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Getting Acquainted

About the Internet

An overview of the history, applications, technologies, organisations, and standards pertaining to the Internet.

About the World Wide Web

An introduction to the basic concepts of the World Wide Web.

HTML

Introduction to HTML

This is a quick introduction to HTML, with many links to further information.

Introduction to Web Design

This is a three half-day course designed by Selena Sol. It deals with The Basics of HTML, Hyperlinks and Images, and Advanced Formatting by means of step-by-step instructions, examples, and exercises. Editorial notes by the WDVL staff link the material to more advanced references.

How To Build Your First Web Page

The Structure of HTML documents

An HTML document consists of text and tags that mark the structure of the document. Elements in an HTML document are delimited by the tags which include < and >

Document Type Declarations

The first part of an HTML document specifies which version of HTML is used in the document.

 

The Head Element

The HEAD element contains information about the current document, such as its title, keywords that may be useful to search engines, and other data that is not considered document content. Elements within the HEAD are generally not displayed.

 

HTML Body

The BODY of a document contains the document's content.

 

HTML Body: Block-level Elements

Generally, block-level elements begin on new lines, inline elements do not.

Headings

Paragraph

Lists

Breaks

Text level elements - Character Styles

HTML BODY: Hyperlinks or Anchors

HTML for Adding Graphics to your Web Page

HTML for Web Graphics

The HTML for adding those graphics to your web page now that you have them.

Other Articles on Graphics and Graphic Resources

Pictures on my Web Site - How?
Web Developers Journal

In this excerpt from The ABCs of Building Web Sites, Charlie Morris takes the "clueless newby" through the basics of adding images to a webpage.

Using Background Images on Web Pages, and Resources

How to design them, create them, and use them. And where to find them.

Purloining and Pilfering

The ease of saving images off of the web has caused a very real problem for artists and content providers alike. If you have placed your intellectual property on the web chances are that sooner or later someone is going to 'borrow' a little bit of it... without your permission.

Images for Web Pages

Graphical images enliven web pages, but must be used with skill and caution to avoid various problems. This page illustrates different kinds of images and how to use them effectively.

Icons'n'Stuff

Samples of icons'n'such from around the web. Visit the sites to see more and learn their conditions of use.

Embedding Sound in Web Pages

Your web page can automatically play background sound when it's loaded. However, as with all multimedia you should carefully consider whether the benefits are justified when weighed against the penalties, e.g. additional download time, and users who don't appreciate having it forced on them. Offer a choice if possible.

Navigation

Designing for navigation

Where's the steering wheel on this thing?
Ever been lost on the Web? It happened to me in the first week after I plugged in to my ISP, and I didn't like it. I clicked in from Alta Vista to a page that referred to other pages in the same site, but didn't tell you how to reach them.

Nav 101

No matter how good a site looks, or how much useful information it offers, if it doesn't have a sensible navigation scheme, it will confuse visitors and chase them away. A simple, understandable navigation scheme can increase your number of page impressions, boost return visits, and improve your conversion rate. It's a critical aspect of site design that has a direct effect on the bottom line.

Standards

HTML Standards Compliance - Why Bother ?

Most pages on the web don't comply with the W3C's HTML specifications. In some cases this is because their authors wanted to take advantage of proprietary extensions; but in many other cases, the pages could easily have been made more conformant without any problem. This article explains what the issues are, and why you should and how you can, bring your pages into compliance with the HTML standards.

HTML Checkers

"The page is fine -- I checked it in both browsers" -- Famous Last Words

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