LIST OF TOPICS

Here is an alphabetized list of topics covered in the first 21 lessons. Click on the lesson number to go directly to the lesson that contains the topic.

  - The non-breaking space character - Lesson 5
A tag (anchor tag) - Lesson 6
Absolute addresses (absolute URLs) - Lesson 19
ACTION attribute of the FORM tag - Lesson 16
ADDRESS tag to enclose contact information - Lesson 17
Alert window in JavaScript - Lesson 21
Align attribute for centering text - Lesson 4
ALIGN attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
ALIGN attribute of the TR and TD tags in tables - Lesson 11
ALINK attribute of the BODY tag to change the color of all active links - Lesson 9
ALT attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
Ampersand command (&) - Lesson 5
Anchor tag (A tag) - Lesson 6
Animations - Creating animations (animated gifs) with GIF Construction Set - Lesson 15
APPLET tag to set up a Java Applet - Lesson 19
AREA tag and its attributes in creating an image map - Lesson 20
B tag for bold text - Lesson 4
BACKGROUND attribute of the IMG tag (to place a background image on your web page) - Lesson 9
Background color of a web page - Lesson 9
BASE tag to locate HTML documents - Lesson 19
BASEFONT tag to set a default font size for text - Lesson 17
BGCOLOR attribute of the BODY tag (to change the background color of your web page) - Lesson 9
BGCOLOR attribute of the TR, TD and TH tags to change the background color of a table cell - Lesson 11
BIG tag to make the text a little bigger - Lesson 17
BLINK tag for blinking text - Lesson 17
Block-level elements - Lesson 5 and - Lesson 18
BLOCKQUOTE tag to set off a section or block of text - Lesson 17
BODY tag - Lesson 3
BORDER attribute of the FRAME and FRAMESET tags - To specify a border around a frame - Lesson 13
BORDER attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
BORDER attribute of the TABLE tag - Lesson 11
BR tag to indicate the end of a line - Lesson 3
Bullets and numbers - Changing their appearance in lists - Lesson 5
Bullets and numbers in lists - Lesson 5
Button - Using buttons for links - Lesson 6
CAPTION tag for tables - Lesson 11
CELLPADDING attribute of the TABLE tag - Lesson 11
CELLSPACING attribute of the TABLE tag - Lesson 11
CENTER attribute - Lesson 4
Centering text - Lesson 4
CGI scripts in forms - Lesson 16
CITE tag to enclose a citation - Lesson 17
CODE tag to enclose a sample of computer code - Lesson 17

Color:

Changing the background color of your web page (BGCOLOR tag) - Lesson 9
Changing the color of a block of text - FONT tag) - Lesson 9
Changing the color of all the text on a web page - Lesson 9
COLOR attribute of the FONT tag - to change the color of a block of text - Lesson 9
Color table - A table showing over 200 colors and their codes - Lesson 10
Creating a transparent color (often the background color) in images - Lesson 14
Creating a transparent color in an image using Paint Shop Pro - Lesson 14
Hexadecimal vs Decimal - Lesson 9
Over 200 colors and their codes - Lesson 10
Understanding color - Lesson 9

COLS attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
COLS attribute of the TEXTAREA tag in forms - Lesson 16
COLSPAN attribute of the TH and TD tags to span across more than one column in a table - Lesson 12
Comment - Adding a comment to your web page coding - Lesson 17
Confirm window in JavaScript - Lesson 21
Copyright symbol (©)- Lesson 5
Counters - Obtaining a counter for your web page - Lesson 2
Date object and its methods in JavaScript - Lesson 21
DD tag in creating lists - Lesson 5
Decimal values in color - Lesson 9
Definition lists (no bullets or numbers) - Lesson 5
Description META tag - Used to give a summary description of your web page - Lesson 19
Designing web pages - Lesson 4
DFN tag to define or mark up a term when the term is used for the first time - Lesson 19
DIV tag to mark up divisions in a document - Lesson 19
Document object in JavaScript - Lesson 21
Downloading (saving) an image - Lesson 7
DT tag in creating lists - Lesson 5
EM tag for italic text - Lesson 4

Email - Lesson 6

Placing your own message in the body of emails - Lesson 6
Placing your own subject in emails - Lesson 6
Using the MAILTO command - Lesson 6

Emphasizing text - Lesson 4
FACE attribute of the FONT tag to specify the font face such as Arial - Lesson 17
FONT tag - To change the color of a block of text - Lesson 9
FONT tag - To change the size of a block of text - Lesson 17

Forms - Lesson 16

Attributes of the INPUT tag - Lesson 16
CGI scripts in forms - Lesson 16
Form elements (text boxes, pop-up menu boxes, radio buttons, check boxes, etc.) - Lesson 16
FORM tag - To create forms - Lesson 16
Obtaining a free form - Lesson 16
Obtaining a free guestbook - Lesson 16
Reset button for forms - Lesson 16
Submit button for forms - Lesson 16

