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Page Structure
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Bulleted List
Hyperlinks
Backgrounds
Indenting Text
Special Characters
Lines / Dividers
Creating Forms
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HTML Basics
Before I get started, you should know that HTML code almost always uses beginning and ending tags. These tags surround the text that will be affected by the code. A beginning tag is generally a word surrounded by brackets. The closure tag is surrounded by the same brackets but with a forward slash right after the opening bracket. For example, if you want to bold a portion of a sentence, then you would use <b> for the opening tag and </b> for the closing. Lets say you want to bold the word "Hello!" in the sentence below. Then your HTML code would look like this:
<b>Hello!</b> My name is Carla. The output would be: Hello! My name is Carla. Only the word "Hello!" is bolded because the tags surround that word. If you wanted to bold the entire sentence, then you would have put the closure tag, </b>, after the word "Carla". Be sure to always include your closing tag because if you forget, your entire page will be affected by the tag. You can apply this same concept to many other HTML codes. Here are several of the basics...
Centering text: <center> Closing tag is </center> Left aligning text: <p align="left"> Just use </p> for the closing tag Right aligning text: <p align="right"> Just use </p> for the closing tag Change text color: <font color="red"> The ending for any font tag is </font> If you want more colors, you can also use hex codes . Changing font face: <font face="Arial"> Change font size: <font size="3"> (choose between 1 and 7)
Blinking Text: <blink> </blink> (only works in Netscape) Scrolling Text: <marquee> </marquee> (only works in Internet Explorer) ------------------------To learn more HTML checkout Free HTML Tutorials on MarkupTutorials.com. Return to Index
</html>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The <html> tag just tells the browser where the HTML starts. It is not necessary to include this tag to get your page to show. The <title> tells your browser the title of the page and youll see this text at the very top of your web browser. This is also used by most search engines when indexing your page. Whatever text you have here will be title of your site when displayed in the search engines. The <meta name> information is also somewhat useful for some search engines. They may use whatever is in your "description" tag to describe your site. Others may randomly take an excerpt of the <body> of your page for a description of your site. The keyword tag may also be helpful with your ranking in some engines. Insert 3 or 4 of your main keywords or keyword phrases separated by commas here. A few years ago, the <meta name> information was quite crucial in getting a top listing with the search engines. However, things have changed drastically with the explosion of so many new sites and the fact that many people abused it. I would still recommend using these tags but dont expect to get a top ranking because of them. The body of your site should be included inside the <body> tags.
Inserting Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks are links that take you to another page or web site. You create them by using the code below:
<a href="http://www.thepage.com">Name of link</a>
URL is another name for a web site address and stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
There are two different types of URLs you can use to link to various pages, absolute and relative. Absolute URLs Absolute URLs include the complete path to the files location, including the names of all the directories and subdirectories. Lets say you have a folder inside your web site's root directory called "music" and you want to link to a page inside the "music" folder called brahms.html. The absolute URL is:
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/music/brahms.html">Brahms</a>
Relative URLs If you dont want to ever have to worry about going back and editing your hyperlinks if your site structure changes then relative URLs are the way to go. Relative URLs are more or less like shorthand that tells the browser to go backward one or more directories to find the file. Let's say you're on the page we referenced above, brahms.html (located in the "music" folder) and you want to link back to the home page: (http://www.yoursite.com/index.html)
Using a relative URL, you would tell the browser to go back 1 directory by using the dot-slash method.
<a href="../index.html">Home</a>
The two dots followed by a slash instructs the browser to go up 1 more level to get to the main (root) directory. Changing the Hyperlink Colors The default color for hyperlinks on an HTML page is blue, but you can change it to whatever color you'd like by using the link code inside the <body> tag. Here's an example:
<body link="green" vlink="yellow" alink="purple">
In the above example, hyperlinks will be green, links that have already been visited will be yellow and active links will be purple. (An active link is one that has just been clicked, so for a split second the link will change colors as the mouse activates it). Creating Email Links Creating email links are just as simple. All you need is the "mailto" function to get this to work properly: <a href="mailto:youraddress@email.com">Email Me</a> Anchor Links If you want to create a link that will take the visitor to another section of the same page (rather than a new page or site), then you can create an anchor link. There are two steps to this process: 1) First, go to the place in your HTML code where you want the anchor to go. This is the spot on the page that the browser will move to when a person clicks on the link. Insert the code <a name="name1">This is the Text Where the Anchor Will Land</a> "name1" is just the name of the anchor I chose. You can all it anything you want.
