🖥️ How to Create a Simple Website: A Beginner’s Guide

 

🖥️ How to Create a Simple Website: A Beginner’s Guide

Creating a website sounds hard, but don’t worry! With just a little HTML and CSS, you can build your first webpage and see it live on your screen. This beginner's guide will walk you through the whole process step by step.

🔧 Step 1: Understand the Basics of HTML & CSS

Before we start coding, it’s important to understand what HTML and CSS actually do.

• HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the structure of your webpage. It tells the browser what content to show, like headings, text, and images.

• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used to style your webpage — changing colors, fonts, layout, and spacing.

👉 Want to clear up common confusion? Read:
🔗 Top 5 Common Myths About HTML and CSS

🗂️ Step 2: Set Up Your Project Folder

Create a folder on your computer — for example, mywebsite. Inside this folder, create two files:

📄 index.html — the main webpage
🎨 style.css — the file for your design

You’ll also need:

• A text editor like VS Code

• A browser like Chrome or Firefox

📝 Step 3: Write Your First HTML Page

Open your index.html file and paste the following code:

The output should be as follows:

This simple structure tells the browser to load your content and apply your CSS file for design.

🎨 Step 4: Add Some Style with CSS

Now, open your style.css file and add this:

This gives your website a background color, makes the text look nicer, and adds color to the heading.

👉 New to styling? Check out this beginner-friendly intro:
🔗 What is CSS? A Beginner’s Guide to Styling Web Pages (you can create this post soon)

✅ Step 5: View Your Website in the Browser

1. Save both files  (index.html and style.css)

2. Double-click (index.html)

3. It will open in your browser, and your first website will appear!

🔗 Continue Learning

Now that your site is running, here’s what you can do next:

• ✍️ HTML vs CSS – What’s the Difference?

• 💡 Top 5 Common Myths About HTML and CSS

📚 Coming soon:

• “How to Upload Your Website to the Internet”

• “How to Make a Contact Form with HTML”

• “HTML Tags You Must Know”

Stay tuned with Simple Coding Hub for more tutorials!