Notice: This material is excerpted from Special Edition Using HTML, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-7897-0758-6. This material has not yet been through the final proof reading stage that it will pass through before being published in printed form. Some errors may exist here that will be corrected before the book is published. This material is provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind.
by John Jung
Because the World Wide Web came from the Internet, many people have had a chance to look at, and comment on it. There are a lot of documents about HTML, the Web, and Web authoring, and much of it is available on the Web itself. This is just a partial listing of some of the more useful sources. Because the Internet and the World Wide Web are evolving entities, they will probably move sometime in the future. You'll generally be informed of any such moves by the Web site itself. But if you have problems finding one of these documents, feel free to use one of the Web's many search engines.
The quality of these documents varies greatly with each author's flavor and research. Be sure to take a look at who wrote each document to determine how much weight you should give it. Some of these documents are just one person's opinion or perception about a particular topic. Also, many of these pages have hypertext links to related documents.
This is the official specification for HTML 2.
A list of Netscape extensions to the HTML 2 specifications, by Netscape.
A list of Netscape extensions to the HTML 3 specifications, by Netscape.
This is a page that shows the HTML 3 and Netscape extensions that are in common use. It also provides ways to get around Netscape's extensions with HTML 3 tags.
This is a list of all of Microsoft's proposed extensions to HTML. It has links relating to its extensions.
This is the official list of special characters and the HTML codes that represent them.
This is a good list of ten things you should do or watch out for when creating your home page.
This is a good reference for up and coming CGI programmers.
A good overview of the Web with a special section on Web authoring.
One of the many introductory guides to HTML for new Web authors. It comes from the creators of Mosaic.
Here are some things you shouldn't do in a Web page.
This home page shows ways to make your home page look good with any browser.
For the absolute HTML beginner, this is a good place to start.
An on-line guide for how to create Web pages that deliver your message effectively.
This is a page that shows you some of the neat tips and tricks you can do with HTML.
This page has a collection of programs that HTML authors should have.
This is a great online guide for HTML authors of all skill levels.
This provides a fairly comprehensive list of HTML tags.
A Web site that provides a different background image every day.
A page that has a collection of color names, and corresponding values. You can plug in the values for any color you might want to use, into the appropriate field.
A page dedicated to helping people create imagemaps.
This page discusses ways of setting up search engines for your Web pages.
This is a home page dedicated to looking (and showing) great Web pages.
Here's another home page appreciation page.
A Web page that will submit your URL into a variety of Web search engines. Free!
This page discusses methods of creating an interface between the Web and databases.
A collection of reviews and overviews of many HTML editors for many platforms.
This is a great database of home pages.
The Virtual Library is a collection of distributed links that cover a broad set of topics.
This page has discussions on writing CGI scripts, as well as an archive of submitted ones.
A good introduction to SGML, the predecessor to HTML.
This Web page provides a good overview of programming in Perl, a popular CGI scripting language.
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