Today was a total drag, and I was like, “I gotta do something, anything!” So, I decided to mess around with, uh, making a super simple “website” – if you can even call it that. It’s basically just a blank page with some text. Yeah, exciting, I know.
The Grand Plan (or Lack Thereof)
First, I opened up my trusty text editor. Nothing fancy, just the basic one that comes with my computer. Then I started typing. I figured I’d use HTML, ’cause, you know, that’s what you use for websites, right?
I remembered the basic structure from somewhere – you gotta have the <html> tag, then the <head>, and then the <body>. It’s like a sandwich, kinda. The <head> is where you put stuff that’s not actually on the page, like the title that shows up in the browser tab.
I typed this out:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Super Boring Page</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
See? Super basic. Inside the <body> tag, that’s where the actual page content goes. I just wanted to put some text there, so I used the <p> tag, which stands for “paragraph,” I think.
I added this inside the <body>:
<p>sosososo bored</p>
Saving and… Voila?
Then, I saved the file. I made sure to save it as an HTML file, so I named it something like “*”. The “.html” part is important, or else your browser won’t know what to do with it.
After that, I double-clicked the file, and boom! My browser opened it up. And there it was, in all its glory: a white page with the words “sosososo bored” on it. I also had a little victory cause I saw “My Super Boring Page” on the title, and It means the head part worked well!
Okay, it’s not exactly going to win any awards for web design. But hey, I made something! And it only took like, five minutes. It’s a start, right? Maybe tomorrow I’ll add a picture of a cat or something. Or maybe not. We’ll see how bored I get.
