HTML Self-Tutor Help

HTML Self-Tutor is an interactive HTML tutorial. It is not complete and its standard lies somewhere between HTML 3.0 and 4.0. In addition, it should be noted that HTML Self-Tutor was written for a display of at least 800 x 600.

The browser shows four windows:

  1. At the left is the List Window, listing the HTML Elements. Tags in parentheses are optional:
    <P>   text   (</P>)
  2. To the right are three windows.
    1. The top window is the Entry Window: it has a Text Area for entering test HTML statements and four buttons: the Rows plus and minus buttons allow you to increase an decrease the height of the Text Area; the View Result and Clear buttons are described below.
    2. The middle window is the Display Window. It interacts both with the Text Area and with the HTML listings in the List Window.
    3. The bottom window is an Options Menu.

      1. If you click on one of the hilighted HTML elements in the List Window, a sample will appear in the Display Window showing how HTML data looks both with and without the tag. You will also notice that the Text Area Window will show the HTML code which created the output in the Display.

      2. You can modify the HTML statements in the Text Area Window, then click the View Result button and the modified result will show up in the Display Window. In fact, you can enter Any HTML statements in this window and view the results in the Display Window. You can clear the window entirely by clickling the Clear button.

      1. Options Menu
        The Options Menu offers two sets of choices. The first allows you to turn display of HTML Attributes on or off. If attributes are ON, then when you pass the mouse cursor over a tag name in the List Window, if that tag uses Attributes, then a pop-up window will appear detailing the attributes and offering notes on their use.
        Attributes are statements that are incuded inside the main tags, for example:
        • <P ALIGN = "RIGHT" >
        • <IMAGE SRC = "example.gif" BORDER = "1" >
        In these examples ALIGN, SRC, and BORDER are attributes of the tags in which they appear.
        The Options Menu also enables you to select which List of HTML Elements to display in the List Window.
        • Simple:
          Simple refers only to the fact that these elements are self-sufficent, i.e. they are complete in themselves and don't depend upon the inclusion of other elements or upon being included within other elements.
        • Structures:
          These include the elements which make up tables, forms, lists, and frames, elements which require other elements to complete them.
        Finally, the Options Menu has a button to call up this Help page.
        On-Line Resources
        Current as of October 2000
        WDVL: D.J. Quad's HTML Tag Reference List
        ZDNet: d e v e l o p e r: Your Basic Style
        Introduction to HTML - Table of Contents
        DevEdge Online - Documentation - HTML
        HTML Reference Manual
        HTML Tutor: Getting Started (WebDeveloper.com ®)
        Web Style Sheets
        WDVL: The HyperText Markup Language
        Tutorial - HTML Tutor - Getting Started
        Web Communications HTML Forms Tutorial

        Release Notes:
        HTML Self-Tutor version 1.0

        1. The current version is not entirely complete. A number of the structural elements are still to be done: Frames, document structure, Map element, among them.
        2. There are some plans to provide a faclity for easy updating of tags and attributes.

          Copyright Notice
          HTML Self-Tutor Copyright © 2000 Myron Turner
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