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Need some help with the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)? Check here for a collection of HTML tutorials and reference and information about tables, background colors, and HTML standards.

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HTML Reference and Tutorials

A Beginner's Guide to HTML URL: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html	Beginner
Comments: This site by NCSA has been continually updated over the years and is still a great resource. If you've never written HTML before, this is the place to start.

HTML Tags URL: http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schluter/doc/tags/	Intermediate
Comments: An excellent resource for html code definitions, such as all those attributes for each tag that nobady can remember. For instance - did you know that an ordered list <OL> can start at any number? <OL START="5"> starts at number five.

HTML Help by the Web Design Group URL: http://www.htmlhelp.com	Intermediate
Comments: This is a subject-comprehensive site that covers all aspects of creating and designing web pages. It contains a lot of reference pages and tutorials, well organized and nicely designed. A little more geared towards the HTML designer who has already gotten their feet wet and needs more guidance on specific issues.

Internet User URL: http://www.zdnet.com/products/internetuser/	Intermediate
Comments: This is a wonderful and very in-depth site with a large variety of subjects. Included on this site is a search tool to find what you are looking for, a signup for a free newsletter sent via email, web development tools, HTML validators, and much more. A bit busy and confusing at first, but extremely informative.

developer.com
URL: http://www.developer.com

Beginner

Comments: This mega-site is half commercial, half informative, but completely indexed. The many referenced documents are not necessarily authoritative. Subject directories guide the user to a wealth of resources for learning and using HTML, CGI, Intranets, "What's New," C++, and much more. A journal highlights the site's features on a weekly basis. Pertinent discussions of hot-topics are posted.

How Do They Do That With HTML? URL: http://www.nashville.net/~carl/htmlguide/	Beginner
Comments: Basic guide to the use of HTML tags.

Introductory WWW authoring tutorial URL: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/intro-www-tutorial/	Beginner
Comments: HTML tutorial by Dr. Pugh in our own Computer Science Department. Written January 1996. Last updated July 1998.

WebMastery URL: http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/www/html/guides.html	Intermediate
Comments: See what the buzz is in various newsgroups. Check out resource lists. Both are indexed in broad subject categories.

Web Reference URL: http://www.webreference.com	Beginner
Comments: Corporate is the first word that comes to mind. Though there are some helpful tutorials and references, getting to them is a little difficult because you have to discern the links out of the animated banner ads and over-designed 'zine' feel of the sit e. So if you can stand having ads flashed at you the whole time you're trying to read, it's decent for the beginner.

HotWired URL: http://hotwired.com/	Intermediate
Comments: This site is a bit overwhelming and flashy, but it does have a great deal of information. Great glossary of terms and tutorials on a variety of subjects including web development, graphics, fonts, java, and more. Includes a searchable database.

HREF: An HTML Reference URL: http://www.zdnet.com/products/htmluser/href/	Intermediate
Comments: ZDNet's HTML reference, based on MacMillan's 1997Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days,offers lucid descriptions of tags and attributes, including notes on browser support. The flexible sort feature allows browsing by tag, funct ion, or tagging category. More useful as a reference than as a tutorial. Beware the scrolling frames-based interface!

HTML Goodies URL: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/	Intermediate
Comments: This site offers a wealth of tutorials on various web-related topics.

HTML Writers Guild URL: http://www.hwg.org	Intermediate
Comments: This site is a very good resource for the a complete and an upto date webdeveloper. From basic HTML to maintining web servers, the site covers a wide range of information about the new languages and new softwares available in the market. But certain features such as online classes and mentoring are only available to members. The membership is not free.

Project Cool URL: http://www.projectcool.com	Intermediate
Comments: Good a-z site for beginning HTML-XML. The Sightings are interesting to check out.

The Web Developers Virtual Library
URL: http://www.stars.com

Beginner

Comments: This site looks like it has a lot of useful information and history about the web and its elements, but it's very poorly designed, looking jumbled and suffering from 'too much information at one time.' It's hard to parse things because of this, and it also contains annoying animated banner ads and too many disparate graphic elements. It's got a lot of information, but it's just ugly.

How to Make Tables

Tables in Netscape 1.1 URL: http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/tables.html	Intermediate
Comments: One of the first sites to appear after tables were implemented by Netscape 1.1. This page has in-depth explanations of all the major table commands, as well as an excellent example page.

Background Colors

ColorMaker URL: http://www.bagism.com/colormaker/	Beginner
Comments: This is a great little site that allows you to choose the colors of the background and text of a dynamic page which is updated as you go. It is a very well organized and easy to follow site with a selection of background patterns, a FAQ, as well as li nks to table and color designing software, other background patterns, and other web designing resources on the net.

HTML Standards

The World Wide Web Consortium URL: http://www.w3.org	Intermediate
Comments: This mega-site is a documentation source for what has happened and what's about to happen. Everybody can benefit from WWW Virtual Library; Intermediate users can look here for HTML and CSS specifications. News about Web issues such as protocol standards, privacy, and architecture, is current but fairly technical in style.

The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability URL: http://www.useit.com/alertbox	Intermediate
Comments: The site is a bi-weekly column dealing with the most recent issues in the website development. It is a very good source of staying in touch with the new developments in the web technology and at the same time discusses the guidelines for webdevelopmen t and the incoporation of new technology into new sites.

XML and SGML

The SGML and XML Web Page URL: http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/sgml-xml.html	Intermediate
Comments: This is a huge, current web site about SGML and XML. It is mostly just text, so it loads quickly and is easy to search.

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