HTML Tutorial 1

Creating a Web Page

Web Fundamentals and HTML

Additional Information

The W3 Consortium and Other Sites

The World Wide Web Consortium (also known as W3C) is responsible for the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web. You can learn more about W3C by visiting the W3C home page . The W3C site contains specifications for all of versions of HTML as well as the latest proposals for future modifications of HTML. The W3C site is an excellent place to learn about the latest issues regarding HTML development.

Different browsers will support various extensions to the Recommendations set by the W3C. You can read more about Netscape's support of HTML and other web standards at http://developer.netscape.com/ .

Microsoft provides information about the Internet Explorer browser at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/index/default.asp .

Variations on Bulleted Lists

You may want to explore the type attribute used with the <ul> element. The type attribute allows you to specify a form for the unordered list bullet. Possible values for the type attribute are: disc, circle and square. Although the type attribute is deprecated with HTML 4.01 , it is still in use. Here are examples of using the type attribute in unordered lists:

Another popular variation on bulleted lists is to use inline images to represent the bullets. You can get inline images suitable for using in bulleted lists from the following sources:

• The Clip Art Review
• Free Bullets from 4YEO
• Artist for Hire - Balls and Bullets Directory
• Ball Boutique
• Yahoo's List of Graphic Sites on the Web

Variations on Horizontal Lines

You may want to use extensions to the <hr /> element. The noshade attribute supported by both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer allows you to create horizontal lines without 3D shading. Here are two horizontal lines, with and without the noshade attribute.

You can also use the color attribute to specify the line's color as shown below. (You will not see this if you are using Netscape 4.)

Inline images can be substituted for horizontal lines. You can go to the following pages to access collections of graphical lines.

• The Clip Art Review
• Dawn's Designs - Free Horizontal Rules (Bars)!
• Bimsan's Graphics - Buttons and Bars
• Home of the Horizontal Rule!
• Artist for Hire - Line Directory
• Yahoo's List of Graphic Sites on the Web

Extended Character Sets

In addition to the special characters discussed in Tutorial 1, HTML supports additional characters used for Greek symbols, mathematical symbols, and international characters. Be aware that older browsers will not support these symbols, so you should use them with caution. A list of these extended characters and their code numbers can be found at: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/entities.html .