Frames - Lesson 13

FRAME tag and its attributes for creating a web page with frames - Lesson 13
Another summary of FRAME tag attributes - Lesson 18
FRAMESET tag and its attributes - Lesson 13
Another summary of FRAMESET tag attributes - Lesson 18
Leaving a frames page (the TARGET attribute) - Lesson 13
TARGET attribute to indicate the window a web page is to be displayed in and also used to target a different frame - Lesson 13
The COLS attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
The NAME attribute of the FRAME tag - to send information from one frame to another frame (targeting a different frame) - Lesson 13
The NOFRAMES tag - Lesson 13
The NORESIZE attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
The ROWS attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
The SCROLLING attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
The SRC attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13

Free counters - Lesson 2
Free guestbooks - Lesson 16
Free web page providers - Lesson 2
GIF images (image formats) - Lesson 7
Greater than sign (>) - Lesson 5
Guestbook - Obtaining a free guestbook - Lesson 16
HEAD tag - Lesson 3
Header tags - (H1, H2, ... , H6) Lesson 4
HEIGHT attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
Hexadecimal values in color - Lesson 9
HR tag to create a horizontal line - Lesson 3
HREF attribute in creating links - Lesson 6
HSPACE attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7

HTML

HTML tag - Lesson 3
Introduction to HTML - Lesson 1
Loading (displaying) an HTML file in your browser - Lesson 2
Naming an HTML file - Lesson 2
Saving an HTML file - Lesson 2
Server requirements for naming HTML files - Lesson 2
Software used to create HTML web pages - Lesson 1
The different versions of HTML - Lesson 1
What the letters in HTML stand for - Lesson 1
What you need and do not need to get started creating web pages - Lesson 2

I tag for Italic text - Lesson 4

Images - Lesson 7

Creating image maps - Lesson 20
Creating a transparent color in an image using Paint Shop Pro - Lesson 14
Downloading (saving) an image - Lesson 7
Image attributes - Lesson 7
Image formats - Lesson 7
IMG tag - (Image tag) Lesson 7
Interlaced versus non-interlaced images - Lesson 14
Placing an image in a table cell - Lesson 11
Placing images on your web page - Lesson 7
Saving a background image - Lesson 9
Thumbnail images - Lesson 8
Using an image for a link - Lesson 8
Using an image for the web page background - Lesson 9
Using an image to create a side-line background - Lesson 12

Indenting a line with the non-breaking space character ( ) - Lesson 5
Indenting text - Lesson 5
Index of all 2.0 and 3.2 tags - Lesson 18
INPUT tag in forms - Lesson 16
Interlaced versus non-interlaced images - Lesson 14
ISINDEX tag which was used before the FORM tag became popular - Lesson 19
JavaScript - Lesson 21
Java versus JavaScript - Lesson 21
JPEG images (image formats) - Lesson 7
KBD tag to indicate input from user - Lesson 17
Keywords META tag to list your keywords - Lesson 19
Less than sign (<) - Lesson 5
LI tag in creating lists - Lesson 5

Links - Lesson 6

A tag (Anchor tag) - Lesson 6
LINK attribute of the BODY tag to change the color of all the links on a page - Lesson 9
LINK tag and its attributes - Lesson 19
Linking to another page anywhere on the internet - Lesson 6
Linking to another page in your website - Lesson 6
Linking within the same page (page jumps) - Lesson 6
Placing your own message in the body of emails - Lesson 6
Placing your own subject in emails - Lesson 6
TARGET attribute to indicate the window a web page is to be displayed in and also used to target a different frame - Lesson 13
Using a button for a link - Lesson 6
Using a table cell for a link - Lesson 11
Using an image for a link - Lesson 8
Using the MAILTO command - Lesson 6

Lists - Lesson 5

Bullets and numbers - Changing their appearances - Lesson 5
Creating lists - Lesson 5
Definition Lists (no bullets or numbers) - Lesson 5
Ordered lists (numbered lists) - Lesson 5
START attribute in an ordered list - Lesson 5
Unordered lists - Lesson 5
VALUE attribute in an ordered list - Lesson 5

