Web Design Group - Web Authoring FAQ

irt.org HTML FAQ

Scott Brady's "Unofficial" Official alt.html FAQ

Also learn to use the Advanced Groups Search at Google Groups. You'll find there an archive of past USENET (newsgroups) discussions going back to 1981. (yes, 1981) Any question you may have about web page authoring has almost definitely been discussed before in alt.html and a handful of other similar groups. Do a little searching and you'll find information on pert near anything.

So, you want to make a Web Page!

• What the heck is Notepad and where do I get it?
• I've seen pages where the background is fixed and the page just scrolls over it. How can I do that?
• Can I somehow embed a font or force a download of my font so my visitors automatically get the font I'm using?
• How do I link to another page?
• What is an active link?
• As soon as I upload my stuff to the Web, all my image links are broken. I used relative URLs and I definitely uploaded them because I can see them there with my FTP program. What gives?
• How can I specify a Subject for my email message?
• How can I get rid of the underline in my links?
• How do you get rid of that ugly blue border around an image link?
• How do I link to a _____ file so people can download it?
• How do I make a link open in a new browser window?
• My image links have these little blue dashes next to them. Also I keep getting spaces between them and I want them to be flush up against each other. I don't understand... it works right in Browser B.
• OK, I made my page. Now how do I get it onto the Internet?
• How do I find out the WIDTH and HEIGHT of an image?
• Should I use a GIF image or a JPG image?
• What's the code for special characters like © or € or ü?
• What is "doctype" and "validation"?

Table Tutor

• I've laid out my table with my dimensions but the table doesn't show up right. Or it's fine in Browser A but looks different in Browser B.
• I made my page using SooperCoder and my page is fine in Browser A but it's completely invisible in Browser B. What's going on?
• Can I use an image as a table background?
• Why are there spaces in my tables (or between my images)? How can I make image A sit flush up against image B?
• How can I put a chunk of text next to an image?

Form Tutor

• When I press the Submit button, all I get is a New Mail Message that pops up. What am I doing wrong?
• Can I use an image for a Submit button?
• Can I make a simple button that just takes the user to another page?

Frames Tutor

• How do I make borderless frames?
• Can I load 2 frames with only one click?