Where to start? Html is one of the easiest languages to learn and use. You don't even need to buy a fancy, expensive compiler to use it. All you need is your trusty Notepad and some knowledge of the language. If you don't like Notepad, there are compilers for free or on Shareware all over the net. I got mine here. It has a useful feature of running a test which opens Netscape (or IE, Mosaic, etc.) and letting you easily switch back and forth. Anyway, on to the help.
Feel free to print this out and use it at your leisure.
Every html document has the same format. Note: Html is not case sensitive. HTML is the same as html or HtMl. I usually use all lowercase. Start with this:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Between the <head> and </head> tags, you can place the title of your page.
<title> Title Here </title>
The rest of your page will go between the <head> and </head> tags.
The <body> tag.
The <body> tag has several attributes that can be modified to suit your page. These are bgcolor, text, link, vlink, and alink.
Uses:
<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ffffff" link="#4f4f4f" vlink="#c7d2f4" alink="#a1b2c3"> where bgcolor controls background color, text controls text color,
link controls unvisited link color, vlink controls visited link colors, and alink controls active link colors. The colors are controled by the RGB system.
The first 2 numbers control the amount of red, the second 2 green, the last 2 blue. You can experiment with these and get your own colors. All numbers are between 0 and 9. All colors are from a to f.
ffffff = white and 000000 = black. Also, the basic colors can be defined with the color name in " ". You don't need the #. ex.) text="black"
The </body> and </html> tags end the body and the document. I don't really think they are necessary and your page will look the same without them. Put them in if you wish.
This is the end of the first help session. The next section deals with manipulating text.