| Index | Basics | Colors | Fonts | Images | Links | Tables |
| Remember while writing Your pages that not everyone has the same computer You do, some computers are probably slower than Your's and there are some probably faster (even if You bought it last week), and because of this You should take care in the way You write Your pages. Keep Your HTML code clean (error free) as much as possible, and keep the pages small (fast to load). On pages with large graphics, animations, sounds, etc. make sure there is something for the viewer to read while waiting. This guide was designed for a resolution (screen size) of 800 X 600 or better, but should look exactly the same on a resolution of 640 X 480, 1024 X 768, etc. |
| Get someone else (a net buddy) to check out Your pages and get their opinion. Many times a problem with a page isn't noticed by the one who wrote it (especially something like slow loading). Often someone thinks their page looks great when all of the images are being loaded off of their own hard drive (not from the net) so no-one else can see the images (it happened to a woman I know who claimed to be charging money for making homepages). I don't recommend asking me to check Your pages because I may not be available or I'll point out everything plus some, but I would be honest. *grin* |
| Some Web Sites can check Your pages for free 24 hours a day 7 days a week, like Web Site Garage. Note that there are services at Web Site Garage that are done for a fee, but some Web Site tests are free, all You have to do is give it Your homepage address and it will show You some statistics on Your page and what might be wrong with it. |
The title of a page isn't the title displayed in the page but the title that shows up on the title bar of the browser window. If someone adds Your page to their Favorites or Bookmarks, the default name on the Shortcut is the title of the page. Keep this in mind and try to name Your pages something informative, like Joe Blow's Web page could be titled "Joe Blow's World of Wind". |
| At the top of these pages there is an easy way to link from one section of this guide to another, if You get into an area and wish to peek at something else You can use those links. If the section You goto has another page clicking that section link again will take You to the second page. The section names are Index, Basics, Colors, Fonts, Images, Links, and Tables. |
THROUGHOUT THIS GUIDE THERE WILL BE EXAMPLES ON GRAY BACKGROUNDS (LIKE THIS TEXT), THE TEXT LOCATED IN THESE AREAS CAN BE SELECTED BY THE MOUSE (HILIGHTED) AND COPIED TO THE CLIPBOARD, THEN WITH YOUR OWN HTML PAGE OPEN PASTE THE COPIED TEXT TO DO YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTING. WITH IE 4 TRY TRIPLE CLICKING (3 CLICKS) IN THESE AREAS TO SELECT THE TEXT. |
| One way to copy text to the clipboard is by hilighting the text (click and drag the mouse cursor across it). Then right click on the hilighted text and select "Copy". |
| For me the easiest way to cut, copy, and paste is to use the CTRL (Control) key, to do this simply hilight the text then hold down CTRL while hitting X, C, and V.
CTRL + X = CUT CTRL + C = COPY CTRL + V = PASTE |
| Another way to hilight large areas of text is by hilighting the first character, word or line of the area You want to select, then move to the end of the area You want and hold the shift key and click the mouse button. Also try CTRL and Shift together while clicking. |
| If You happen to be typing, don't use the mouse, or it would be easier to use the keyboard simply hold down the shift key while moving the cursor with the direction keys (arrows) to hilight text. Don't scroll all the way to the right of a line to hilight it use the down arrow key to hilight the entire line. |