Copyright: CompuDesign - Steen Rabøl, srabol@vip.cybercity.dk


Contents

Welcome to WebDesigner Online Help

PLEASE NOTE: WebDesigner Online Help is under construction.

WebDesigner is a Windows95 HTML text editor. WebDesigner supports HTML 3 Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer specific tags. WebDesigner offers you a easy way of making WEB-pages.

Select below for more information on:

Menus	WebDesigner menus.

HTML Reference	For more information on the HTML language.

WebDesigner tag reference	WebDesigner tag reference.

How to reach the author	Contacting th author.

Copyright and disclaimer	WebDesigner copyright and disclaimer


HTML Reference

For more information on the HTML language, please look at the following WEB or FTP -sites

For the HTML reference:

http://www.w3.org/

For the GREATE help file telling you how to use the HTML tag :

ftp.swan.ac.uk/pub/in.coming/htmlib/htmlib95XX.exe, where XX is the version no., currently 2.1 (21)

http://hjs.geol.uib.no/news/htmlib/htmlib.htm

http://www.tucows.com/softhtm.html  (rated a five-star app!)

ftp.crl.com/users/zo/zot/htmlibXX.exe

http://www.maui.net/~dml/htmlhlp.html

http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~Mchaifet/

ftp://ftp.mindpsring.com/users/guild/docs/html/html.hlp

ftp://ftp.gov.nb.ca/pub/html.editors/htmlibXX.exe

http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/archive/html_hlp

ftp://ftp.kfunigraz.ac.at/edvz/info-systems/win-dos


How to reach the author

WebDesigner is made available to you as freeware.

If you want, you can reach the author at:

srabol@vip.cybercity.dk,

scsr@pip.dknet.dk

or have a look at my hompage

http://www.cybercity.dk/users/ccc2277/home.html, where the latest version of WebDesigner is available.

WebDesigner was made using:

Fujitsu ICL ErgoPro e450/90 (Pentium).

32Mb ram.

1.3GB disk.

SoundBlaster 16.

Mitsumi 4xspeed CD-rom.

Hornet 28800 V-Fast modem.

With a 17" Fujitsu ICL ErgoPro 172v monitor.

Using Microsoft Visual C++ v4.0,

Lot's of coffe.


Copyright and disclaimer

WebDesigner is Copyright © CompuDesign - Steen Rabøl 1995,96

Disclaimer of Warranty

THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  Because of the various hardware and software environments into which WebDesigner may be put NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.


WebDesigner tag reference

Select below for more information on the supported tags:

<A>

<ABBREV>

<ACRONYM>

<ADDRESS>

<AREA>

<AU>

<B>

<BASE>

<BASEFONT>

<BGSOUND>

<BLINK>

<BIG>

<BLOCKQUOTE>

<BODY>

<BR>

<CAPTION>

<CENTER>

<CITE>

<CODE>

<!--

<DEL>

<DD>

<DFN>

<DIR>

<DL>

<DT>

<EM>

<FONT>

<EMBED>

<FORM>

<FRAME>

<FRAMESET>

<H>

<H1>

<H2>

<H3>

<H4>

<H5>

<H6>

<HEAD>

<HR>

<HTML>

<I>

<IMG>

<INPUT>

<ISINDEX>

<INS>

<KBD>

<LANG>

<LI>

<LISTNING>

<MAP>

<MARQUEE>

<MENU>

<META>

<NOBR>

<NOFRAME>

<OL>

<OPTION>

<P>

<PERSON>

<PLAINTEXT>

<PRE>

<S>

<SAMP>

<SELECT>

<SMALL>

<STRIKE>

<STRONG>

<TABLE>

<SUB>

<SUP>

<TEXTAREA>

<TD>

<TH>

<TITLE>

<TR>

<TT>

<U>

<UL>

<VAR>

<WBR>

<XMP>


Menus

WebDesigner Menus

WebDesigner offers the following menus:

 File menu	WebDesigner filemenu.

 Edit menu	WebDesigner edit menu.

 View menu	WebDesigner view menu.

 Insert menu	WebDesigner insert menu.

 HTML menu	WebDesigner HTML menu.

 Style menu	WebDesigner style menu.

