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HTML, XHTML, and CSS sources
http://www.grsites.com/ Free backgrounds and images...
http://www.cs.plu.edu/pub/faculty/brink/HTML/cool.html
More free images
http://www.plu.edu/~brinkje/pl61.gif A free background
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-page-test.htm
Allows you to type a piece of html code and see how it looks without having to type a complete page
http://www.faqs.org/docs/htmltut/_MARQUEE.html
Info about marquee tag
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/ W3C's official
HTML 4.01 specification.
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http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/accessibility/html4explained.html
Explains the philosophy of HTML 4.0 and differences between it and old standards.
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http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/stylesheets/ Looks to be a nice section on using HTML and CSS.
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp
HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 Reference, Deprecated (obsolete) tags are included and
clearly marked. They should not be used in new web pages. Has links to additional reference material.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp
HTML 4.01 Quick list of examples.
HTML, XHTML, and CSS validaters
W3C site to validate HTML pages.
W3C site to validate CCS in web pages.
Template pages for XHTML 1.0
These pages may be down loaded and used to start your web page after changing the file name.
They contain the basic structure of a XHTML web page. Just add the title, add to and modify the
style properties and add your body.
To use these templates: Click on the link. Then use "Source" or "Page Source" in the "View" menu
to show the source file. Then save the source file. Do not use "Save as ..." in the "File" menu
because many browsers will mess up the page while saving it. The same problem happens if
you right click the page and save it.
Basic template (1.0 strict) This page shows as a blank
page
Basic template plus checking code and symbols that can be used to
verify that your page really is 1.0 strict. This page shows only the clickable icons for checking
the pages XHTML and CSS.
Tutorials for XHTML 1.0
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http://jessey.net/simon/xhtml_tutorial/ A nice tutorial on XHTML that
does not assume previous knowledge of HTML. Fast paced but covers a lot of useful material. Note: In Lesson 5,
the "mailto:" option may not work in some browsers like Internet Explorer. Initial testing shows it seems to work in Mozilla
and Firefox. Or see the "Forms and Cookies" section below.
http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_intro.asp This
tutorial assumes that the reader already knows HTML 4.01.
Template pages for HTML 4.01
These pages may be down loaded and used to start your web page after changing the file name.
They contain the basic structure of a 4.01 web page. Just add the title, add to and modify the
style properties and add your body.
To use these templates: Click on the link. Then use "Source" or "Page Source" in the "View" menu
to show the source file. Then save the source file. Do not use "Save as ..." in the "File" menu
because many browsers will mess up the page while saving it. The same problem happens if
you right click the page and save it.
Basic template (4.01 transitional) This page shows as a blank
page
Basic template plus checking code and symbols that can be used to
verify that your page really is 4.01 strict. This page shows only the clickable icons for checking
the pages HTML and CSS.
Tutorials for HTML
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http://www.goer.org/HTML/ This still a draft but seems to be a pretty good tutorial.
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http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/stylesheets/Tutorial on
using CSS with HTML.
http://tranchant.plus.com/web/html-tutorial/
This can be used as an reference. It has links to the 4.01 standard.
http://www.lissaexplains.com/ (Especially designed for kids)
Uses simplified HTM that doesn't meet the 4.01 standard.
HTML colors
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/color.html
Has applet that allows user to select the values for Red,
Green, and Blue and see the results.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp
Tutorial on colors showing the "safe" colors.
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/standardColor.html
Shows the standard colors declared in HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0.
CSS
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http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/CommonCSSwithStyle.html
Describes and
illustrates some common CSS properties
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/CommonCSSwithoutStyle.html
Describes some common CSS properties. This is the same page as above but does not use any CSS.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/demo_default.htm
Demonstrates how style sheets can be used to change how a page looks without changing HTML
http://www.csszengarden.com/ Uses professionally designed style
sheets to demonstrate how style sheets can be used to change how a page looks without changing HTML
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http://www.w3schools.com/css/ Tutorial on CSS
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
CSS reference
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/FontDemo.html Shows CSS
for several fonts
Forms and Cookies
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/forms/ Short tutorial of forms
http://www.echoecho.com/htmlforms05.htm Tutorial on forms
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/forms/article.php/3479121
Another tutorial on forms
Note: the above tutorials fail to mention that their examples are not strict HTML 4.01. To comply with the the standards,
enclose any form elements and text inside the form in something like <p> or <div> tags just like any other text in the web page. An easy
way to do this to use the format <form ...><p>
contents of form</p></form>
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/Insurance/cookieTest.php
Simple cookie demo
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/Insurance/EchoForm.php
Echos info from forms and provides additional infomation about your computer and browser
Download tools
https://hub.cs.plu.edu/downloads/downloads.php
Download Secure Shell FTP and Telnet program (download SSH Secure Shell - there is no need to log in)
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce120/fall06/upload.htm lnstructions for using the
above Secure Shell FTP program
http://www.mozilla.org/download.html Download Mozila
web browser and mail program
Information about computer related topics
http://www.webopedia.com/
Information about many topics
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Encyclopedia
http://www.britannica.com/
Java Script
http://www.JavaScript.com
Tutorials for PowerPoint
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=tutorial+for+power+point&btnG=Google+Search
(A Google search)
Tutorials for Excel
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=tutorial+for+excel+&btnG=Google+Search
(A Google search for general tutorials for Excel)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=tutorial+for+excel+function&btnG=Google+Search
(A Google search for tutorials on Excel functions)
Citatations to electronic media
http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg57.html
(Used to find the following references)
http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
(American Psychological Association)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
Language references, translation
http://www.Dictionary.com