How to Write for the Web

Creating Your Site

Web developers create sites using a wide range of software tools—from simple text editors to specialized Web editors such as Dreamweaver. Although there are advantages to knowing HTML—the coding language used to create Web pages—you can actually create Web sites with one of the leading word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word. The links below lead to discussions of how to create your Web site.

• Choose Your Software Tools
• Create Web Pages
• Title Your Web Pages
• Define a Basic Layout for Your Pages
• Add Navigation Tools to Your Page Templates
• Format Text and Images
• Create Lists and Tables
• Add Media Elements
• Create Links
• Consider Adding Special Effects