Hugo Corbett

Hugo Corbett builds websites for small businesses, teachers and people with a page to share. On HTMLpad he explains how to get HTML online and keep it working, from a single file to a site that can grow.

What Hugo writes about

Publishing HTML: hosting and sharing a page, opening and editing HTML files, the basics of links, styles and scripts, and knowing when a single page should become a website.

Articles

Publish HTML

• Free HTML Hosting: The Options Compared

  Free HTML hosting tested in 2026. We timed how fast HTMLpad, Netlify Drop, Vercel Drop and others publish a page, and what each link looks like.

• How to Host an HTML File (and Get a Link in Minutes)

  Five ways to host an HTML file, from a paste-and-share pad to GitHub Pages, with what each one costs, how long it lasts, and which to pick.

• HTMLpad vs Netlify Drop: Quick Link or Real Deploy?

  HTMLpad vs Netlify Drop compared on accounts, how long pages last, folders, editing and domains, so you know which to use for your HTML.

• HTMLpad vs Static.app: Free Pad or Paid Static Host?

  HTMLpad vs Static.app compared on trials, uploads, forms, domains and price, with advice on which suits a single page and which a small site.

• HTMLpad vs Tiiny Host: Which One Fits Your Page?

  HTMLpad vs Tiiny Host compared on accounts, free limits, uploads, domains and price, with clear advice on which one to use for your page.

• Claude Artifacts: How to Share One as a Web Page

  What Claude artifacts are, how publishing them works, and when to copy the HTML into your own link instead, with the trade-offs of each route.

• How to Share an HTML File as a Link

  Why emailing an HTML file rarely works, and how to turn it into a link anyone can open, including what to do about styles and images.

• Tiiny Host Alternatives: 6 Options for Quick HTML Hosting

  Six Tiiny Host alternatives for publishing HTML pages, from no-signup pads to permanent free static hosts, with who each one suits.

Open and Edit HTML

• How to Edit an HTML File (Without Breaking It)

  How to edit an HTML file in a text editor, a code editor or your browser, how to change text, links and images safely, and how to check your changes.

• HTML Button Link: Make a Button That Opens a Page

  How to make a button that links to a page in HTML, the right way and the ways to avoid, with styled examples you can edit live in your browser.

• HTML Email Link: How to Write a Mailto Link

  How to make an email link in HTML with mailto, add a subject, body and CC, encode it correctly, and decide when a contact form is the better choice.

• HTML for Kids: A First Lesson and Where to Practise

  How to teach HTML to kids, with a first lesson you can run today, five small projects and a comparison of where children can write HTML without email accounts.

• HTML Image Link: How to Make an Image Clickable

  How to make an image a link in HTML, write alt text that describes where it goes, remove the gap and border, and add a caption, with live examples.

• HTML Link Code: How to Make a Link in HTML

  The HTML code for a link, explained with examples you can edit. Link to pages, sections, files and new tabs, and avoid the mistakes that break links.

• How to Link CSS to HTML (With Examples You Can Edit)

  How to link a CSS file to an HTML page with the link tag, where to put it, how paths work, and how to fix a stylesheet that will not load.

• How to Link JavaScript to HTML

  How to link a JavaScript file to an HTML page with the script tag, where to put it, what defer and async do, and how to find out why a script is not running.

• How to Open an HTML File on iPhone

  Three ways to open an HTML file on iPhone or iPad, why pages often arrive without styles or images, and the most reliable fix: open it as a link.

• How to Open an HTML File on Any Device

  How to open an HTML file as a page or as code on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android and Chromebook, and how to fix pages that open without styles.

• What Is an HTML File? A Plain-English Explanation

  What an HTML file is, what is inside one, how a browser turns it into a page, and why so many tools, including AI assistants, now hand you one.

Static Sites

• Free Static Website Hosting: What Each Free Plan Really Allows

  Free static website hosting compared on what matters once the site is live, how much traffic each free plan carries and what happens at the limit.

• HTML to WordPress: How to Move a Page or Site

  How to convert an HTML page or site to WordPress, step by step, with the three routes that work, what carries across, and how to keep your URLs.

• When a Single HTML Page Isn't Enough

  The signs that a single HTML page has turned into a website, and how to choose the next step without overbuilding or losing what already works.

• Static vs Dynamic Websites: Which Do You Need?

  Static vs dynamic websites compared on speed, security, cost, editing and features, with a simple test to tell which kind your project needs.

• SEO for a Static Website: What to Set by Hand

  How to do SEO on a static or plain HTML website, from titles and descriptions to sitemaps and structured data, with copy-ready code for each step.

• What Is a Static Website? A Practical Guide

  What a static website is, how it differs from a dynamic one, what it is good and bad at, where to host it, and the signs you have outgrown it.