Internet and
HTML Guides
HTML writing guides are commercially available
in bookstores; however, many are on line. You can find on line help for
every level of web page development, from elementary to very advanced.
Here are a few that I have found to be useful:
Web 101
http://www.hotwired.com/web101/
A very nice introduction to the internnet,
including history and definitions of terms. The links on this page will
take you through basic information, " . . . articles, cheat sheets,
and tours that start from the beginning and explain what the Net is, what
you can do with it, and how it works."
whatis.com
http://whatis.com/
"whatis® is a knowledge exploration
tool about information technology,
especially about the Internet and computers.
It contains over 1,500 individual
encyclopedic definition/topics and a number
of quick-reference pages. The
topics contain over 5,000 hyperlinked
cross-references and over 3,000 links to
others sites for further
information."
World Wide Web FAQ
http://www.boutell.com/faq/oldfaq/i
ndex.html
This is another good starting place for
those who are new to the internet. The site includes an introduction to
the World Wide Web with definiitions of most of the jargon you'll see when
you browse the web. It has informatioin wher to get web browseers and how
to use them. Also included are guides to autoring web pages, creating images,
and using programming on a web site.
NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML
http://ww
w.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html
This is probably the definitve guide to
writing HTML. The link I provided will take you to a page that has the
entire manual on it, so it takes awile to load. If you want to see the
document in pieces (faster loading), go here:
http://ww
w.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html
Links to all the variations of this guide
are at the top of each page. Be sure to check out the links to other helpful
sites listed at the end of the document.
TIP: you can save a copy of the
manual on your hard drive so that you can look at it anytime without having
to be on line. If you are using a version of Netscape that has the editor
built in, click File on the menu bar and select Edit Page.
When the page finishes loading, click File and select Save As.
Give the page a filename, such as: nscaguide.html. Open the page from your
where you saved it on your hard drive into Netscape and add it to your
bookmarks.
If you aren't using Netscape, or if your
version doesn't incalude the editor, do this:
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Click View on the menu bar and select
View Page Source (or
View Source, depending on the browser
you are using).
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Now click Edit on the menu bar and
choose Select All.
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Click Edit again and select
Copy.
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Choose Edit and Paste in any
word processor.
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When you save it, save it as a text file.
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Give it a name that ends with .html
or .htm.
Now you can open this page in your browser,
and all the links should still work.
As a last resort you can select all the
text and paste into a word processor document for later reading just by
selecting Edit from the menu bar and choosing Select All.
Then select Edit again and choose Copy. In you word processor choose Edit
and Paste. The disadvantage of this last way tosave the document
is that none of the page's hyperlinks will work.
How do they do that with HTML?
http://www.nashville.net/~car
l/htmlguide/index.html
This is a good starting point for learning
some of the extended features of HTML. It is a pointer to pages that have
advanced information on how to make your web page look like some of the
commercial pages you see.
Webmonkey - HTML Teaching Tool
http://www.webmonkey.c
om/webmonkey/teachingtool/
This site is and on line tutorial and reference.
It is exhaustive and as complete a site as you are likely to find. This
link will take you to the basics of HTML where you can use a menu to locate
information on tags. Also included are links to more advance features of
HTML. Below is a link to the main page this teaching tool comes from. Every
concievalbe topic involving the internet is addressed in some detail on
this site.
HotWired: Webmonkey
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/
Web Monkey is a vast resource for anyone
developing pages for the internet. It contains step by step lessons and
tutorials for beginning and advanced web page authors. Web Monkey is a
product of Hot Wired magazine, an electronic periodical featuring stories
and articles related to computing and networking.
