"This brief discussion will get you started with a few basic -- I mean very basic -- HTML commands. The World Wide Web offers dozens of HTML guides and manuals from which you can learn everything you'll ever want or need to know about HTML tags. Below, I have included some links to a few of the best starting places. You will soon find your own faves." (Nancy Kaplan's Page)
Stuart Moulthrop's complete set of HTML lessons, developed for 10 hours of hands-on instruction. Very well organized and presented; helpful for everyone, from the most novice of websters to those who know a lot already but want to know even more.
This is a primer for producing documents in HTML, the markup language used by the World Wide Web. It includes the following information:
Acronym Expansion
What This Primer Doesn't Cover
Creating HTML Documents
The Minimal HTML Document
Basic Markup Tags
Titles
Headings
Paragraphs
Linking to Other Documents
Relative Links Versus Absolute Pathnames
Uniform Resource Locator
Anchors to Specific Sections in Other
Documents
Anchors to Specific Sections Within
the Current Document
Additional Markup Tags
Lists
Unnumbered Lists
Numbered Lists
Definition Lists
Nested Lists
Preformatted Text
Extended Quotes
Addresses
Character Formatting
Physical Versus Logical: Use Logical
Tags When Possible
Logical Styles
Physical Styles
Using Character Tags
Special Characters
Escape Sequences
Forced Line Breaks
Horizontal Rules
In-line Images
Alternate Text for Viewers That Can't Display
Images
External Images, Sounds, and Animations
Troubleshooting
Avoid Overlapping Tags
Embed Anchors and Character Tags, But
Not Anything Else
Check Your Links
A Longer Example
For More Information
Fill-out Forms
Style Guides
Other Introductory Documents
Additional References
Introduction To HTML and URLs: http://www.utirc.utoronto.ca/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/htmlindex.html
This site contains good explanations of html, tags, links, anchors, etc. Use it to supplement the Beginner's Guide above.
I know we are really designing for Netscape, but this site will be very helpful for beginners. This tutorial will show you how to create and display Mosaic (and Netscape) screens like the one you are now reading. Such screens are composed as ordinary ASCII text files, containing markup characters of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Once composed these text files are saved with an .html extension.
We won't get into CGI scripts, but this site will also help you get into web page compositon. This site is interactive, with examples and tutorials. Use it!
Please read this site after you've gotten the basics. It has some good examples and suggestions for style. You may need to skim past the technical information to get at the readable discussion of stylistic considerations.
This site will link you to several style guides, including some tips offered here at this site.
Great because it's readable, short, and useful. Be sure to read Lynda Weinman's site ASAP.
The contents of this very useful site are below. Patrick Lynch has done
a great job here.
INTRODUCTION
I. INTERFACE
DESIGN IN WWW SYSTEMS
Hypermedia
and Conventional Document Design
Navigation
in Hyperspace
WWW Site
Structure
WWW Page
Design
Efficient
Use of the World Wide Web
System Responsiveness
Well-balanced
Page and Menu Designs
II. WWW
PAGE DESIGN
Design Integrity in WWW Systems
Essential
Elements of WWW Pages
Page Length
Design
Grids for HTML
Sample
Templates for an WWW Pages
Local
Links and Navigation Aids
Page Headers
Typography
Page Footers:
Verifying Origin and Authorship
Official
Seals or Marks of the Institution
Contact
Information
Copyright
Page Date
Page URL
III. OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE IN WWW PAGES
Sizing Inlined Graphics
Interlacing GIF Graphics
Using Width and Height in Graphic Anchors
Loading Low Rez/High Rez Graphics
Trimming graphics by Limiting Bit Depth
JPEG Graphics
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