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Subject: Re: A Quick Lesson in HTML Author: Mike W. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:33:17 07/25/01 Wed In reply to: David 's message, "A Quick Lesson in HTML" on 12:55:17 07/24/01 Tue I think I've mentioned this before, and it only applies directly to Internet Explorer, but here are a few tips for getting the URLs for links. If threre's a link to a page on another website, right-click on the link and select "Copy Shortcut" from the pulldown menu. You can then paste the URL into your message. If you want the URL for, say, a .gif image, right-click on the image and select "Properties" from the pulldown menu. This will bring up a window which has, among other things, the URL. You can cut-and-paste it into your message. This also works to get the URL of the webpage you're on. Just right-click on the background and select "Properties." If the website uses frames, the link will take you to the page as a full window, without the frame menu. If you have a website you want to link to in your "Favorites," move the cursor over the item in your Favorites list, right-click, and select "Properties." Then select the tab "Web Document." This will display the URL, which you can cut-and-paste. A good way to help learn more about HTML is to use the "View Source" feature. Just go to "View" on the top menu bar, right-click, and select "Source." This will display the HTML source for the page you're looking at in a edit window. You can then look through the code to see how various things are done, and even save it in a file. You can also modify the saved file to create a new webpage (I'm not sure about the copyright issues). Note, this works mostly for webpages based on HTML and Java scripts. Fancy pages (like ShockWave stuff) that use Java programs, Perl programs, etc. won't show the behind-the-scenes programs that make them work (I don't know the details here). Also, if the website uses Frames, all you'll see is the code for the frame menu. To see the code for the actual page, right-click on the background, and select "View Source." (Actually, this method always works, so it's probably better than using "View" from the menu bar.) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Another HTML tutorial. Mike W. 19:40:52 07/25/01 Wed