2) Now to link to that section of the page, use the hyperlink code:
<a href="#name1">click here</a>
Now when your visitors click on that link, they will be taken to that section of the page. Return to Index
</table>
ABC XYZ
Notice that by looking at the code, you can tell how many rows and columns are included just by looking at the code. The two opening <tr> tags indicate two rows and the three opening <td> tags on each line represents three data cells (or three columns).
Notice the "2" represents the thickness of the border. If you had set it to "0" then there would have been no border at all. If you wanted it very thick then you could set it to 8, for example. So now your table will look like this:
ABC XY Z
</table>
ABC XY Z
A X
B Y
C Z
See how setting the cellspacing attribute to "10" drastically increased the spacing between the cells, and the cellpadding attribute set to "3" added a little of space within each individual cell.
Since the width is set to 100% that means the table will take up 100% of the screen and the columns in the table will be adjusted evenly. Here's what it would look like.
A X
B Y
C Z
As we mentioned, you can also set the table width using pixels instead of percentages. So instead of setting it to 100%, you could set it to 300 pixels:
<table width="300" border="2"> <tr><td>A</td> <td>B</td> <td>C</td> </tr> <tr><td>X</td> <td>Y</td> <td>Z</td> </tr> </table>
A X
B Y
C Z
A X
B Y
C Z
See how the column width for the first column in both rows is set to 70%. Notice there is no value set for the other 2 columns. If you do not set a value for the remaining columns, their width will automatically be adjusted to take up the remaining space and they'll share it equally. Since the table width is set to 300 pixels, and the first column is instructed to take up 70% of those 300 pixels (roughly 210 pixels), the other 2 columns divide the remaining 30% of the table (roughly 45 pixels a piece). You could also have expressed the column widths of this table in pixels instead of percentages. The code would have looked like this:
<table width="300" border="2"> <tr>< td width="210" >A</td> < td width="45" >B</td> < td width="45" >C</td> </tr> <tr>< td width="210" >A</td> < td width="45" >B</td> < td width="45" >C</td> </tr> </table>
A A
B B
C C
See how the width of the columns in each row add up to 300 (210 + 45 + 45) - which is the width of the table.
Many people prefer to express their table width and column widths in percentages because that will ensure that the table takes up the same amount of screen no matter how big or small the screen resolution is. If someone is using a 21 inch monitor to view your site and you have a table width set to 300 pixels, the table will show up very small on their screen. However if you set the table width to 70%, it will take up 70% of the screen no matter what size the person is using. So it's really up to you to decide what's the best layout for your tables.
A A
B B
C C
A A
B B
C C
See how the first column is aligned to the center? You can also right align the columns by using the align="right" inside the <td> cells.
A A
B B
C C
I've set the table height to "250" so the alignment would be more noticeable. Notice that the A in both rows are aligned to the top. You can also align to the "bottom" or the "middle".
Body Here
Notice I set the border to "0" but it's still showing in the example. I just did that to show how the layout would look. If you set your border to "0" you won't see any lines around your table. So there ya have it! That's a general overview of tables. There's so much more you can do with them, but if you can understand the basic layout, you'll be able to do so much with the design of your web site. Don't forget to try the auto HTML table generator ! Return to Index
Inserting Images
Once you have the image you want to use you can insert it into your web page. Next youll need to do is upload the graphic to your web server. Your web hoster will either provide the environment for you to upload your images or you'll have to use an FTP program. If you need help with FTP, click here. When you upload the graphic, make sure you pay attention to what folder youre putting it into because that will affect how you write the HTML. Lets say you upload the graphic called "apple.gif" to your "images" folder on your web server. The image folder is located inside your "root" directory.
Now lets say you have uploaded the graphic to the "fruit" folder/directory that is located inside of the images folder then the code would appear as:
<img src="images/fruit/apple.gif">
Adding a Border
To add a border to your image need the "border" attribute. Its very simple: <img src="images/apple.gif" border="5"> The 5 represents the thickness of the border. The higher the number, the thicker the border. The number 0 is equivalent to no border. Or you could just leave the border attribute out if you do not want one.
