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Basic HTML and XHTML to Help Get Your Web Pages Started

Learn the basics of HTML and XHTML with these tutorials and codes. Creating a basic Web page is very simple. You'll have your own pages working in minutes.

How To's - Basic Web Page Fonts Colors Graphics Links Backgrounds

Basic Web site design tricks to help you change colors, backgrounds, fonts, graphics and add links to your Web site.

Beginning XHTML - Learn the Rules of XHTML

XHTML is the first step in preparing your Web pages for the future of Web design. XHTML is not hard to learn and following these 9 simple XHTML rules will make your Web pages conform to standard and get them ready for more advanced forms of Web design in the future.

Pages Load Slow or Incorrectly

The reader found the page he wanted but it took forever to load or things are jumping around on the page while loading. Worse yet, the page loaded but it didn't load right.

Alignments - Basic Web Page Layout

Most Web pages that have fancy layouts use tables, but there are several simple attributes of tags used in nearly every Web page that can create fancy page layouts.

Basic HTML

It's not as hard as you think to create a page of your own. Teach yourself the basics of HTML just by reading this article.

Beginning HTML

Links to help you learn HTML from your About.com Guide to HTML.

Copy / Paste Web Page Templates

Copy and paste these Web page templates right into your text editor or Web page design editor and add your own text and information to it to create your own Web page. Personalize the template any way you want. It's your Web page after all.

HTML vs. What's On the Screen

"It can be difficult to understand that what you type in a Web editor is often very different from what displays on the Web browser. Learn to tell the difference between HTML and Web pages."

Playing with HTML Codes

You might be surprised at the various HTML codes that are available. Use these special characters to dress up your page or just include more correct language.

Rewriting the Web Design with Web Standards

Watch as Jenn Kyrin, About guide to Web Design, rewrites her home page in standard XHTML using CSS. First she strips it down and then she builds it back up the way HTML is supposed to be.

Templating Your Web Pages

Make all your pages look the same, the easy way. Never rewrite your code again.

Well-Formed XHTML

Make sure your XHTML is well-formed and valid. Althought they may sound like they mean the same thing, they do not.

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