Web design creating cool web sites with html, xhtml, and css

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Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Figure 2-10: Finally, your Web page in a Web browser!

Pretty cool, eh?

Improving the HTML and viewing it in the browser With both NotePad and the Web browser running, it’s a simple matter to make changes in the editor and then preview the changes in the browser. Type any changes you want to make in NotePad, and then make sure you choose File ➪ Save to update the copy stored on your hard drive. Then, one more step: Click the Refresh button in the Web browser (the button with the two green curving arrows pointing at each other) and you should see the results of your efforts instantly! And now, back to your HTML. . . .

Breaking Your Document into Sections If you take a close look at a fully specified HTML document, you’ll find that it’s divided into two sections: what I call the stationery section (the information that would be preprinted on the pad if the file were a physical note) and the body of the message. Think of the informa­ tion you typically find at the top of a memo:


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