How to Build a Simple One Page Website

by Willa Dunn
A website can consist of a single Web page.

A website can consist of a single Web page.

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Websites vary in complexity from multi-page corporate websites which may contain multiple images, video, interactivity and audio, to simple one page informational or advertisement style. Create your own one page website using HTML. Acquire a domain name and hosting from an Internet Service Provider, or ISP, to obtain space for your website to reside on the Internet.

1. Launch a text or HTML editor, and create a new file.

2. Type the basic HTML code in the file: <html> <head><title> </title></head> <body></body> </html>

3. Type the title you want to appear for your Web page between the “<title>” tags. Type all your page content between the beginning “<body>” and end “</body>” tags. Ensure that all tags are closed around their specific content: <html> <head><title> My Web page title</title></head> <body> <h1>A basic heading,</h1> <p>A paragraph of data. The second sentence in the paragraph.</p1> </body> </html> Type any additional data following this format.

4. Save the file as “index.html,” the default page displayed when your URL is visited on the Internet.

5. Upload the HTML page using an FTP client like WSFTP or Dreamweaver. The client will require a login using the information you receive from your hosting service.

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