How to Create a Website (Webpage) using HTML on Windows Notepad

In this tutorial, we take a look at how to create a simple webpage that you can write in HTML (HTML5) in the Windows Notepad application.

Step 1: Open Notepad app.

Step 2: Now let's create a simple webpage for your Website.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>My Simple Website</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1> Welcome to My Website!</h1>
    <p>Hello! This is a simple webpage created with HTML in Notepad!</p>
</body>
</html>

Step 3: Now go to File > Save as
Step 4: Save the file as "index.html".

Note: Make sure to select Save as type:

All (*.*)

Click Save.
Step 5: Now double-click on the file you saved to open it in your web browser.

In the above example, we create a very basic homepage for our website that is running locally on your Windows PC. This is just a very basic demonstration of how to get started with HTML using Notepad.

You can take it a step ahead and host it on a web server or a cloud provider like Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This is not an AI-generated article but is demonstrated by a human on a Windows 11 PC with Notepad and Microsoft Edge Browser.

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