Web Hosting, .html files?, please help ! Options

[nikx618]

okay, so i made a file on notepad, and saved it as a .html file.
right?
inside the .html file, is it just content? or is it the whole website template too?
like, do i copy the template EVERY time, i make a .html file, with different content?

&after i loaded the .html file to cPanel on 000webhost.com
i tried to make a link like this
<p><a class="menu" href="root/layoutspage.html" target="_self">layouts</a><br />
&it does not work, it shows

***Error 404 - The Webpage cannot be found

Most likely causes:

* You clicked a link that can be outdated
* You are trying to access file that does not exists on server
* Domain you are trying to access is not configured on this server (website was removed or is not setup or DNS has not propagated yet).***


i mean, wtf is with that. i loaded the .html file to the root directory, and it says it cannot be found.

anyone please help?
i'm going crazy. xP

this is the site
http://subliminalgreen.net76.net/



thanks in advance[:

[nikx618]

thanks guys! im at the part where, look at this,

http://subliminalgreen.net76.net

every page is a PHP file, with the whole layout
in every single one of them
but with different content.
i know im probably doing it wrong,
but it still works okay right?


i understand and pretty much know html, &css stuff, mostly.
for like myspace. i know headers and images and links, and fonts.

but yeah, i think i get it, i just dont get how you can
avoid copying the layout every single time,
cause then youll have to edit ALL of them, if you edit one thing.
you know?

but that the only thing, i dont get ^
but, i ahve been saving the stuff as .php files instead of .html
&it seems to be working fine.
thanks for your guys' help[: