Welcome, I will not attempt to dazzle you with a mess of fancy graphics and designs here on my help pages, this is destracting to some when they are attempting to learn HTML. I will, however add a few examples here and there so as you will get a better understanding of what is being said. If you find any of my information to be incorrect, out of date or if you have a better/different way of doing something and would like to pass it along, please let me KNOW. Thank you for visiting my help pages and I hope you find the answers you are looking for.

HTML is relatively easy to learn and in just a few short steps you will be able to format your own webpage. With much practice and hardwork, you will be able to fully understand the method behind the madness of HTML.

The best way to learn HTML, is to experiment with it.

TIP: I personally like to capitalize all my tags, so as it is easier to see when editing

The Basics

"What is needed"

<HTML>--This tells the browser (Netscape , Internet Explorer, etc.) that this is an HTML document. <HEAD>--This is the section where certain things are defined, such as java or frames. <TITLE>--The title of your page that appears in your window titlebar. </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>--The main part of your document goes here. <script language="Javascript"> <!-- setonclickmethods(); // --> </script> <center> <!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) --> <div id="fclinkback" style="visibility:hidden"><p> <font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size=1><a id="fcfootergif" href="http://www.fortunecity.com/" target="_new"><img src="http://www.fortunecity.com/images/fc_mp_logo_150x80.gif" border=0></a><br> <a id="fcfooterhosting" href="http://www.fortunecity.com/" target="_new">web hosting</a> &bull; <a id="fcfooterdomains" href="http://www.fortunecity.com/" target="_new">domain names</a> <br /> <a id="fcfooterdesign" href="http://www.fortunecity.com/web-design.shtml" target="_new">web design</a> &bull; <a href="http://www.hotgames.com/" target="_new">online games</a><br /></font> </p></div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <script language="Javascript"> <!-- if(FCWindowWidth > 400) { document.getElementById('fclinkback').style.visibility = "visible"; document.getElementById('fcfootergif').search = '?sid=fcfootergif'; document.getElementById('fcfooterhosting').search = '?sid=fcfooterhosting'; document.getElementById('fcfooterdomains').search = '?sid=fcfooterdomains'; document.getElementById('fcfooterdesign').search = '?sid=fcfooterdesign'; if(fcadunit != 'adult') { if(FCWindowWidth > 700) { // ZEDO for channel: FC Member Content Foot , publisher: FortuneCity.com , Ad Dimension: Super Banner - 728 x 90 document.write('<scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript">var zflag_nid="895"; var zflag_cid="24/22"; var zflag_sid="1"; var zflag_width="728"; var zflag_height="90"; var zflag_sz="14"; </scr'+'ipt><scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript" src="http://d3.zedo.com/jsc/d3/fo.js"></scr'+'ipt>'); } else { // ZEDO for channel: FC Member Content Foot , publisher: FortuneCity.com , Ad Dimension: Full Banner - 468 x 60 document.write('<scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript">var zflag_nid="895"; var zflag_cid="24/22"; var zflag_sid="1"; var zflag_width="468"; var zflag_height="60"; var zflag_sz="0"; </scr'+'ipt><scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript" src="http://d3.zedo.com/jsc/d3/fo.js"></scr'+'ipt>'); } document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/javascript" src="http://fortunecity.us.intellitxt.com/intellitxt/front.asp?ipid=10049"></scr'+'ipt>'); document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/javascript">'); document.write('var dc_UnitID = 14;'); document.write('var dc_PublisherID = 37950;'); document.write('var dc_AdLinkColor = "blue";'); document.write('var dc_adprod="ADL";'); document.write('</scr'+'ipt>'); document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="text/javascript" SRC="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/KonaLibInline.js"></scr'+'ipt>'); if (document.cookie.indexOf('fcseenpop') == -1) { pop_domain = document.domain.substring(document.domain.indexOf('.')); expiry_date = new Date(new Date().getTime() + 86400000).toGMTString(); // 24 hours // ZEDO for channel: FC Member Content Popunder , publisher: FortuneCity.com , Ad Dimension: Pixel/Popup - 1 x 1 document.write('<scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript">var zflag_nid="895"; var zflag_cid="28/22"; var zflag_sid="1"; var zflag_width="1"; var zflag_height="1"; var zflag_sz="15"; </scr'+'ipt><scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript" src="http://d3.zedo.com/jsc/d3/fo.js"></scr'+'ipt>'); document.cookie = 'fcseenpop=1; path=/; domain=' + pop_domain + '; expires=' + expiry_date; } } } // --> </script> </center> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7234138-14"); pageTracker._setDomainName(".fortunecity.com"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} </script> </BODY> </HTML>

You should always make sure your HTML tags are opened by useing: <>, also that it is closed by useing: </>. This will allow the browser to apply the tag to everything that is between them. Keep in mind that the closing tag always contains a "/".

"Headers"

To get different sized text in your document, you create headers. There are 6 sizes of headers. Here they are, along with the source line that created them:

This is size 1.

<H1>This is size 1.</H1>

This is size 2.

<H2>This is size 2.</H2>

This is size 3.

<H3>This is size 3.</H3>

This is size 4.

<H4>This is size 4.</H4>
This is size 5.
<H5>This is size 5.</H5>
This is size 6.
<H6>This is size 6.</H6>

"Paragraph Separators, Line breaks, and Horizontal Lines"

To mark the end of a paragraph, put a <P> in your source text. It will leave a blank line before your next block of text, like this: Line breaks are when you want to force text onto a new line, but don't want the effect that paragraph markers put in. To do this add a <BR> in your source text where you want the break. To separate paragraphs or other items, you can put a line across your page by using the <HR> item, like this:

"Text Appearance"

These are some of the tags you can use to change the appearance of your text:

<B> </B>, <STRONG> </STRONG> These are for bold text <I> </I>, <EM> </EM>, <CITE> </CITE> These are for italicized text <TT> </TT>, <CODE> </CODE> To evenly space your text

"Hyperlinks"

Hyperlinks are highlighted text in an HTML document that link you to URL's, this can be pictures, sounds, movies, or other HTML documents. To do this, you would use this:

<A HREF="--ADD THE URL HERE--">--ADD THE TITLE HERE--</A>

"Adding Images"

Sometimes you will have to use a picture to present your storie or article better or maybe you just want to add some graphics to your website, in order for this happen, you will need to use this:

<IMG SRC="--ADD IMAGE URL OR FILE NAME HERE--">


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