- Getting Started
- Text
- Linking
- Graphics
- Putting Images on a page
- Alternate Text for Images
- Animated Graphics
- Background, text, and link Color
- Background Graphics
- Linking with graphics
- Image Maps
- Fill-out Forms
- Getting Started
- Form Method/Action
- Single or multiple fields
- Larger Fields
- Checkboxes
- Radio Buttons
- Pull-Down Lists
- Scroll-Down Lists
- Reset Form
- Submit Entry
- Frames
- Java
- Troubleshooting
- For More Information
Getting Started
mkdir public_html
After this, change your directory to this new directory called "public_html".
cd public_html
If you want to, you can make other directories, one for all the web pages that you make, and one for all of the graphics that you have. Follow the same steps as above to do this.
Next, you need to think of a filename for your page (this is not a title, but what will be in the URL). A common filename for a main web page, is "index". Once you've decided on this, add ".html" to the end of it. Then type (i.e.)
pico index.html
Of course, use your page's filename, instead of this one. Next, you need to gain some knowledge of the many HTML commands. Lucky for you, I've already gotten some of the basic commands for you. Follow the index below, to decide what to put on your page, and how to do it. Once you've gotten started, exit your page. You can do this by pressing control-x. Then you need to type:
chmod 744 index.html
Only do this with the filename of your page. You only need to do this the very first time that you leave your web page. This command will make sure that nobody else can delete your page. You will need to do this to any other pages that you make in the future. Then, look at your page on the WWW. Lets say that your server is "www.domain.com", your username is "username", and the name of your page is "index.html". The URL would normally be:
http://www.domain.com/~username/index.html
However, you will need to contact your ISP for your URL.
If you have made separate directories for pages and graphics, then you need to include that in the URL also. Lets say that you made a directory for all of your web pages, called "Pages". The new URL would be: http://www.domain.com/~username/Pages/index.html
Title
In HTML, every command is surrounded by <'s, and >'s. And in most commands, you need to tell the web browser when to end this command. You do this by putting a back slash (/) in front of the ending command, as in above. Since HTML isn't case sensitive,
Text
Headings
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Paragraphs
This is a web page. How do you like what I've done? Please e-mail me with any suggestions at a@a.com
The outcome is:
This is a web page. How do you like what I've done? Please e-mail me with any suggestions at a@a.com
Lists
- red
- orange
- green
- blue
- purple
- black
- brown
The result is:
- red
- orange
- green
- blue
- purple
- black
- brown
- red
- orange
- green
- blue
- purple
- black
- brown
The result looks like:
- red
- orange
- green
- blue
- purple
- black
- brown
Forced Line Breaks
Hello,
how
are
you?
The outcome is:
Hello,
how
are
you?
Horizontal Rules
Character Formatting
, for bold
, for italic
, for underlined
Linking
URLs
http://www.yahoo.com
To do this, you would type:
Links to Specific Sections
1) To make the actual link, think of a name for the certain spot. Let's say you are going to call it "spot". If this certain spot is on the same page that the link is, you would type:
2) Now, you need to make where the link will take you. Go to the spot where you want the link to take you, and type:
Mailto Links
Graphics
Putting Images On A Page
To display a graphic on some one else's page, you need to find the URL. To do this, I recommend that you have Netscape Navigator. Right click or click and hold down on the graphic, until a menu comes up. Choose "View this Image". Then , copy the URL that appears at the top of the screen, in the "location" box. Let's say that the URL was: http://www.infhost.com/members/web/Images/pic.gif You would type:
To display a graphic that is in your account, all you have to do is type in the filename. If you didn't make separate directories for graphics and pages, then you just need to type the graphic's name.(i.e.

Alternate Text for Images
Animated Graphics
Background, text, and link Color
for background colorfor color of text (all non-links)for color of unvisited linksfor color of visited linksfor color of active links (while being selected)
Background Graphics
Linking with graphics
Image Maps
Fill-out Forms
Getting Started
Form Method/Action
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/fb.pl. If you would like the response sent to your email address, and the address is "a@a.com", you would type this for the first two lines: