HTML: Help Page

see below for links that will take you across the cyberspace to various other sites
Click on the 'LINK" to go to the respective Page on this server

LINK	what to expect
COLOUR CHOOSER	R G B Hex Triplet STD 216 Colors Chart for bgcolor, text, link, alink, font, borders etc
TAGS	HTML - Reference guide = WHAT-TAG-IS-THIS? 'LOOK-UP' LIST
HTML2	HTML tags as used by Microsoft for InterNet Explorer v.2.0 a comprehensive listing of all codes, very well presented and described
HTML3	IE3 - the complete list of Codes - Plus DEMO - Presentation and explanations as good as the last + more tags
	the recommendations from the 'W3' consortium - the complete list of Tags for both main browsers msie4.x & Netscape's current version
	the recommendations from the 'W3' consortium - the complete list of Tags for Style Sheets CSS & CSS2- PLUS XML
	complete WebMonkey Tutorial on CSS
Graphics	Optimising your images for the 'net GIF - JPG - or even PNG, which is the right one to use when ?
Font Control	Controlling FONTS is important when you want good layout - here is a demonstration of std fonts using Stylesheets and just "size" tags NOTE: this page will open in a new window and is very wide !
html intro	A Beginner's Guide to HTML National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Quick HTML	A quick Reference guide to HTML (the basic tags) published in 1994 by: Academic Computing Services, University of Kansas - USA - this is one of the first comprehensive lists ever published - a MUST for beginners !

The following links will take you to a few other resources

LINK	what to expect
Good HTML	Page Design - Composing good HTML
Web Forms	a Guide to creating interactive Web Forms
Learning More About DOCTYPES	You can learn more about DOCTYPES if you visit the W3C's site. Here you will find detailed explanations about the Document Type Declarations. You'll also learn which elements are allowed and supported by each type. You'll find the Strict type at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/dtd.html The loose.dtd is at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/loosedtd.html and the frameset.dtd at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/framesetdtd.html
Marketing Tips	Tips for selling on the InterNet and the WorldWideWeb Potential SPAMMERS should read these articles
your favourite link	We would like to hear from you - with your suggestion of sites that are worth looking at

For all its great things, the Web has some problems from the point of view of a publisher:

some Tips to start you off with:

Think of the different browsers in use. Different browsers, such as different versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, display the same HTML tags differently. And some browsers support newer or nonstandard tags, so pages displayed in them look better -- or at least different -- than they look on other browsers. This inconsistency can drive you to distraction.
- AND -
if you are fortunate enough to have the latest gear, think of the less fortunate who will try to view your pages.

Those darn users. Users have different screen sizes, and they can reconfigure their browsers to use different fonts, different window sizes, and so on. So even users who connect to the Web through the same network and run the same browser can see the same Web page quite differently.

Getting on a server. For your Web pages to show up on the Web, they have to be on a Web server. This means that you have to find either a volunteer or a vendor with a Web server and some hard disk space to spare. Luckily, space for a small Web site is usually either free or cheap, but finding server space and getting your files to the server can be a big hassle.

Faster and slower connections. Some users have fast network connections to the Web, whereas some home users dawdle along at 28.8 Kbps -- ten times slower than a typical corporate connection. So a graphics-rich page that comes up quickly on one machine downloads very s-l-o-w-l-y on another.
more . . . .

use Graphical images sparingly.
They are slow to down-load

use small images when you do.
The smaller the image size the faster it loads.
HOWEVER: it is better to use one large [with an "image map" if needed]
rather than multiple small once to make a navigation bar or such !
= less trips to the server from the visiting computer :)

Simple is Smarter.
It's easy to get carried away when designing your first page, wanting to include every trick and tag you can find.

Make your page interactive
at least include a 'mailto:' tag, so people can leave you an e-mail, to tell you how much they enjoyed your page.

Give people a reason to come and RETURN to your site.
such as free software for downloading, helpful tips, competitions etc.
& by regularly updating your site, tips of the month / week and such.

"html" - Help Pages

some Tips to start you off with: