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Having Trouble with HTML? Look No Further!
by tkd_grant | Oct 13 '02
HTML is not as difficult as some of you might think. In this editorial, I will explain to you "source," some basic HTML codes, and a good resource.

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Hope Part II is On Its Way...... (Reply to this comment)
by tombarnes
Please do add a Part II! I have learned a few things from reading this. Thanks! Tom Barnes
Nov 17 '02
10:14 pm PST

WOW! (Reply to this comment)
by cr01
Looking forward to jazzing up my profile page - thanks for the tips!

Chris
Oct 20 '02
2:40 pm PDT

Re: the only... (Reply to this comment)
by Arthur.Rubin
Good point, cletta. Not only reviews can be copyright violations; profile pages can, as well.

(The pull-down lists on my profile page are courtesy http://www.lissaexplains.com, I believe. The rest are my own creation, as far as I know.)
Oct 15 '02
6:37 am PDT

the only... (Reply to this comment)
by cletta1201
thing I can say about this is to make sure you let people know that SOME PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY those who write their own html, would not like to have their source code stolen - just a little tidbit.
Oct 14 '02
4:02 pm PDT

Re: well... (Reply to this comment)
by Arthur.Rubin
Well, the list of color names that will work depends on your browser, unless it's fully HTML 4+ compliant. The colors that will work properly depends on your browser and system configuration, and may not include all the colors where the names work.

For example, on many UNIX or X-Windowing systems, you can only have 256 colors on the entire screen, which (by default) only allow 128 to a single program.

But it's still true that many colors can be named rather than the Hex code being used.
Oct 14 '02
2:45 pm PDT

well... (Reply to this comment)
by 4-1-1
some things are correct.

But you can display <   > in your review... if you knew a little more about HTML.

And... there are many "named colors" that don't need to be written using hexadecimal values. Such as: "aliceblue," "antiquewhite," "aquamarine," "Blueviolet," "lawngreen," "fuchsia," "olive," ...the list is pretty long.

Best,

Tom / 4-1-1
Oct 14 '02
10:24 am PDT

Why do you assume... (Reply to this comment)
by Arthur.Rubin
that everyone uses Internet Explorer. In reality, no one who has a choice uses Internet Explorer. <grin> (see the angle bracket)

The View Source command works pretty much the same way in Internet Explorer, Netscape (except you may have copy the text and paste it into a Word, WordPerfect, Write, or Notepad window in order to read it), Opera, Mozilla, etc.

Oct 14 '02
9:55 am PDT

HTML (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Well done, tkd.

Wait till you see all the new "Top Reviewer" and "Advisor" emblems that start mysteriously appearing on my index page. Heh, heh, heh...

Now, we just need to pirate the coding one requires to leave "MH's."

--29th
Oct 13 '02
6:45 pm PDT