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HTML Authoring

Best Web Developer's Resources
Mailing Lists and Newsgroups Getting Started Design and Style
Tricks and Tips Images and Colors CGI, SSI, Java Official Specs
Validating Your HTML Developer Tools Miscellaneous

Last updated 26 Feb 1999 ~ Last link verification 12 Jan 1999


Web·if·y \'web-*-fi-\ v. 1: to mark up a print document using HTML for publishing on the World Wide Web.
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Best Web Developer's Resources

  • A Compendium of HTML Elements is one of the best HTML-related sites I've seen. It gives you instructions for using each HTML tag, including all the attributes that you can specify.
  • Web Design Group's Pages. These are great! Included is a straightforward and comprehensive explanation of Cascading Style Sheets
  • EditPlus Text Editor For Windows. The best HTML editor I've seen lately. It supports syntax-coloring, and also allows you to customize by adding your own templates and syntax-coloring formats. It supports both upper and lower case HTML, and has a offline browser preview.

Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

  • HTML Writer's Guild. I am a member of this group of HTML Authors who correspond via a number of internet mailing lists. We have mailing list archives maintained by Gerald Oskoboiny.
  • ADV-HTML is a high quality moderated mailing list discussing advanced HTML topics. To subscribe, send an email to listserv@ua1vm.va.edu with a blank subject line and the command: SUBSCRIBE ADV-HTML (yourname), substituting your first and last name for (yourname) in the body of the message.
  • Resources for Internet Email Discussion Groups/Lists. Gives some commonly used commands for listserv software programs and also gives pointers to email listservs.

Getting Started

Special Tricks and Tips

  • Special Characters
      To Display: Use HTML: To Display: Use HTML:
      © Copyright © ® Registered Trademark ®
      Trademark symbol ™ § Section §
      En Dash – Em Dash —
      Cross † Double Cross ‡
      Bullet • · Small Bullet ·
  • Best of the Web

Advanced Topics: Design and Style

Advanced Topics: Images and Colors

Advanced Topics: CGI, SSI, Java

Official Specifications

The Final Step: Validating And Checking Your HTML

  • Doctor HTML will test your pages for design and syntax flaws.
  • WebLint to check your HTML
  • CSS Check - check your cascading style sheets for validity

Developer Tools

Miscellaneous

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