Create your html website

How TO — Create a Free Website

W3Schools Spaces is a personal place where you can build and experiment with code and host your own website.

With W3Schools Spaces you can build with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Edit code directly in your browser.

Upload and host your files and images.

Start to grow your online presence today!

Why Build with W3Schools Spaces?

Spaces is made by web developers for web developers.

1. The interface is simple and easy to use.
2. Host and edit your files right in the browser.
3. Free templates.

It is free to get started and you do not have to enter your credit card.

Edit and Preview Code

The editor is easy to use — which helps you to focus on the most imporant things.

Check the responsiveness of your site with the different preview alternatives.

Preview changes on your site, live!

Build From Anywhere

Host your files and images in the cloud.

Keep organized by creating a structure with folders.

Everything you need right in the browser.

Free Templates

Browse and use our responsive website templates.

Modify, save, share, and use them in your projects.

The templates are powered by W3.CSS

What Do I Need to Know to Get Started?

HTML, CSS and JavaScript are the foundational languages to build a website.

1. Create the structure with HTML. The first thing you have to learn, is HTML, which is the standard markup language for creating web pages. Learn HTML »
2. Style with CSS. The next step is to learn CSS, to set the layout of your web page with beautiful colors, fonts, and much more. Learn CSS »
3. Make it interactive with JavaScript. After studying HTML and CSS, you should learn JavaScript to create dynamic and interactive web pages for your users. Learn JavaScript »

Do not worry if you do not know how to code. The most important thing is to get hands on, early on. Learning how to code is best done with getting practical. Start to build something today!

Lets Get Started in a Few Steps

Do you already have a W3Schools Account? If so, skip the first step

Step One: Sign Up For an Account

To be able to use Spaces you need to sign up and get your account.

Go to W3Schools Profile — Click «Sign up» and enter your email and password, then click the «Sign up for free» button.

Remember to validate your account in your email. Check the spam filter if you cannot find the validation email in your inbox.

Get more information about how to sign up in our article — How to sign up

Step Two: Start with a template or HTML skeleton

Select one of the options and click the «Continue» button.

Do not worry too much about this decision. You can reset your Space and start over again whenever you want.

Step Three: Give your space a name

Personalize your Space by giving it an amazing name.

You can not use special letters in the name, such as (#, ! or :). The only exception is dash ( — )

The name will be the link that you share with others to see your site. For example: yourname.w3spaces.com

Step Four: Enter your space

Great job! you made it to the dashboard.

In the dashboard you get an overview of your spaces and usage.

Enter your space and its File Overview by clicking somewhere on the space’s row or click the button with the three dots to the right inside the row.

You can only have one space with the free plan. However, you can always upgrade to get more spaces.

Step Five: Edit code or upload files

This is where the magic happens!

Start to edit code or upload files

• Edit code by clicking on the «Pen icon» to the right of the file that you want to edit.
• Create new files by clicking on the «New file» button.
• Upload files by clicking on the «Upload files» button.

Step Six: Publish your site and share it with someone

This is the start of building your online presence.

Learn, test, build, and go live with your space.

Create your website and share it with others.

Note: Your space name with the .w3spaces.com extension is your shareable link. Read more about how to share your space in this article How can I share my space?

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How TO — Build a Website

Learn how to create a fast and awesome responsive website that will work on all devices, PC, laptop, tablet, and phone.

Create a Website with a CSS Framework

Ever heard about W3Schools Spaces? Here you can create your website from scratch or use a template.

A «Layout Draft»

It is always wise to draw a layout draft of the page design before building a website.

Having a «Layout Draft» will make it a lot easier to create a web site:

Navigation bar

The Band

Article

Article

Article

Footer

Doctype, Meta Tags, and CSS

The doctype should define the page as an HTML5 document:

A meta tag should define the character set to be UTF-8:

A viewport meta tag should make the web site work on all devices and screen resolutions:

W3.CSS should take care of all our styling needs and all device and browser differences:

To learn more about styling with W3.CSS, please visit our W3.CSS Tutorial.

Our first empty web page will look much like this:

Note: If you want to create a website from scratch, without the help of a CSS framework, read our How To Make a Website Tutorial.

Creating Page Content

Inside the element of our web site we will use our «Layout Picture» and create:

• A navigation bar
• A slide show
• A header
• Some sections and articles
• A footer

Semantic Elements

HTML5 introduced several new semantic elements. Semantic elements are important to use because they define the structure of web pages and helps screen readers and search engines to read the page correctly.

These are some of the most common semantic HTML elements:

The element can be used to define a part of a website with related content.

The element can be used to define an individual piece of content.

The element can be used to define a header (in a document, a section, or an article).

The element can be used to define a footer (in a document, a section, or an article).

The element can be used to define a container of navigation links.

In this tutorial we will use semantic elements.

However, it is up to you if you want to use elements instead.

The Navigation Bar

On our «Layout Draft» we have a «Navigation bar».

We can use a or element as a container for the navigation links.

The w3-bar class is a container for navigation links.

The w3-black class defines the color of the navigation bar.

The w3-bar-item and w3-button class styles the navigation links inside the bar.

Slide Show

On the «Layout Draft» we have a «Slide show».

