1392 Introduction to HyperText (Web hosting comparison) Markup Language 4: Part
1392 Introduction to HyperText Markup Language 4: Part 1 Appendix I
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. Most browsers render ordered lists with a sequence number for each list element instead of a bullet. By default, ordered lists use decimal sequence numbers (1, 2, 3, ). I.11 Internet and World Wide Web Resources There are many resources available on the World Wide Web that go into more depth on the topics we cover. Visit the following sites for additional information on this appendix s topics. www.w3.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), is the group that makes HTML recommendations. This Web site holds a variety of information about HTML both its history and its present status. www.w3.org/TR/html401 The HTML 4.01 Specification contains all the nuances and fine points in HTML 4.01. www.w3schools.com/html The HTMl School. This site contains a complete guide to HTML, starting with an introduction to the WWW and ending with advanced HTML features. This site also has a good reference for the features of HTML. www2.utep.edu/~kross/tutorial This University of Texas at El Paso site contains another guide for simple HTML programming. The site is helpful for beginners, because it focuses on teaching and gives specific examples. www.w3scripts.com/html This site, an offshoot of W3Schools, is a repository for code examples exhibiting all of the features of HTML, from beginner to advanced. SUMMARY HTML is not a procedural programming language like C, Fortran, Cobol or Pascal. It is a markup language that identifies the elements of a page so a browser can render that page on the screen. HTML is used to format text and information. This marking up of information is different from the intent of traditional programming languages, which is to perform actions in a designated order. In HTML, text is marked up with elements, delineated by tags that are keywords contained in pairs of angle brackets. HTML documents are created via text editors. All HTML documents stored in files require either the.htm or the.htmlfile name extension. Making errors while coding in conventional programming languages like C, C++ and Java often produces a fatal error, preventing the program from running. Errors in HTML code are usually not fatal. The browser will make its best effort at rendering the page, but will probably not display the page as you intended. In our Common Programming Errors and Testing and Debugging Tips, we highlight common HTML errors and how to detect and correct them. For most Web servers, the filename of your home page should be index.html. When a browser requests a directory, the default Web server response is to return index.html, if it exists in that directory.
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