Whether you choose to create your website by hand or with an HTML editor, you need to create a separate page for each section or your website. For example, “My Cross Stitch Patterns” would be one page where you write about your patterns and perhaps put a few photos of them. “My Completed Designs” would be another page where you put content about your completed cross stitch designs.
When you have created each individual page, create a main page and put a link to each individual page from there. Your main page is the page your visitors see when they first arrive. Remember to put a link back to your main page from each individual page, too, so that your visitors find their way around. You can also crosslink your separate pages, for example put a link to “My Completed Designs” from your “My Cross Stitch Patterns” page.
It is important to always save the main page with the name “index.html” (or “index.htm”). If you name it something else, the browser won’t be able to find your site. You can save the rest of the separate pages with whatever names you wish, as long as they are either in .htm or .html. When naming your other pages, it is good to put an indication of page content in the name. If you name your “My Cross Stitch Patterns” page “mypatterns.html”, you know easily what is on that page. Save the pages in the same folder where you saved your photos and texts.
When you have created all pages, it is time to test them. Locate your website folder, double click on your index.html file, and it should open up in your internet browser. You can click on the links and go from page to page, just like any site on the Internet. Check your pages, making sure that the photos show, texts are on place and links work. When your site is finished and tested, it’s time to get your feet wet online.