Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours

Hour 2. Publishing Web Content

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

• How to create a basic HTML file using a text editor

• How to transfer files to your web server using FTP

• Where files should be placed on a web server

• How to distribute web content without a web server

• How to use other publishing methods such as blogs

In the previous hour, you learned about the process of requesting web content via a web browser and how the web server responds to those requests. In this hour you’ll learn where you, as the content creator, fit into making web content available online—you have to publish that content on a web server in order for other people to find it.

Creating the Sample File for this Hour

Before we begin, take a look at Listing 2.1. This ...