For the slide show we can use a or element as a picture container:

We need to add a little JavaScript to change the images every 3 seconds:

// Automatic Slideshow — change image every 3 seconds
var myIndex = 0;
carousel();

function carousel() var i;
var x = document.getElementsByClassName(«mySlides»);
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) x[i].style.display = "none";
>
myIndex++;
if (myIndex > x.length)
x[myIndex-1].style.display = «block»;
setTimeout(carousel, 3000);
>

Sections and Articles

Looking at the «Layout Draft» we can see that the next step is to create articles.

First we will create a or element containing band information:

The w3-container class takes care of standard padding.

The w3-center class centers the content.

The w3-wide class provides a wider heading.

The w3-opacity class provides text transparency.

The max-width style sets a maximum with of the band description section.

Then we will add a paragraph describing the band:

We have created a fictional band website. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

The w3-justify class justifies the text’s right and left margins.

Then create a or with an or about each band-member:

John

Paul

Ringo

Footer

Finally we will use a or to create a footer:

The fa fa classes are Font Awesome Icon classes.

To use these classes you must link to a Font Awesome library:

To learn more about using icons, please visit our Icons Tutorial.

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How TO — Make a Website

Learn how to create a responsive website that will work on all devices, PC, laptop, tablet, and phone.

Create a Website from Scratch

A «Layout Draft»

It can be wise to draw a layout draft of the page design before creating a website:

Navigation bar

Side Content

Main Content

Footer

First Step — Basic HTML Page

HTML is the standard markup language for creating websites and CSS is the language that describes the style of an HTML document. We will combine HTML and CSS to create a basic web page.

Example

My Website

A website created by me.

Example Explained

• The declaration defines this document to be HTML5
• The element is the root element of an HTML page
• The element contains meta information about the document
• The element specifies a title for the document
• The element should define the character set to be UTF-8
• The element with name=»viewport» makes the website look good on all devices and screen resolutions
• The element contains the styles for the website (layout/design)
• The element contains the visible page content
• The element defines a large heading
• The

  element defines a paragraph

Creating Page Content

Inside the element of our website, we will use our «Layout Draft» and create:

• A header
• A navigation bar
• Main content
• Side content
• A footer

Header

A header is usually located at the top of the website (or right below a top navigation menu). It often contains a logo or the website name:

Then we use CSS to style the header:

.header <
padding: 80px; /* some padding */
text-align: center; /* center the text */
background: #1abc9c; /* green background */
color: white; /* white text color */
>

/* Increase the font size of the element */
.header h1 font-size: 40px;
>

Navigation Bar

A navigation bar contains a list of links to help visitors navigating through your website:

Use CSS to style the navigation bar:

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.navbar overflow: hidden; /* Hide overflow */
background-color: #333; /* Dark background color */
>

/* Style the navigation bar links */
.navbar a float: left; /* Make sure that the links stay side-by-side */
display: block; /* Change the display to block, for responsive reasons (see below) */
color: white; /* White text color */
text-align: center; /* Center the text */
padding: 14px 20px; /* Add some padding */
text-decoration: none; /* Remove underline */
>

/* Right-aligned link */
.navbar a.right float: right; /* Float a link to the right */
>

/* Change color on hover/mouse-over */
.navbar a:hover background-color: #ddd; /* Grey background color */
color: black; /* Black text color */
>

Content

Create a 2-column layout, divided into a «side content» and a «main content».

We use CSS Flexbox to handle the layout:

/* Ensure proper sizing */
* box-sizing: border-box;
>

/* Column container */
.row <
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
>

/* Create two unequal columns that sits next to each other */
/* Sidebar/left column */
.side flex: 30%; /* Set the width of the sidebar */
background-color: #f1f1f1; /* Grey background color */
padding: 20px; /* Some padding */
>

/* Main column */
.main <
flex: 70%; /* Set the width of the main content */
background-color: white; /* White background color */
padding: 20px; /* Some padding */
>

Then add media queries to make the layout responsive. This will make sure that your website looks good on all devices (desktops, laptops, tablets and phones). Resize the browser window to see the result.

/* Responsive layout — when the screen is less than 700px wide, make the two columns stack on top of each other instead of next to each other */
@media screen and (max-width: 700px) .row <
flex-direction: column;
>
>

/* Responsive layout — when the screen is less than 400px wide, make the navigation links stack on top of each other instead of next to each other */
@media screen and (max-width: 400px) .navbar a float: none;
width: 100%;
>
>

Tip: To create a different kind of layout, just change the flex width (but make sure that it adds up to 100%).

Tip: Do you wonder how the @media rule works? Read more about it in our CSS Media Queries chapter.

Tip: To learn more about the Flexible Box Layout Module, read our CSS Flexbox chapter.

What is box-sizing?

You can easily create three floating boxes side by side. However, when you add something that enlarges the width of each box (e.g. padding or borders), the box will break. The box-sizing property allows us to include the padding and border in the box’s total width (and height), making sure that the padding stays inside of the box and that it does not break.

You can read more about the box-sizing property in our CSS Box Sizing Tutorial.

Footer

At last, we will add a footer.

.footer <
padding: 20px; /* Some padding */
text-align: center; /* Center text*/
background: #ddd; /* Grey background */
>

Congratulations! You have built a responsive website from scratch.

W3Schools Spaces

If you want to create your own website and host your .html files, try our website builder, called W3schools Spaces:

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