing these languages cost time and Benjamin Franklin would be mad because after all…time is money.
this keeps deleting the word
j-a-v-a-s-c-r-i-p-t is not showing up…
Hmmm… it must be a security setting trying to prevent anyone from injecting code into comments.
Hi Eric,
You are doing a great job, infact i,ve been enjoying all the lesson’s since inception.
Keep up the good work.
Theresa
Nigeria
Hey Eric - I see lots of questions from Mac Users which you aren’t answering! Is there any way you can make alternative suggestions to your recommendations for your Mac followers……..I am getting really frustrated at nit being able to try out what you are suggesting….
Thanks
Geraldine
I guess I haven’t seen those questions? Can you be more specific about what you’re not able to try on the mac?
Hi Eric
You are a great teacher. The thing I like about your teaching is that they are bite size; you also include tips on how and where you check and validate what you have done.
Great respect for you
HI Eric,
I have am very appreciative in receiving your tips and in doing so I have set my mother up a website for an E-Book she wrote using wordpress. I am on final steps to having it set up and selling through Clickbank then onto marketing…however I have hit a roadblock. My “thank-you’ page that Clickbank links to after someone has made a purchase sometimes links through and other times comes to a ‘404 page’. I have also found that the buttons on my site linking to other pages are sometimes in the right place on the template and other time running into the letter on my site. I asked for wordpress assistance through their forum as to the cause of the issues above and I was told to fix up my errors in HTML and use the “Validator” site as you suggest above. Now as I have not really added or changed a lot of coding, how do the errors occur (there is 200 errors)? I am also pretty new to coding and have no clue how to fix these errors, can you suggest a website or someone who could fix this for me? Can you submit this task to someone on Rentacoder? Any ideas appreciated!
Loving your tips! Look forward to the next 50! Cheers from Australia.
Rachel Johnston
That is strange that it sometimes is 404 error, and sometimes not. What happens if you just paste the URL of the thank-you page into your browser? your site seems to be working fine so it seems like it might be a simple URL error.
I would not worry too much about the validator, so don’t worry about the 200 errors.
You could submit it on Rentacoder. I would guess you could get it fixed for $10 or less.
Cheers Eric! I changed the URL and seems to now work. Shall submit to Clickbank and fingers crossed works for them.
Was unsure if the errors had anything to do with it. Always good for another opinion, Thanks! Cheers Rachel
HI Eric,
I tested my site in browsershots.com and the several page links are in the wrong place on my template in some browsers and in other browsers they are ok. Is this a coding thing or has the site width run out of room as i have added extra pages. Any ideas?
Thanks Rachel
From what I’ve seen, browsershots gives a pretty accurate portrayal of your site in other browsers. So I think the main thing I would look at is what browsers does it have the problem with? If it is some of the more obscure ones I wouldn’t worry too much, but I would make sure your site is compatible with the most recent few versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
I just changed my template a week ago and upon validating lots of errors were found but I have been looking for those “characters” on the report but I can’t find them on my XHTML.
If the site looks and functions properly, then I would not worry about the validation.
Hi Eric. Thanks for the wonderful tutorials. I have really impressed with all the videos. I really learned many new things which i didnt knew.
Well i checked my website (www.TheBigOS.com) on browsershots.org and found most of it right. But while practically using it IE 6, sometime it gives an awkward look on big resolutions. Y is it so? What should i do?
I would not worry too much if it looks awkard. The only way to make it fit all resolutions is to make all the sizes relative, but that usually results in the whole thing looking worse. As long as it’s clear and easy to navigate, it should be fine.
Hi Eric,
You made HTML look easy to use. Before that, I know nuts about it. Thank you for the fruitful tutorial.
Regards,
Bert
Hi Eric,
I tried using the method you thought trying to create HTML webpage. After changing the text file to “index html”, the file is not in Internet explorer. It is just a normal text file.
Please advise what happen. Or perhaps my PC is not configured.
