Webspace Tutorial at Orcas Online

	*Web Resource*

Tutorial and Help Return to Setting Up Your Personal Webspace

There are a variety of excellent tutorials for beginning HTML writers. Many of these are available through the Web itself. Here are some places to begin to look for them. We remind you that Concentric Network does not currently offer service in the process of designing or editing Web pages. Customer Support will be able to help you if you have a problem with moving files, uploading files, manipulating graphics, and so forth, but we are unable to help you in writing your HTML files.

These addresses will give you somewhere to begin your searches. There is an enormous body of literature out there on how to write HTML documents, stylistic considerations, the history of HTML, new HTML extensions, HTML conversion programs, and the like.

Possibly the best place for you to learn more about HTML is the Web itself. Almost every Web browser has the ability to show you the source of any document, rather than displaying the finished page. This will show you the series of HTML commands that generated it. On most browsers this option is called View Source, View HTML, or something similar.

In this way, you can look around the Web, and if you find a feature or format that you like, you can view the source code to see how it was generated. This provides an enormous number of worked examples for you to look at while making your own documents.

Writing HTML
HTML Style and Design
HTML Editors
HTML Converters
Graphics Utilities
Java
Other Resource Indexes
The Philosophy of the World Wide Web (Web)

Documents marked with a are particularly useful to beginners. Documents marked with a are especially useful to advanced users.

For your convenience, the following links will open in a new browser window. Since all links will open in the same window, you will not have to close it after each link.

Writing HTML top

Published by CNET, this page offers support for creating and maintaining Web pages, as well as a link for applications for Web page publishing and creation.

HTML Style and Design top

Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design: This page has a list of what not to do in your Web documents.
Composing Good HTML: This guide talks about common errors Web authors make and some standard practices you can use to keep your HTML code clean, easily readable, and correct.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML): This working document gives the HTML 4.0 design specifications, discussions of design issues, and other fundamental information about HTML.
Style Guide for Online Hypertext: This is Tim Berners-Lee's famous guide to HTML style. It is full of solid advice about how to design your documents for clarity, effectiveness, and portability. Definitely worth reading.
How Do They Do That With HTML?: All the tricks of the trade that range from graphics to sounds to tables to frames.
Webreference.com: From Internet beginners to Web masters, webreference.com is the fastest way to learn about the Web and the art of Web site creation. From browsing to authoring, from HTML to advanced site design, they will keep you up to date, informed, and in touch.
The WWW Developer's Virtual Library: This vast list of links and catalogs has pages devoted to almost every imaginable topic in Web authoring or development. It also includes an interactive help desk, a job/resume section for people who want to hire or be hired for development, and a unique use of forms for a Web calculator.

HTML Editors top

Browsers, Viewers, and HTML Preparation Resources: A collection of links to HTML utilities put together by the University of Toronto's Instructional and Research Computing Division.
Yahoo's Index of HTML Editors: The Yahoo system is divided by topic and subtopic. This page breaks editors down by platform, including DOS, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and X Windows. This is one of the most complete indexes available.

HTML Converters top

HTML Converters (at W3): This list of converters, located at W3, is sorted by type of source.
Yahoo's Index of HTML Converters: This Yahoo Web catalog has a lengthy list of HTML conversion utilities.

Graphics Utilities top

The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software: Graphics or images are an important feature in most Web pages today. TUCOWS is a popular site that offers graphic viewers and graphic manipulating software. The world's best collection of Internet software, TUCOWS is your place on the Web to access the latest and greatest Internet software, performance rated and checked for viruses.

Java top

Sun Microsystems Java Page: The place that started it all.
Sun Microsystems Java FAQ Page: Everything you wanted to know about Java, but were afraid to ask.
Gamelan: A vast collection of Java applets.
O'Reilly & Associates Java Page: Publishers of some of the best Internet how-to books in the known universe, enter the Java world.
JavaWorld: IDG's magazine for the Java community.
The Java Boutique: A resource for Internet users who would like to add Java applets to their Web sites. Currently houses more than 100 working applets, along with instructions for downloading.

Other Resource Indexes top

Microsoft Technical Support Area: A wealth of helpful information about your Internet Explorer software.
Netscape Technical Support Area: A wealth of helpful information about your Netscape software.
Learn The Net: "The Friendliest Internet Primer in Cyberspace"
IWORLD Home Page: From the publishers of Internet World, Web Week, and Web Developers magazine. Links to all the above publications and then some.

The Philosophy of the World Wide Web (Web) top

HyperContent, HyperJunk: Hypertext Theory as if the WWWeb Matters: This page and its links are concerned with matters of form, content, performance, and the utility of the Web.

For Support call Orcas Online: 360-376-4124
254 North Beach Rd/POB 1901 Eastsound WA 98245