[SOLVED] Can't even get started....

photojonny · Jan 9th, 2008, 16:05

Hi,

I have looked into putting a very basic website for the very first time today. I found lots of very basic introductions to HTML that explain what it is and how to actually create something in HTML, such as a page that just says,

MY PAGE.

It involves copying and pasting, or typing some HTML, such as this:
<html>
<head>
<title>My big ole bad page!</title>
</head>
<body>
Hello Joe!
</body>
</html>

then saving it as .html, and opening in in a browser.

It should then just say:

Hello Joe!

Every time I do this, my browser just displays the code, and not the webpage, and I don't understand why.

I'm using a Mac, OSX leopard, TextEdit, saving as HTML, then opening it with firefox.

Where am I going wrong? I can't even get started.

photojonny · Jan 9th, 2008, 17:18

I fixed it. It was a Mac thing. TextEdit was embedding it's own code in there when I saved it as html. I had to change it to save as .txt and then change the extension in Finder. A bit of a pain, but done.

sannbe · Jan 9th, 2008, 17:51

Your first step in web design. Congratulations!

JacobHaug · Jan 10th, 2008, 02:27

Yes, congratulations. But may I point you into the direction of some better text editors for the Mac.

http://www.panic.com/coda/
http://www.skti.org/skedit/

Ask any other questions that you may have! Have fun, and happy coding!

photojonny · Jan 10th, 2008, 05:54

Thank you sannbe and Jacob.

In response to Jacob, I have downloaded TextWrangler, and this seems to be working quite smoothly, but many thanks for the suggestions.

J.