Learning HTML
The purpose of this guide is for the independent learning of HTML
and creation of documents for the World Wide Web. It is used, in
part, for the ISU Extension's HTML class. Others are free to learn
from this material, however no support is provided. Before going any
further, please read the disclaimer
statement.
Pre-Class
Exercises
- Introduction - What
you need to get started
- Exercise 1 - Using Text
Editors, Netscape, and How Spacing Affects HTML
- Windows 95 Filenames -
Setting up a .html file type.
- Exercise 2 - Flow Control:
Paragraph Breaks <P> and Line Breaks
<BR>
- Exercise 3 - Text
Formatting: Bold <B>, Italics <I>,
and Typewriter Text <TT>
- Exercise 4 - Making Links:
Anchors <A>
- Exercise 5 - Section Headings
<H1> ... <H6>
- Exercise 6 - Lines:
Horizontal Rule <HR>
- Exercise 7 - Centering
Text <CENTER>
- Challenge 1 -
Modifying The Big List
- Challenge 2 -
Fonts & Headers
- Challenge 3 -
Links & Horizontal Rules
- Closing - Things to
Work on Before Class
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- Guidelines | Tips
Sheet | 12-Step Design
Guide | Content
Ideas
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- Basic
HTML Tags
- Numbered Lists: Ordered
Lists <OL>
- Bulleted Lists: Unordered
Lists <UL>
- Definition Lists
<DL>
- Text Tables: Preformatted
<PRE>
- Blockquote
<BLOCKQUOTE>
- Basic Images <IMG
SRC="...>
- Linking Pages: Anchors
<A HREF="...>
- Linking to a Section
<A NAME="...>
- Mail Links <A
HREF="mailto:...>
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- Advanced
Topics
- Imagemaps - Clickable Images
- Tables & Examples
- Adapted from Netscape's Table
documentation.
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- Design
Issues
- ISU
Extension's Web Design Guidelines
- Design
tips from the University of Maryland Department of Ag &
Natural Resources
- Pages
- Utilities
- WS FTP - New Version of FTP for
Windows 95/98
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- On-line
Resources
- Writing
HTML
- W3Tech School of Web
Design
- University
of Missouri Extension Web Development Planning Guide
- University
of Maryland, College of Ag & Natural Resources Web
Tips
- On-Line Images - A
Library of GIF and JPG Images
- NCSA
Beginner's guide to HTML - The original source.
- Compendium of HTML
Elements - A very nice reference.
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- Other
Web Resources
- Viewer
Test Page - Test & setup audio, video, and A/V
viewers.
- Accessibility
Issues from the Iowa Department for the Blind
- World Wide Web Consortium
-founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full
potential by developing common protocols that promote its
evolution and ensure its interoperability
- Submit-It - Submit
pages to multiple search engines.
- Free Original Web
Graphics - Excellent Collection!
- Microsoft
Gallery - Clipart, Sounds, Java, Tools, Fonts
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- Discussions
on Copyrights, Trademarks, etc.
- Cyberspace Law for
Non-Lawyers - Discussion on Copyrights, Trademarks, Free
Speach, etc.
- ISU Office of
Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer - Iowa State
University
- Copyright
Management Center - University of Texas
- Copyright
Management Center - Purdue University at Indianapolis
- The Copyright Website
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- Copyright and Fair
Use - Stanford University Libraries
ISU Extension
Feedback
Training - Web Design
Last Update: August 25, 1999
Contact: ISU Extension Training Team (eittrain@iastate.edu)