HTML Primer
If you know nothing about HTML, this is where you start
To the Reader...
These tutorials are set up so you can move through them over a week's time. One tutorial per day. However, if you can go faster, do it! Some have told me that they finished the primers in a day. Good luck.
Using the DOCTYPE Tag Having trouble with your Web pages? Can't get them to display correctly in your browser? It might be that your page is a little "quirky." Even if you address all errors in a web page, one problem that many developers overlook is a statement or, if used, failure to use the right one.
Learn the Basic HTML Tags! This HTML tutorial walks you through the most often used HTML tags, shows you how they are used, and tells you which tags have gone the way of the dinosaur.
Basic HTML: Images If you're just getting started, this tutorial on web-based images will get you up to speed in no time flat!
Basic HTML: Creating Links to Other Pages Just how do you create a link to another web site? Read this tutorial for the basics, written in an easy-to-understand format so you will be creating links in no time at all!
Refactoring HTML: Well-Formedness The first step in moving markup into modern form is to make it well-formed. Well-formedness guarantees a single unique tree structure for the document that can be operated on by the DOM, thus making it the basis of reliable, cross-browser JavaScript.
A Web Development Primer In this article, Ahmad Permessur examines a wide variety of Web technologies, beginning with HTML, it's limitations and how to go beyond it. Other topics covered are client- and server-side technologies, networks, JavaScript, DHTML, CGI. and more.
Following the XHTML Path You can think of XHTML as the transition from XML (how the data is to be defined) to HTML (how the data will be displayed). Guest author David Jenkins provides a quick preview and introduction to XHTML basics and its advantages.
Behind the Scenes with XHTML In a previous article, we quickly touched on the requirements for proper XHTML coding, especially in relation to HTML 4.01. In this article, we'll take a closer look at what some of those requirements are in relation to the head portion of the Web page.
Why Switch to XHTML? So you've heard of XHTML, but don't know what it is or why you should use it? This article will tell you where the XHTML spec came from, and will show you the benefits of using it. Read about the future of HTML in this article by Lee Underwood.
Basic HTML: Introduction This is Primer Number One in a series of seven that will calmly introduce you to the very basics of HyperText Mark-up Language.
Basic HTML: Manipulating Text This recently revised tutorial by Joe Burns will teach you the ins and outs of manipulating text via HTML.
Basic HTML: Graduation You've come far grasshopper--you can walk on the HTML page without leaving any traces of code--you are ready to graduate!!
