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For Beginners...Introduction
Changes from 3.2
Document
Attributes
...that are available for all BODY objects
Text
Organisation tools
Forms
Images
Sounds
Style Sheets
Special Effects - Javascript
Search Engines
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Changes from 3.2
Document
Specifying LanguageStructure
The <HEAD> section
...General attributes
...Title
...Setting the Base address
...Queries : ISINDEX
...META tags
...Character sets
...<LINK>s
The <BODY> tag
... General Attributes
...Document Colours
...Background
Attributes
...that are available for all BODY objectsText
HeadingsFonts
Preformatted text
Change text direction
Special Characters
Character Formatting
...Blink
...Bold
...Italics
...Underline
...Strikethrough
...Superscript
...Subscript
Paragraph formatting
...Blockquote
...Line Breaks
...New Paragraph
...Stop Line Breaks
...Word Break
...Centre text
...Marking Modifications
Miscellaneous
...Abbreviation
...Acronyms
...Addresses
...Use Bigger/Smaller fonts
...Citations
...Code
...Definitions
...Keyboard input
...Sample
...Teletype
...Variables
...XMP
Organisation tools
CommentsHorizontal lines
DIV and SPAN
Links
...<LINK>s
...within pages
...Image maps
Frames
...Naming and Targeting
...Inline Frames
Tables
...example tag
...Rows
...Cells
...Captions
...Head, Body & Foot
Lists
...Definition lists
...Directory Lists
...Menu Lists
...Ordered Lists
...Unordered Lists
Embedding special files
The Object Element
Forms
Inputs and buttonsSelection menus
Element Labels
Fieldsets and legends
Images
Sounds
Style Sheets
specifying versionindividual elements
in the HEAD section
specifying media types
external sheets
cascading sheets
media-dependant defaults
HTTP headers
Special Effects - Javascript
Events...onAbort
...onBlur
...onChange
...onClick
...onError
...onFocus
...onLoad
...onMouseOver
...onMouseOut
...onReset
...onScroll
...onSelect
...onSubmit
...onUnload
Basic Commands
...Changing the status bar
...Opening a new window
...changing page being viewed
Search Engines
Attributes for all document objects
Almost all items within the BODY section of a HTML document support the following attributes. Even if they don't work, it doesn't hurt to include them since they may be supported in the future, and the browser will just ignore it if it's not recognised. For ease of reading, these are not mentioned for each element, but can be assumed :- lang="???" : specifies the language of any text. "en" is English, others are described at http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1766.txt.
- dir="???" is LTR or RTL - it specifies whether text is displayed left-to-right or right-to-left.
- id="???" allows you to specify a name to an object, for use with links. Supercedes the <a name="???"> tag.
- class="???": Assigns the object to a class of your choice. For example when the PRE tag is used with style sheets, the following can then be placed in the HEAD part of the document:
<STYLE type="text/css">
PRE.[classname] { background : green }
</STYLE>
- title="???" : Gives the object a title or description, which is displayed when the mouse pointer rests on an object.
- style="???" : specifies style sheet information for that tag
- align="???" : values usually include left, right and center - sets the alignment of the object.
- tabindex="???" : Available on links, anchors and form elements, the number that you specify determines in what order elements gain the "focus" as the TAB key is repeatedly pressed.
- accesskey=? : Defines a keyboard character that activates a link or form object.
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