How to Create a Simple Intranet Page

After you configure IIS, it's ready to start serving up Web pages for your intranet. All you have to do is create Web pages and save them in the correct location. For the default Web site created by IIS, this location is c:\inetpub\ webroot.

To get you started, follow these steps to create a simple home page that displays the text Welcome to my Intranet!

1. On the server, choose Start All Programs Accessories Notepad.

   Notepad, the handy-dandy free text editor, appears.

2. Type these three lines in the Notepad window:

    <h1> Welcome to my Intranet! </h1> 

3. Choose File Save, navigate to c:\inetpub\webroot, and save the file as index.htm.

   Be sure to save the file as index.htm, not index.html.

4. Close Notepad.

5. Open a Web browser on a client computer that's connected to the network.

6. Enter the server name in the address bar and press Enter.

   Your intranet comes to life, as shown in Figure 12-5.

Figure 12-5: Behold your intranet!

Granted, this intranet doesn't do much. You're on your own now to create more interesting Web pages for your intranet. Just save the pages in c:\inetpub\webroot.