HTML Tips
What is HTML?
What’s the definition?
HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is a standardized language for presenting information, graphics, and multimedia on the World Wide Web. HTML consists of hundreds of codes, tags, and symbols that define the type of information and how it should be displayed in a browser. HTML is universally understood on a wide variety [...]
Basic Html Tags
Tags and what they do…
BASIC TAGS
<HTML> </HTML> Signals the start and end of the html document
<HEAD> </HEAD> Encloses TITLE and META tags
<BODY> </BODY> Signals the start and end of web page content
<B> </B> Makes text bold
<I> </I> Makes text italic
<T> </TT> Makes text resemble that of typerwriter
<FONT> </FONT> Manipulates text
<H> </H> Puts heading on page. [...]
Understanding Tables
Here are some table tips to help get you started at understanding tables better. I’ve tried to explain in detail as much as possible.
Think of tables as a grid. Each square is a cell. You can border the cells border=”1″ or have cells appear with no border border=”0″ .
The <TABLE> and </TABLE> tags must surround [...]
Table Trouble and Table Tips
Trouble with tables? Here are some common table issues, and some possible solutions for these situations when they arise.
Disappearing Tables
If you load your site and get blank space instead of your table, the first thing you’ll want to look for is a missing </TABLE>, </TD>, or </TR> tag in your table code. Leaving these out [...]
Link To Open In New Window
Did you ever click on a link in a website and a new browser window opened up? Want to know how to do it for your own website?
It is actually quite easy to do. Just add the TARGET=”_blank” attribute tag like this:
<A href=”http://siteyouwantopen.com” TARGET=”_blank”>text or graphic to be clicked</A>
Replace siteyouwantopen.com with the website url you [...]
Custom Form Buttons
You have a form with the basic “send” button to submit your info. But, you would like to use your very own cool graphic for the send button instead. Here’s how…
Here is an example of the send code:
<input type=”submit” value=”Send”>
Here is an example of how to use a graphic for the send button:
<input type=”image” name=”Submit” [...]
Email tips - tricks - and code for your website
Here are some great tips to use on your website for - protecting your email address from spam bots, auto filling in the subject area of the emails sent to you, and having a form on your site for visitors to use for emailing you.
Protect Your Email Address From Spam Robots
Hide your email address from [...]
Image Tips - For your webpages
When including images on your Web pages, there are a few rules you should follow to enhance the experience for your visitor. Use the following as a kind of checklist for placing images in your pages.
- Define widths and heights: Make sure you specify width and height attributes in your image tags. This gives the [...]
What to do with ALL THOSE ERROR PAGES?
If you use cPanel to manage your website with (if your webhost offers it) you can easily set up error pages to direct visitors back to your main page. Don’t lose visitors! Make use of those error pages everyone!
If you have cPanel, click on “Error pages”.
Now click one of those numbers you see and insert [...]
Center a page content both horizontally and vertically
Some people love this look for their website. While others don’t exactly know how to achieve it themselves. We’ll show you how you can do this with your website too…
Put your content in a table.
Containing <TABLE> with WIDTH and HEIGHT set to 100%. Establish one cell in one row with ALIGN=”center” and VALIGN=”middle”.
Code:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE WIDTH=”100%” HEIGHT=”100%”>
<TR>
<TD [...]
