Convert .txt to .html

NEW INFO 12-2025 - maybe I am an idiot! I think if you use the "<"pre">" tag, it will display the txt the way it looks!!!!!!!!!!!!! see https://kygenweb.net/kyschools/campbell/campbell.co.newport.hs.yb.1943.html


When you have an online .txt document and you want to create an HTML page for your site out of it.

  • View the page in your browser - http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/cassia/caribou/
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C to copy all of the text
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-V to paste all of the text into a "WordPad" document (.rtf)

    • NOTE: If I have the txt document on my computer I can right click and open with 'wordpad'
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C to copy all of the text
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-V to paste all of the text in a "WYSIWYG editor for HTML" I use Get-Simple but they have online choices like:   https://htmleditor.online/
  • Go to the "source" button to see the HTML that has been generated.
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C to copy all of the HTML code there
  • Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-V to paste all of the code into NotePad++ or whatever editor you use.


NOTE: the code generated can be really ugly but you end up with a nice HTML page (example below)

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ANDERSEN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karma&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1844&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1914<br />


The above is a line from this page - https://caribou.idgenweb.org/Lago-Cemetery-info.html

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Put < pre > before and paste text straight from .txt into html or wysiwyg and put < /pre > after

SEE: https://shoshone.idgenweb.org/cemeteries/nine-mile-cemetery-a-e/