 Form menu	WebDesigner form menu.

 Table menu	WebDesigner table menu.

 Special menu	WebDesigner special menu.

 Window menu	WebDesigner window menu.

 Help menu	WebDesigner help menu.


File menu

New command

Use this command to create a HTML page in WebDesigner.

You can open an existing document with the Open command.

Open command

Use this command to open an existing document in a new window.  You can open multiple documents at once.  Use the Window menu to switch among the multiple open documents.

You can create new documents with the New command.

Close command

Use this command to close all windows containing the active document.  WebDesigner suggests that you save changes to your document before you close it.  If you close a document without saving you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.  Before closing an untitled document WebDesigner displays the Save As dialog box and suggests that you name and save the document.

You can also close a document by using the Close icon on the document's window as shown below:

Save command

Use this command to save the active document to its current name and directory.  When you save a document for the first time WebDesigner displays the Save As dialog box so you can name your document.  If you want to change the name and directory of an existing document before you save it choose the Save As command.

Save As command

Use this command to save and name the active document.  WebDesigner displays the Save As dialog box so you can name your document.

To save a document with its existing name and directory use the Save command.

Send command

Use this command to send the active document through electronic mail.  This command presents a mail window with the active document attached to it.  You may then fill out the To: field Subject: field etc. and add text to the body of the message if you wish.  When you are finished you may click the "Send" button to send the message.

Exit command

Use this command to end your WebDesigner session.  You can also use the Close command on the application Control menu.  WebDesigner prompts you to save documents with unsaved changes.


Edit menu

Undo command

Use this command to reverse the last editing action if possible.   The name of the command changes depending on what the last action was.  The Undo command changes to Can't Undo on the menu if you cannot reverse your last action.

Cut command

Use this command to remove the currently selected data from the document and put it on the clipboard.  This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected.

Cutting data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there.

Copy command

Use this command to copy selected data onto the clipboard.  This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected.

Copying data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there.

Paste command

Use this command to insert a copy of the clipboard contents at the insertion point.  This command is unavailable if the clipboard is empty.


View menu

 Toolbar command

Use this command to display and hide the Toolbar which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in WebDesigner such as File Open.  A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed.

Status Bar command

Use this command to display and hide the Status Bar which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button and keyboard latch state. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed.

Status Bar

The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the WebDesigner window.  To display or hide the status bar use the Status Bar command in the View menu.

The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus.  This area similarly shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them before releasing them.  If after viewing the description of the toolbar button command you wish not to execute the command then release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button.

The right areas of the status bar indicate which of the following keys are latched down:

Indicator	Description

CAP	The Caps Lock key is latched down.

NUM	The Num Lock key is latched down.

SCRL	The Scroll Lock key is latched down.


Insert menu

Date or Time

Inserts the current date or time

Insert file

Insert a file at the current position


HTML menu

Links

Insert a link

Paragraph

Insert a paragraph tag

Image

Insert a image

List submenu

Unordered list

Insert a unordered list

Ordered list

Insert a ordered list

Directory list

Insert a directory list

Menu list

Insert a menu list

List item

Insert a list item

Heading submenu

H1

Heading size 1

H2

Heading size 2

H3

Heading size 3

H4

Heading size 4

H5

Heading size 5

H6

Heading size 6

Special heading

Allow you to set the alignment of the text and the heading style

Title

Let you edit and insert the title of the page

Alingment

The alignment submenu contains functions to align text and images.

