Webedit Basics


To start, go to the File menu and select New to start a new file or Open to edit an existing one. If you want to know what a particular icon on the button bar does, put the cursor on the icon that you want to find out more about. Now a windows should appear under the icon telling you what this button is used for.


EVERY document must have the following:

HTML Head. The starting and finishing HTML head for a page are <HTML> and </HTML> respectively. There is only one HTML beginning and one HTML ending on a single page. The HTML head is located in the Insert menu . It is under Document Structure Tags and then HTML



Head Header is the next thing which must be added. There is also a starting and ending code for the Head Header. It is <HEAD> for the starting code and </HEAD> for the ending code. There is only one starting and one ending Head header per page as well. To use the Head header, click on the Insert menu, then select Document Structure Tags Then select Head .
The title is also important. This labels you HTML documents. There is also a starting and ending code for titles as well. It is <TITLE> and </TITLE> respectively. To use this, look in the Insert menu, then select Document Structure Tags , then select Title . There is also only one Title start and one title ending per page.
The Body. This is where are the information goes in a document. There is also a starting and an ending code as well. The associated code is <BODY> and </BODY> respectively. This code is for the normal Body, with no enhancements. To access this, go to the Insert menu, select Document Structure Tags , the select Body . The Body menu should now appear.


If you want, you can select OK and leave the default settings for the body. Otherwise, you can change the colors of the text or background. You can even add a picture as your background as well. This will be discussed later on.

When put together, you code should look like this:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> Your Title Will Go Here

</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

This is where the text, pictures, and links to other sites will go.

</BODY>

</HTML>

HERE is what the code would look like.

Adding paragraphs is also important. To do this, select Insert , the Block Style Tags , the Paragraph . The basic paragraph code has the form <P>. This is placed before each new paragraph.


Now the Paragraph menu should appear. Under the Align box, you can align your paragraphs in many ways. But by just pressing, OK , the default settings for the paragraph alignment are used




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