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For Beginners...
Introduction
Changes from 3.2
Document
Attributes
...that are available for all BODY objects
Text
Organisation tools
Forms
Images
Sounds
Style Sheets
Special Effects - Javascript
Search Engines

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For Beginners...


Introduction

 Other HTML sites
Putting pages online
Tips For beginners
Download this Guide

Changes from 3.2

Document

 Specifying Language
Structure

The <HEAD> section

...General attributes
...Title
...Setting the Base address
...Queries : ISINDEX
...META tags
...Character sets
...<LINK>s

The <BODY> tag
... General Attributes
...Document Colours
...Background

Attributes

 ...that are available for all BODY objects

Text

 Headings
Fonts
Preformatted text
Change text direction
Special Characters
Character Formatting
...Blink
...Bold
...Italics
...Underline
...Strikethrough
...Superscript
...Subscript
Paragraph formatting
...Blockquote
...Line Breaks
...New Paragraph
...Stop Line Breaks
...Word Break
...Centre text
...Marking Modifications
Miscellaneous
...Abbreviation
...Acronyms
...Addresses
...Use Bigger/Smaller fonts
...Citations
...Code
...Definitions
...Keyboard input
...Sample
...Teletype
...Variables
...XMP

Organisation tools

 Comments

Horizontal lines

DIV and SPAN

Links
...<LINK>s
...within pages
...Image maps

Frames
...Naming and Targeting
...Inline Frames

Tables
...example tag
...Rows
...Cells
...Captions

...Head, Body & Foot

Lists
...Definition lists
...Directory Lists
...Menu Lists
...Ordered Lists
...Unordered Lists

Embedding special files
The Object Element

Forms

 Inputs and buttons
Selection menus
Element Labels
Fieldsets and legends

Images

Sounds

Style Sheets

 specifying version
individual elements
in the HEAD section
specifying media types
external sheets
cascading sheets
media-dependant defaults
HTTP headers

Special Effects - Javascript

 Events
...onAbort
...onBlur
...onChange
...onClick
...onError
...onFocus
...onLoad
...onMouseOver
...onMouseOut
...onReset
...onScroll
...onSelect
...onSubmit
...onUnload
Basic Commands
...Changing the status bar
...Opening a new window
...changing page being viewed

Search Engines

Using Sound

This is a problem area : there is no explicit support for use of sound in the HTML 3.2 specification, even though browsers support WAV, MID, and many other sound formats. Various browsers have their own specific methods for using sound, but these are the most widely usable :
  • Use a <A> link to the sound file. Visitors will have to click on it before it is played.

  • Use the sound as an embedded object : e.g. <embed src="http://www.dot.com/sound.wav" width="140" height="60">. The sound player plug-in will be displayed, and you will need to click the play button to hear it.

  • Try a javascript "onLoad" event embedded within the BODY tag. If Javascript is supported on a visitor's browser, the sound will play once the page is loaded. For example: <BODY onLoad="window.location='http://www.dot.com/sound.wav'"}>
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