Regards,
Bert
Hello Bert,
It appears that “html” is currently a part of the file name itself. When saving your webpage, be sure to choose “html” as the desired file type, and use only “index” as your file name!
Thanks Eric. As a website builder I use freewebs and they make it so simple to build a web site it is the lazy mans way to do things free. But Knowing how it works is awesome. I wish I would of got into this alot earlier. I love it.I built my first web page from scratch and validated it. Can you add a easy way to add that DOC type. I went to my webs site and captured it there. I missed alot of you stuff in emails because I just thought your was another guru trying to cash in. I will be paying more attention to your emails frome now on. Great info thank you again
Hi Eric,
HTML video came at the right time, I have been running square circles around how to get pages up for a funnel system.
Been OK working in WP with normal blog but putting wrapping my head around how to put up a sales system has driven me totally mad - until you came along. Thanks
I am a beginner in HTML. Now I am studying your lessons in order to create a web
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At 2009.12.21 18:12, Bill said:
Hi Eric, I too am having trouble trying to change to html. I read what you wrote however when you say for Windows XP go to: Tools >> Folder Options
Click the “View” tab
Make sure there is NO checkmark by “Hide extensions for known file types”
My question is: Where do we start? In a Notepad window or ???? I am a “NEWBIE”.
Bill
Go to START then click on Control Panel. Then click Folder options.
Hi,
I have tryed to do this in Vista but it is not working. Can you help.
For Windows Vista:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
Hello Eric… I have a burning question. I just purchased for a great offer, where I received a finished landingpage with a proven salesletter
I do not want to change the salesletter, because I am worried to spoil it, but what is about duplicate content? Can I rank with this page, or will Google slap me?
The domain with the product name is of course not available anymore. Is it better to buy a domain with the product name and an extension, or buy a domain which includes a certain keyword within this particular niche?
I hope so much that you have an answer for me, since I do not want to make a mistake in the beginning, and I would like to go online with this site very soon.
Thank you very much in advance.
All the best,
Arne
Good questions…
It really depends on your marketing strategy.
If your main focus is SEO, then you would definitely want to make the content unique, and perhaps choose a domain containing a keyword.
If you’re going for more of a “branding” strategy, then the product name as the domain would be better.
And if you’re marketing it with paid traffic or an email list, then it may be best to stick with the “proven” copy (although even proven copy can usually be improved so it would be good to do some split testing).
Hi Eric,
I have been following your tips and I am so excited and thankful for your kindness. You are gifted and generous. Keep it up. I realise that some people as well as me did not manage to view and follow lesson 28 to the end (16 min). The video stopped at 9 min. Is there anything you can do to help?
God bless you and your family.
Hmmm, that is strange. Have you tried all these solutions?
http://www.ericstips.com/trouble-viewing-flash-videos/
love learning thanks great info barbara
C:\Documents and Settings\Tom Lincoln\Desktop\index.html.txt
When I did this lesson I had trouble as you can see above with the .txt. It would not go away. What did I do wrong when I made my new text document in to an html file?
Your help is appreciated and I love your lessons.. from a newb. LOL
read the comments above eric I think I fixed it. Thanks
Fixed and made my first webpage very cool!!!!!!!
Wow! There are so many comments I got a cramp in my scrolling finger! First time visitor here. I just watched your video tutorial on html and am very impressed with your content, pace and presentation style. Nice job. Very glad to have found you.
J Morgan
hey eric it is great as i am known that you really making nice lessons to teach dude……your lessons are nice and awesome too….it is teaching many things….nice to have you!!
How do you do this (build a webpage w/ HTML) on a Mac? Can you point me to a tutorial?
You would do it the same way as in the lesson, but use a different tool instead of Notepad.
There is probably a built-in program called “TextEdit”.
Here are some others I found:
http://creatext.sourceforge.net/
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
TextEdit I can find!
I’ll also check out the other 2 sources. Thanks Eric!
Carol
Hello Eric,
I want to thank you for your tips, your explanation and demonstration is very clear.
