How to Build Your First Web Page (Step-by-Step Guide)

🎯 Follow this beginner-friendly tutorial to create your first HTML page in just 10 minutes.

🧱 Step 1: Understand What You'll Be Building

We’ll create a simple webpage with a heading, paragraph, image, and a clickable button.

Basic HTML structure
Tags like <h1>, <p>, <img>, and <a>
How to open your file in a browser

🗂️ Step 2: Create an HTML File

Open Notepad or any text editor like VS Code
Paste this code into a new file:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>My First Web Page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Welcome to Classicotech</h1>
  <p>This is my first web page! I’m learning frontend development.</p>
  <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/300x200" alt="Placeholder image">
  <br><br>
  <a href="https://classicotech.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Visit my blog</a>
</body>
</html>

🌐 Step 3: Open It in Your Browser

Locate your index.html file
Double-click it
It will open in your default browser

🎉 That’s it! You just built your first web page.

🔍 Code Breakdown

Tag	Purpose
<h1>	Main heading
<p>	Paragraph text
<img>	Displays an image
<a>	Creates a link
<head>	Metadata like title and charset
<body>	Visible content

🧠 Bonus Tip: Use AI for HTML

ChatGPT: Ask “Create an HTML page with a gallery”
Codeium / GitHub Copilot: Suggest HTML snippets as you type

✅ What to Do Next

Now that you’ve created your first page, try modifying it:

Change the text
Replace the image URL
Add more tags like <ul>, <div>, or <button>

📚 Coming Next:

“3 Simple Frontend Projects You Can Build in a Day”

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