The spirit of Zen, which is a form of Buddhism featuring discipline and meditation, can actually be applied to almost anything but it seemed like such a neat title I thought I'd use it.
HTML, or hypertext markup language, is a computer language browsers use to translate websites. All websites are made from HTML and it's enhancements. Even the "EZ" to make sites have HTML behind them. I made this site with FrontPage2000 and I have updated and edited using the Geocities HTML editor. It would take hours to explain all the various aspects and enhancements of HTML - basic HTML, CGI's (Common Gateway Interface - the stuff that dreams are made of- I mean, the stuff that makes guestbooks, forms, databases possible), links, style sheets, images, scrolling text, tables, frames, etc.. there are quite a few good tutorials on HTML online.. My favorite search engine is Ixquick Metasearch.. Just type in HTML in the search box and they'll be an array of tutorials to choose from..
TABLES
Row 1 Column 1
Row 1 Column 2
Row 1 Column 3
Row 2 Column 1
Row 2 Column 2
Row 2 Column 3
Tables are widely used in html. they can be any size with any size cells, with or without visible borders.. they can take up a whole webpage or be inserted in a webpage.. anything can be put in the cells.. text, images, links, etc..
Below is an example of a table that has something in it:
This is text in a table cell...
If you click on the picture
of our band to the right
you will go the web site
I made for us.
The picture to the left is
called
a 'thumbnail'. If you click on it
you will see a full size picture of
the lighthouse in Havre De Grace
in Maryland.
BTW- Marlise and I played in a band together.. she is a great drummer and percussionist, a fantastic artist, an awesome videographer and an good songwriter to boot. If you move your mouse over Marlise's picture or the lighthouse you will see "alternative text".
I am updating and creating new sites with different kinds of tables.. If you'd like to see a simple table I made visit
RIKKI T's PAGE about half way down there are two songs on a simple table separated by a visible border.
FRAMES
Frames are cool.. they let one side of a web page remain stationary while another side changes.. tho there can be variations.. where the side you click on changes or the side you click on causes another place to change.. they're excellent for
letting a visitor see what's on a website without access entire different pages.. I made a frames page which is linked to RIKKI T'S PAGE.. on one side are titles of songs and on the other side the lyrics appear when you click on the title..pretty neat
Check out MORE SONG LYRICS
MARQUEES
A marquee is a text that starts at the right of a screen and floats across to the left.. they are only visible in Internet Explorer..
Netscape does have a 'blink' capability that the Internet Explorer doesn't.. If you're using Netscape you can see text blink..
It is now possible to have sound, movies, videos, mpgs on websites.. If you'd like to listen to some songs I wrote check my band's website on IUMA.
LINKS
Links are pretty standard parts of html, without links we couldn't get around websites or link to other sites.. there are different kinds of links, text links, links to other sites, links to other pages on the same site, links to places on the same page, image links, links from parts of an image.. Below is a text link.. if you click on it you will go to the Havre De Grace, Maryland web page.
Forms are used for visitors to communicate with the people that made the website, they required CGI scripts, Style Sheets
allow a designer to set the formatting for several pages using just one set of instructions, databases can be connected to a website.. Java scripts can be used for special effects.. there are other elements of html such metatags, dhtml and other features.. There are html editors now like FrontPage and DreamWeaver that allow a designer to create sites and pages without having to actually write the html code, tho the html code is still the basis for every website..
The spirit of Zen, which is a form of Buddhism featuring discipline and meditation, can actually be applied to almost anything but it seemed like such a neat title I thought I'd use it.
