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HTML
Basics
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This tutorial teaches you the basics of HTML. It is useful to keep
as a referene that you an look back on in case you forgot
something, or for those who are just beginning to use HTML. This
will teach you the basics of using Links, Images and Text and how
to align it in your site. |
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Using
an FTP Program
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In order to get your site online you will need to know how to use
and operate an FTP program. Our 3 page tutorial overs all aspects
of using an FTP program. This tutorial was written while using WS_FTP
LE, a free FTP program available from IP Switch. You will find
links of where to download this program and how to use it inside. |
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HTML
Authoring Standards
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This tutorial's purpose is to tell people how to design withing
the standards set up by the W3C. It is recommended that before
reading this tutorial you have a working knowledge of HTML. |
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Using
Meta Tags
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Meta Tags are the best and really only way to get noticed by
search engines, unfortunately most sites don't use Meta Tags
correctly. This tutorial will describe all the meta tags, what
they mean and how to use them. |
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Customizing
Your Sites Background
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This tutorial deals with 3 options to customize your sites background.
Background Color, Background Images and Background Edges. |
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CSS
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CSS is a very important aspect of Web Design. It controls how your
site will look and does all the design that plain HTML can't do.
We recommend you read this tutorial before beginning work on your
site, so you do not need to re-code your site's design later on. |
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Hidden
Comments
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This tutorial attempts to teach you the purpose and usefulness of
hidden comments in your code. |
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Loading
Time
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A very important aspect of building a site is its loading time.
No-one wants to wait 5 minutes, for something that wont even help
them, to load. Make sure you insert only that which is absolutely
necessary into your site's design. Of course there are some
exceptions to this rule. You will learn all about those in this
tutorial. |
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Adding
Sound
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Sound can be very helpful in a website. You can use this for many
features. Many sites offer a "Site Tour" using Audio,
while others like to offer background music for people to listen
to. Learn how to do this with your site by reading this tutorial. |
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Base
Tag Revisited
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The BASE is an often underused feature of HTML. It is
placed in the documents head determining a new starting point for
all relative links. |
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Default
Font Size (Base Font)
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By default all text on a page is shown in size 3 (in HTML the
sizes range from 1 to 7). In this tutorial i am going to show you
a way to set the default font size on a webpage without using CSS. |
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Superscript
and Subscript
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Letters or numbers that are raised or lowered slightly relative to
the main body text are called superscripts and subscripts. These
come very useful when you are citing something, displaying a
mathematical equation (a2+b2=c2),
or a chemical equation (H20). In this tutorial we are
going to learn how to achieve these text effects. |
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Layers
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There is no way to control positioning of images, text and other
elements through the use of plain HTML. This is where layers ome
in, layers enable you to absolutely position anything you want,
make objects overlap and create awesome effects. |
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Scrolling
Marquee's
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Scrolling Marquee's have always been popular, when used right that
is. There are many attributes to the Marquee tag and its best to
know them all. This tutorial covers them all, and then some. |
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Iframes
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Learn how to save space by using Iframes. |
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Forms
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Feedback from your users is very important in order to maintain a
good website. Forms are the best way to interact with your users.
They are quick and easy for both sides to use. Learn how to build
and implement a form into your site by reading this tutorial. |
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Tables
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Using a favorites icon an make your site stand out in a users
bookmarks list or in a users browser. They are very easy to design
and implement, so we recommend you take the time to read about
them. |
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Custom
Cursors
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A nice way to add some customization to your site is by including
your own cursor for the user to use. This is done very simply. In
this tutorial we will provide you with a set of 7 cursors to start
out with, teach you how to use them and how you can design our
own. |
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Favorites
Icon
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Using a favorites icon an make your site stand out in a users
bookmarks list or in a users browser. They are veyr easy to design
and implement, so we recommend you take the time to read about
them. |
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GIF
vs JPEG
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Deciding which image format is right for your site na be very
difficult, but we try our best to make it easy for you. This
tutorial will show you exactly where you need to use a GIF image,
and where you need a JPEG image and what is the difference between
the two. |
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Blockquotes
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You can use blockquotes to set off a section of your text, like a
quotation by a famous author, from the surrounding text. |
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Setting
the Tab Order
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Many browsers let users navigate through their links, image maps,
and form elements with the Tab key. You can determine a custom tab
order to emphasize certain elements. |
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Setting
Keyboard Shortcuts
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A great feature that was released in HTML 4 was the ability to add
keyboard shortcuts to different pages. It works the same way as
clicking on a link, only without using the mouse ;) |
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Printing
with JavaScript
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Provide your user with an alternative to pressing CTRL
+ P or going to File > Print
by using one simple line of JavaScript code. |
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Preloading
Images using Browser Cache
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Pre-loading images, html files and flash files can really speed up
your website. By using the browsers cache we can accomplish this
and you can provide your users with a faster loading website. |
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Status
Bar Link Messages (onMouseOver)
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When a visitor points to a link, usually the links URL appears in
the status area of the browsers window. |
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Night
-- Day Detection
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If we assume that people's interests vary according to the time of
day, your website might be well served by promoting different
kinds of content depending on whether its day or night. For
example lets say we have two articles, one about the sun
eventually burning out, and one about the Hale-Bopp comet. We can
make the main article be the sun in daytime, and the comet at
nighttime. In this tutorial we are going to use JavaScript to
achieve this effect. |
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Welcome
Mat
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Most sites make no distinction between new visitors and long-time
regulars, but wouldn't it be nice to take new visitors by the hand
and show them around the site, and get them orientated? That's a
perfect job for cookies. In this script, we're going to
automatically determine if someone has visited the site before and
create a special welcome message for new visitors. |