HTML Documents - HyperText Markup Language - Other standards include Java, VRML - HTML documents are read by WWW browsers - There are several HTML editors, Hotdog, Hot Metal, Spider, etc. - Some of them automatically generate the code when you press appropriate buttons (choose menu commands) - Some are WYSIWYG. The code generated is transparent to you. What you see is what you get. - The standards are changing rapidly, Netscape extensions to HTML - Microsoft extensions to VRML - It may be a while until a clear winner is established - Important thing is to understand the basic principles, the details will keep on changing. More likely than not we will start using WYSIWYG editors. - General Format of an HTML document is: Heading Text - HTML commands are specified in angled brackets - ........ - / followed by the name of the command corresponds to the end of that command - beginning of HTML document end of the HTML document - corresponds top the heading on the title bar - corresponds to the text of the document - The text in the body has to have formatting commands or all of it will appear in a one long paragraph - If you had preformatted text inside an HTML document then you use
 command. Show the text as it is.
	- It is possible to have further formatting inside the
	  
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- Whenever you are looking at an HTML document through netscape. You can see the HTML source by going to view and ask for source. - Documents will consist of headings - There are several levels of heading

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and so on. -
centers the text - can be used for making certain text bold - can be used for italics -
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Is used for numbered text Each numbered paragraph has to come after
  • command - Bulleted text works same as numbered paragraph We use the command
      instead of
        - Demo Document test
        Let us see what happens.
        - This formatting means nothing.

        Commands

        The previous command gave us level one heading Level two heading which follows is smaller.

        Level 2 Heading

        1. Let us try the numbers
        2. This is point number 2
        3. This is point number 3

        Bulleted Text follows

        • First point
        • Second point
        • and it goes on
        - You can create tables using command.
        First row first columnFirst row second column
        Row2 col 1Row 2 Col 2
        - Links to different files Linkname - The document will show the linkname. When someone clicks on the linkname filename will be loaded. - The links can be more complicated than just filenames. Any URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is acceptable link. - Images can be added by specifying Name of the image