Multiple Attributes
Lets say you want your graphic to have a border of 2, be 100 x 250 pixels (height x width) and have an alt tag: <img src="images/apple.gif border="5" height="100" width="250" alt="This is my apple">
Please note that it does not matter what order you put the attributes in (border, alt, etc.). Just make sure you do not leave out any of the punctuation. "Help, My Graphic Wont Show!" If your graphic does not show up and you receive the "broken image" icon, check the following:
1. Make sure the file is uploaded and is actually in the directory you are pointing to in your HTML code. 2. Check the case of the actual filename. If you saved the file as "APPLE.gif" but typed "apple.gif" in the HTML code then the image will not show. Case does matter. 3. Check your HTML code and make sure you have included all the punctuation.
The first part of the code tells the browser which site to go to and the second part, of course, tells it where the image is located. Return to Index
Inserting a Background
If used properly, backgrounds can really enhance your site. If used incorrectly, they can make your site very difficult to read. If you plan to use a "loud" background that you think is cool, be sure to keep your visitors in mind. Even though you may love it, it may be distracting for the average visitor and you certainly do not want a background that takes away from your text. In general, try to use light backgrounds on dark text.
To insert a background color on your web page, use the following code INSIDE your <body> tag:
<body bgcolor="red" >
You can specify any color, or you can use a hex value .
Keeping in mind that "images/weave.gif" is the location of the graphic. So youre telling the browser that the graphic is located in your images folder off the root/main directory. You can also use the absolute path to your image. For example,http://www.yourdomain.com/images/weave.gif Return to Index
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Inserting Bullets
You can insert bullets into your pages by simply using the <ul> (unordered list) and <li> (list item) codes.
<ul> <li> Bullet 1 </li> <li> Bullet 2 </li> <li>Bullet 3 </li> </ul>
The above code will create the standard, round bullet that looks like this:
Indenting Text
To indent your text about an inch to the right, simply use the open and closing <blockquote> tag around the text you want to indent.
<blockquote> This text will be indented indented </blockquote>
See how the code makes the text in the paragraph below behave: sample sample sample sample text text text text sample sample sample sample text text text text sample sample sample sample text sample text sample text sample text text sample text sample text sample text text sample text sample text sample text text
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Special Characters
Code ™ & ® © † » « — ° ¼ ½ ¾ · ¡
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Description
Registered trademark Copyright Dagger Right pointing double angle quotation mark Left pointing double angle quotation mark Em-dash Degree Quarter Half Three quarters Middle dot Inverted exclamation mark
You can also set the size of the line by inserting a value. So if you wanted a line that is 250 pixels wide and 6 pixels thick, you'd use the following code:
<hr width="250" size="6">
Lastly, you can control the color of the line by inserting the color attribute:
<hr width="250" size="6" color="blue">
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Text box Password Field (hidden text) Check Box Radio Buttons
Here is what the form will look like and below you will find the HTML code. You will need to change some variables (in red) to customize it to your own needs.
Your Name: Password: Please Place me on your mailing list: What's Your Gender? How Old Are You? 0-25
Male
26-50
51 and Over
Comments:
Clear Form
Here's the code for the form you can copy and paste. Feel free to remove the HTML code for fields you don't need or adjust the various values to fit your liking. Notice the red text. This is what you need to edit to customize the form. 1) The 1st line should be changed to the address of the FormMail script on your server. 2) The 2nd line should be the address of the page the user views after they
submit the form. You may need to create this page. 3) The 3rd line is the email address the form results will be sent to. 4) The 4th line is the subject of the email when the form is sent to your address.
<form METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi"> <input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.html"> <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email@youremail.com"> <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Form Subject">
<p>Please Place me on your mailing list: <input TYPE="checkbox" NAME="mailing-list" VALUE="Yes" checked> </p>
<p>What's Your Gender? <select NAME="Gender"> <option VALUE="Male">Male <option VALUE="Female">Female </select> </p>
<p>How Old Are You? <input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="0-25" checked>0-25 <input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="26-50">26-50 <input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="50 and over">51 and Over </p>
<p>Comments: <br>
<textarea NAME="comments" ROWS="10" COLS="50" wrap="virtual"> You can insert default text here if you wish </textarea> </p>
<p> <input TYPE="submit" NAME="Request" VALUE="Submit This Form"> <input TYPE="reset" NAME="Clear" VALUE="Clear Form"> </p>
</form>
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