On this lesson, when I turn the text document into the index.html, it doesn’t change to web page. The word change but it’s still a document and not web. What do I do?
Thank you for your help
It sounds like perhaps you are not actually changing the file extension. Make sure you can see the .txt extension before changing it to .html
Another thing you could try from within Notepad is doing a SAVE AS, then be sure to save it as html.
Hello Eric,
Dude this is too cool. I always thought HTML was something that would take 4 years in college. I am back in school at 48 years to earn my associates degree in Paralegal studies and hopefully a law degree one day. I want to build an income online to pay my way through school.
I had my site built last year before I signed up in this program. I am really upset that I did. I could have built my own site…
I have a request…
I lost my job and my former e-mail address. The last lesson I received was 53… Can you link me back into the system so I can receive the rest of the course or do I need to register again?
Thank you for being there for us. Your giving back… Your reaching out to help pull someone else out of the rut is inspiring. I look forward to the day when I can help someone fulfill his/her dream of being financially independent.
Your fellow student in the school of success.
Eddie Cooper, II
Please register again to make sure you don’t miss anything:
http://www.ericstips.com/join/
In the mean time, you can see the current lessons here:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/category/lessons/
Great Lesson, I have been lazy where html is concerned… those resources could change my ways!
hi Eric,
thanks for all your lessons, they are grate.
I have few questions..
if lets say i want to buy a pre-built website (f.e. like yahoo stores or any other ) do i have to use html language every time i upload text there?
It really depends on how the site is built.
If the site uses a user-friendly CMS (Content management system), then it is possible that you would not need to use any HTML.
A good example is sites that use WordPress (See lessons #33-36). With WordPress, you can simply log into the admin area and type your text without needing to use any HTML.
A good solution for you may be the Socrates WordPress Theme
Ha! Ha! I had to laugh! After a couple of hours X3 I went to check my page in HTML with “Validator.W3″ The first time as a notepad++ doc and then as a web URL. Both times it said “Unable to check this document”. What a let down!!! The URL check said “403 Forbidden”.
I will start again but obviously I must have completely balls the whole thing up. Will listen to the lesson again, of course and pay closer attention this time. Any comments anyone?
Hi Eric,
It’s about an hour since I submitted my Notepad++
doc for checking to “Validator.W3″ and it now says that the article “passed” but there was also an annotation “1 Warning”. What does this mean please? I have looked all through the site but there’s nowhere to check for a warning.
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Murray
Hmm, it should show you the detail and which line of code is the warning. But if it’s just 1 warning, I would not worry about it at all, if your site looks OK. No biggie.
Hi Eric,
This lesson was really good. I want know more about html and I will learn how create my own website. Thanks again, its really helpful and htmldog.com as well.
Best regards
Lubos
BLIMEY, ERIC I ACTUALLY DID IT…I MANAGED TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER AND I GOT THE DESIRED RESULTS. YOU CAN’T KNOW WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT THIS IS!
Excellent!
I do know some html, already have a hosting account, already know how to build a simple website, but am stumbling on a niche. How can I find the perfect one. If I go for any of my interests, they are done to death already on the web and are highly competitive. Any suggestions for finding my perfect niche? Love your cheesy 60’s music choice and videos!
thanks! My advice would be to stop trying to find the perfect niche, and settle for a good one.
If you’re not going to go with your interests, then you might as well focus on something that you think will be profitable. You just need a market that is big enough to support your desired income, you need to provide a solution for them, and they need to be willing to pay for it.
There are thousands of such niches. You need to choose one, and then “fail as fast as possible”. In other words, dive in and don’t let anything slow you down from launching your business. hopefully it will be a success, but if not… you want to determine that as soon as possible so you can try another niche.
Also, do not be afraid of competitive niches. Instead of trying to find a unique niche, it may be better to simply find a unique angle in a competitive niche.
Competitive niches are proven, and are often easier to glean an income from.
Wow i like this,I never knew it before.great tutorial.