A Lttle Lost, Need some help

Hello,
I just purchased the book, Build you own website the right way.
I have downloaded Notetab light and Notpad.

On page 32, of the book, type in {The most basic web page in the world.}
I typed this in Notepad and Notetab light.
I can`t understand, how to see it as shown on page 34.
Also, on page 33, after the Doc is saved. {Where is select UTF-8} from the Encoding drop down list.
So I am stuck at this point, not being able to move on until this is understood.
Regards,
Acelocksman.

Hi Acelocksman. Welcome to the forums. :slight_smile:

Hm, the instructions are a little confusing. But really, this is very simple. I recommend you get a nice editor like Notepad2 or [URL=“http://notepad-plus-plus.org/”]Notepad++ to start with. The create a new page and paste this into it:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>The Most Basic Web Page in the World</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>The Most Basic Web Page in the World</h1>
    <p>This is a very simple web page to get you started.
        Hopefully you will get to see how the markup that drives
        the page relates to the end result that you can see on
        screen.</p>
    <p>This is another paragraph, by the way. Just to show how it
        works.</p>
  </body>
</html>

Save it as a .html page (to your desktop, or another folder where you want to store it) and then double click on the resulting file to open it in your browser.

Normally you’d set up your code editor to use utf-8 encoding from the outset. You shouldn’t have to choose it every time you create a file.

If you are having any troubles, talk us through the steps you are taking and we’ll make suggestions. :slight_smile:

Also, don’t forget that the example files also contain these pages already made for you, which you can download from here: http://www.sitepoint.com/store/build-your-own-website-the-right-way-using-html-css-3rd-edition/