我的index.html文件应该是文本文件吗？

Question

so i am pretty new to this and i was wondering if the index.html file for my site is supposed to be a text file (also, i'm on Windows 10). When i create the index.html file in file explorer the file that makes the most sense to me is a text file. (The files are: bitmap image, contact, rich text document, text document, and compressed zipped folder), So i would assume i'm supposed to pick text document. The folder ends up looking like index.html.txt, not sure if this is how i'm supposed to do it.

Answer 1

Start notepad, or an editor of your choice. Type in the content you want for your file. Save-As “Index.html” in the location you desire.

Answer 2

Well, the file extension is in the name itself ".html" just the same as a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) file would be saved as a ".css" file and a Javascript file as ".js"

Everything after the "." is the type of file.

Answer 3

Yep, everyone above answered correctly. You want to save the file in a plain-text format with a .html at the end. Then you can open it in a browser like Internet Explorer and it will interperate the file as an HTML page.

You can use a program like CoffeeCup to easily edit HTML files and it will save them as plain-text.

You can't edit HTML files in rich-text editors like Word.