Copyright: HTML Edit version 1.1


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What is HTML Edit?

HTML Edit is a powerful yet simple to use HTML Editor that combines new advanced HTML commands with easier, earlier commands to make an editor that covers all areas of Web authoring.  Unlike other editors, HTML Edit is NOT a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Editor. Instead you get to write your own code and see the code.  This way you will have total controll and will be able to add new commands as the come out.


About HTML Edit

Most of the users of HTML Edit probably have never heard of HTML Edit until now.  In actuallity, HTML Edit has been available for almost one year.  It was originally created using Visual Basic 3.0.  It was my first attempt at programming and as I advanced I became unhappy with the user interface.  Later I ported the 16-bit code to Visual Basic 4.0.  It became closer to what I wanted and so I uploaded to America Online where it became availably for the first time.  About 2 days later I decided that I could do better with the interface again.  So this time I changed programming languages completely from Basic to Visual C++ 4.0.  Visual C++ gave me a much cleaner and brighter user interface than ever before, plus the code is a lot more compact and structured.  I have always wanted HTML Edit to be the best it can be.  So as long as I still have a computer, HTML Edit will continue to become better and will hopfully lead the way in Web page development.


What you should have first

When initially starting a new .html document, some necessary tags are required.

When a web browser (Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer) first open your .html file for output, it will look for all the tags in the file.  The first tag that is needed is  <HTML>.   This tag tells the browser that it is an .html document.  Second is the  <HEAD>  tag. And inside the head tag is the  <TITLE>  tag.  The title tag gives a title to your page.Last should be the  <BODY>  tag.  The body tag contains all the information in the document.

 Example:

<html>

<head>

<title>

My new homepage.

</title>

</head>

<body>

Insert all information here

</body>

</html>

Also note the use of the </...>.  This tells the browser to terminate that command.  You will become used to using this and it will not be a hasstle.


Headings

The HTML language defines five different headings.  A heading is usually used to define a topic of a page or the main idea.  These five differnet heading range in size from largest to smallest.  <H1> being the largest and <H5> being the smallest.

 Example:

     <H1>Welcome to my home page!</H1>

Heading 1 is a good heading to use and probably the most common of all.  Also note that you do not have to use Heading 1 all the time to make the size smaller try another heading untill you get what you are looking for.


Simple Formatting Commands

These next three commands are the simplest and most used commands that you will see.  They are the  <B>  bold command, the <I>  italic command, and the <U>  underline command.  These commands give emphesis on sentnces and are also used for detailed or important text.

 Example:

     <B>This sentence will appear bold.</B>

     <I>This sentence will appear in italics.</I>

          <U>This sentence will appear underlined.</U>


List
Make a simple list

The List command is useful to list text without it running together on the same line.  Without using the list command the browser assumes that the sentence should be together, but with it each sentence will be on a separate line.

 Example:

     <li>

     About HTML Edit

     Cool things about HMTL Edit.

     </li>


Numbered List

A numbered list is simply a list that is in order according to numbers.  A numbered list will work the same way as a standard list <LI>, but befor the list you need to insert the tag <OL>.  HTML Edit will preform this operation without having to add anything.

 Example

          <ol>

     <li>Download HTML Edit

     <li>Check out HTML Edit’s cool features

     </ol>


Bulleted List

A bulleted list works the same way as a standard list.  The only difference is with a bulleted list, a small dot is placed before the list item.

 Example

     <ul>

     <li>Download HTML Edit

     <li>Check out HTML Edit’s features

     </ul>


Definition List

A definition list is a or a group of terms followed by the definition of the term.

Example:

     <dl>

     <dt>Term

     <dd>This is the definition to the term</dd>

     </dl>


Images

New to the web or not, you probably know that images are the foundation of web page content.  Images add color and style to you pages and present the user with different options, rather than clicking a link.  Images can be displayed just as a picture.  Or images can be displayed as a link to another location.  It works the same way as a standard hyperlink.

 Example of an image

<img scr="yourpic.gif">

Make sure that you place the picture file in the directory of your page.  It is not necessary but makes cleaner looking code and the browser will not have to change directories to open it.

 Example of an image link


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