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Here are some tips for avoiding troubles that some web authors have when first beginning: 1. You do not need any formatting tags for your title. The title will automatically display in bold with a sans-serif* type on browsers. This means that you only use a code that says: <title>Title of the Page between Tags</title> and NOT: <title><b>Title of the Page between Tags</b></title> You do not get to choose some other, fancy type for titles. Computers simply displays titles in plain, bold type. 2. Do not forget to add the --> at the end of your comments. 3. If you forget the final closing > on a meta tag, the rest of the page may not display. If the page comes up blank, this could be the problem. 4. *So what is "serif" or "sans-serif" when talking about type? The serif refers to the tiny end line used as a flourish at the bottom or top of letters in type such as this Roman or Times Roman font style. A sans-serif font style is like this. It is plain, with no small flourish at the end of lines or bottom of letters. 5. After the <head> tags come the <body> tags. The simple <body> will begin the visible section of your page. However, many computers have a default grey background. If you want to be sure you have a white background on your page, type <body bgcolor="FFFFFF"> instead of just <body>. You can also determine the color for type and links here. To see what is possible visit the Tool for Trying out Colors at http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/color-cube.html . There you can try out various combinations and copy the code to paste into you own code. |
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Instructor: dwang@think-ink.net
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