Many people, when they decide to do a Web page, create their first ones with a Web creation tool. Then later, they decide to use HTML. Now they have these sites that they created with the tool, and they don't know how to update them and make them a part of their new, HTML created, site.
If you created your pages with a program like FrontPage, you can get to the HTML, to change the pages, by using the HTML option that comes with the program. If you used an online tool, you may or may not have the option to change your pages using HTML. About's creation tool does have an HTML option. You can go to the "advanced tools" option, and change your pages.
If your hosting service doesn't offer that option, you don't have to forget about, or trash, your old pages. You can still use them, but first you must salvage them and save them from the fate they have endured.
Salvaging your pages, and turning them into something that you can change, with HTML, is easy. The simplest way to do this is to open the page in your browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, click on "view", at the top of your screen. Then scroll down to "source", and click on it. The HTML code for the page will open in NotePad, or similar program.
If you are using Netscape, click on "view", at the top of your screen. Then scroll down to "page source", and click on it. Just as with Internet Explorer, the HTML code for the page will open in NotePad, or similar program.
After you have opened the source code for your page, you will need to save it to your computer. Click on "file", then scroll down to "save as" and click on it. Choose the directory where you want your file saved to, give your page a file name, and click "save".
You have now salvaged your Web page. If you want to edit it using HTML, you can open your text editor, edit it on your computer and then FTP it to your new site or you can copy/paste it onto the online editor your hosting service provides.
Now you can begin adding your old Web pages to your new Web site. Good luck and have fun!
