| 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 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 standards set by the W3C. You can read
more about Netscape's support of HTML and other standards at http://developer.netscape.com/.
Microsoft provides information about the Internet Explorer browser at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/.
If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape 3.0 or Netscape 4.0, you may want to explore
the TYPE property used with the <UL> tag. The TYPE property allows you to specify a form
for the unordered list bullet. Possible values for the TYPE property are:
DISC, CIRCLE and SQUARE. Here are examples of using the TYPE property in
unordered lists:
| Type=DISC | Type=CIRCLE | Type=SQUARE |
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Another popular variation on bulleted lists is to use inline images to
represent the bullets. This Web site has
a gallery of button images suitable to act as bullets in bulleted lists. 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
You may want to use extensions to the <HR> tag. The NOSHADE property
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 property.
If you're using Internet Explorer, you can also use the COLOR
property by which they can specify the line's color as shown below: (you may
not see this if you are not using Internet Explorer.)
Inline images can be substituted for horizontal lines. This Web site has a gallery of line images. You can also go to the following pages to access collections of graphical lines.
The Clip Art Review
Clipart Connection - Lines
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
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.
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