Web Design Resources, Tools and Content

This is a short introduction to writing HTML. Many people still write HTML by hand using tools such as NotePad on Windows, or SimpleText on the Mac. This guide will get you up and running. Even if you don't intend to edit HTML directly and instead plan to use an HTML editor such as Netscape Composer, or W3C's Amaya, this guide will enable you to understand enough to make better use of such tools and how to make your HTML documents accessible on a wide range of browsers.

Incorporating Advanced Features of HTML

Having mastered the basics, it is time to move on to more advanced features.

Cascading Style Sheets
This is a short guide to styling your Web pages. It will show you how to use W3C's Cascading Style Sheets language (CSS) as well as alternatives using HTML itself

XHTML

Learn the differences between HTML and the eXtended HTML, and how to use XHTML in your future applications

WML

about the Wireless Markup Language, and how to convert your HTML pages to pocket format, so that your information can be accessed from devices like mobile WAP Phones.

How to create special characters in HTML web pages
Looking to put the ç back in français? This useful listing of special character codes, plus instructions for using the Windows Charmap function will show you how.