Loading an HTML file into your browser - Lesson 2
MAILTO command - Lesson 6
MAP tag to create an image map - Lesson 20
MAXLENGTH attribute of the INPUT tag - Lesson 16
META Description tag - Used to give a summary description of your web page - Lesson 19
META Keywords tag to list your keywords - Lesson 19
META tag to automatically redirect a web page to another web page (also called the Meta Refresh tag)- Lesson 19
METHOD attribute of the FORM tag - Lesson 16
NAME attribute of the Anchor tag - Lesson 6
NAME attribute of the FRAME tag - to send information from one frame to another frame - Lesson 13
NAME attribute of the INPUT tag in forms - Lesson 16
Naming an HTML file - Lesson 2
NOFRAMES tag - Used in web pages with frames - Lesson 13
Non-breaking space character ( ) - Lesson 5
NORESIZE attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
Numbered lists - Lesson 5
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) - Lesson 21
OL tag in creating lists - Lesson 5
onLoad event handler in JavaScript - Lesson 21
OPTION tag in forms - Lesson 16
Ordered lists - Lesson 5
P tag (Paragraph tag) - Lesson 3
Page jumps - Linking within the same page - Lesson 6
PARAM tag to pass on arguments to an applet - Lesson 19
Pixels - Discussion - Lesson 7
PRE tag to keep the original spacing and line breaks - Lesson 17
Prompt window in JavaScript - Lesson 21
Quotation mark (") - Lesson 5
Redirecting a web page to another web page (Meta Refresh) - Lesson 19
Relative addresses (relative URLs) - Lesson 19
Reset button for forms - Lesson 16
ROWS attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
ROWS attribute of the TEXTAREA tag in forms - Lesson 16
ROWSPAN attribute of the TH and TD tags to span more than one row in a table - Lesson 12
SAMP tag to indicate a sample of text to be used literally - Lesson 17
Saving (downloading) an image - Lesson 7
Saving a background image to your hard drive - Lesson 9
Saving an HTML file - Lesson 2
SCRIPT tag for declaring a script - Lesson 19
SCROLLING attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
SELECT tag in forms - Lesson 16
Sending information from one frame to another (targeting frames) - Lesson 13
Server requirements for naming HTML files - Lesson 2
Side-lines to section off a web page - Lesson 12
SIZE attribute of the FONT and BASEFONT tags - Lesson 17
SIZE attribute of the INPUT tag in forms - Lesson 16
SMALL tag to make the text a little smaller - Lesson 17
Software used to create HTML web pages - Lesson 1
Spaces - Creating spaces and indenting text - Lesson 5
SRC attribute of the FRAME tag - Lesson 13
SRC attribute of the IMG (Image) tag - Lesson 7
START attribute in an ordered list - Lesson 5
STRIKE tag to display text with a strike-through appearance - Lesson 19
STRONG tag for bolding text - Lesson 4
STYLE tag used in Style Sheets - Lesson 19
SUB tag for subscript - Lesson 17
Submit button for forms - Lesson 16
SUP tag for superscript - Lesson 17

Tables - Basic tables Lesson 11 and advanced tables Lesson 12

Spanning across more than one row and column - Lesson 12
TABLE attributes - Lesson 11
TABLE tag - Lesson 11
Vertical bars or lines (side-lines) to section off a web page - Lesson 12

Tags - Introduction and correct use of tags - Lesson 3
TARGET attribute of the Anchor tag to indicate the window a web page is to be displayed (for exiting a frames page) and also used to target a different frame - Lesson 13
Targeting frames - Sending information from one frame to another - Lesson 13
TD tag used in creating tables - Lesson 11
TEXT attribute of the BODY tag to change the color of all the text on a page - Lesson 9
Text color - Lesson 9
TEXTAREA tag in forms - Lesson 16
Text-level elements - Lesson 5 and - Lesson 18
TH tag used in creating tables - Lesson 11
Thumbnail images - Lesson 8
TITLE tag - Lesson 3
TR tag used in creating tables - Lesson 11
Transparent colors - Creating transparent colors in images - Lesson 14
Transparent colors in images in Paint Shop Pro - Lesson 14
TT tag for TelepType font - Lesson 17
TYPE attribute of the INPUT tag in forms - Lesson 16
U tag to underline text - Lesson 17
UL tag in creating lists - Lesson 5
Underlining text - Lesson 17
Unordered lists - Lesson 5
URL - (Universal Resource Locator) - Lesson 6
VALIGN attribute of the TR tag in tables - Lesson 12
VALUE attribute of the NAME tag in forms - Lesson 16
VALUE attribute in an ordered list - Lesson 5
VAR tag to mark up a variable - Lesson 17
Versions of HTML - Lesson 1
VLINK attribute of the BODY tag to change the color of all visited links - Lesson 9
VSPACE attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium - Lesson 1
Wallpapering (using an image for the background of your web page) - Lesson 9
Web page providers - Have your web pages hosted for free - Lesson 2
WIDTH attribute of the IMG (image) tag - Lesson 7
WIDTH attribute of the TD tag in tables - Lesson 11
WIDTH attribute of the TD tag in tables (used here in creating side-lines) - Lesson 12
Window object in JavaScript - Lesson 21
World Wide Web Consortium - The W3C - Lesson 1
Write method in JavaScript - Lesson 21

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