What you need:
1. A plain text editor. I recommend Notepad++ ( http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ )
2. A browser so you can test your code
HTML BASICS
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and it basically is a text file that tells the browser what to display. All of your webpages need to be saved with the extension ".html" in order for them to be read correctly on a browser. Keep this in mind when saving your files.
+ Basic layout of an HTML page (fig. 1) is encapsulated by the tags <html></html>. Then inside that tag the basic layout contains the:
1. HEAD - this is where the page title and linked css/javascript would go. it is not shown on the web
2. BODY - this is where all the content goes and what will be displayed. You can put many different things here, including pictures, videos, etc. I linked a reference to all the HTML tags you can use.
STEP 1: Open new file on Notepad ++
STEP 2: Setup the basic html layout shown in fig. 1
Here is the code for you to copy/paste:
<html>
<head>
<title>Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id = "header">
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>Welcome to my new website! :)</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
STEP 3: Save file as "index.html"
STEP 4: Double click on file on your computer to open it on your browser (fig. 2)
STEP 5: View page on browser (fig. 3)
Tada! In the next step I will show you how to add some color and style to your webpage using CSS