Horizontal rule

Insert a horizontal rule

Line break

Insert a line break

HTML

Insert the HTML tag

Body

Insert the BODY tag

Special body

Allowing you to add additional features to the BODY tag

Head

Insert the HEAD tag

Comment

Makes the selected text a comment

Owner details

Edit and insert owner details for the page

All tags

Shows all tag available


Style menu

 Bold

Change the text style to bold

Italic

Change the text style to italic

Blink

Change the text style to blinking

Underline

Change the text style to underline

Strong

Change the text style to strong same as bold

Citation

Change the text style to citation same as italic

Code

Change the text style to fixed width

Emphasis

Change the text style to Emphasis same as italic

Fixed width

Change the text style to fixed width font

Address

Marks the text as an address

Preformated

force the browser not to format the text

Blockquote

Center text

Centers the text


Form menu

 Form

Create a form

Input

Add a input filed in the form

Select

Add a selection input to the form

Option

Add a option input to the form

Name

Add the name for a form

Size

Set the size for a form

Value

Set the value for a input filed

Text area

Insert a textarea in the form

Rows

Add rows to the form

Cols

Add coloums to the form


Table menu

Table

Brings up the table wizard a easy way to create a table

Table row

Add a row to a table

Table head

Add a head to the table

Table data

Add data to a table


Special menu

 Character submenu

Allow you to insert special characters

ASCII by value

Allow you to insert a ASCII by value

Extended character

Inserts special characters

Background color

Chnage the background color of the page

Background sound

Select the background sound for the page

Text color submenu

Text

Change the color of the text

Link

Change the color of the links

Alink

Change the color of the active links

Vlink

Change the color of the visited links

Base font

Sets the base font

Marquee

Create a nic scrolling marquee

Page Wizard

The pagewizard is an easy way to create a new Webpage


Window menu

Cascade

Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion.

Tile

Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in a non-overlapped fashion.

Window Arrange Icons

Use this command to arrange the icons for minimized windows at the bottom of the main window.  If there is an open document window at the bottom of the main window then some or all of the icons may not be visible because they will be underneath this document window.


Help menu

 Help topics

Use this command to display the opening screen of Help.  From the opening screen you can jump to step-by-step instructions for using WebDesigner and various types of reference information.

Once you open Help you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen.

Use this command for instructions about using Help.

About command

Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of WebDesigner.


<A>

 Start tag:	<A>

End tag:	</A>

Description:	Stands for anchor and specifies a hypertext link.

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<ABBREV>

Start tag:	<ABBREV>

End tag:	</ABBREV>

Description:	Markup abbreviations.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<ACRONYM>

Start tag:	<ACRONYM>

End tag:	</ACRONYM>

Description:	Markup acronyms

Applies to:	HTML 2


<ADDRESS>

 Start tag:	<ADDRESS>

End tag:	</ADDRESS>

Description:	Defines an address

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<AREA>

Start tag:	<AREA>

End tag:

Description:	Specifies the shape of a "hot spot" in a client-side image map.

Applies to:	IExplore

Example:


<AU>

Start tag:	<AU>

End tag:	</AU>

Description:	Name of an author

Applies to:	HTML 2


<B>

 Start tag:	<B>

End tag:	</B>

Description:	Renders text as boldface

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<BASE>

 Start tag:	<BASE>

End tag:

Descciption:	Specifies document's URL.

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<BASEFONT>

 Start tag:	<BASEFONT>

End tag:

Description:	Sets base font value.

Applies to:	Netscape

Example:


<BGSOUND>

Start tag:	<BGSOUND>

End tag:

Description:	Create page with background sound

Applies to:	IExplore

Example:


<BLINK>

Start tag:	<BLINK>

End tag:	</BLINK>

Description:	Blink

Applies to:	HTML 2


<BIG>

Start tag:	<BIG>

End tag:	</BIG>

Description:	Big prints

Applies to:	HTML 2


<BLOCKQUOTE>

Start tag:	<BLOCKQUOTE>

End tag:	</BLOCKQUOTE>

Description:	Sets apart a quotation in text.

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<BODY>

 Start tag:	<BODY>

End tag:	</BODY>

Description:	Specifies beginning and end of document body.

Applies to:	HTML 2

Example:


<BR>

Start tag:	<BR>

End tag:

Description:	Inserts a line break.

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<CAPTION>

Start tag:	<CAPTION>

End tag:	</CAPTION>

Description:	Specifies a caption for a table and must be used within the TABLE tag.

Applies to:	IExplore

Example:


<CENTER>

 Start tag:	<CENTER>

End tag:	</CENTER>

Description:	Causes subsequent text and images to be centered.,

Applies to:	Netascape,

Example:


<CITE>

 Start tag:	<CITE>,

End tag:	</CITE>,

Description:	Renders text in italics.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<CODE>

 Start tag:	<CODE>,

End tag:	</CODE>,

Description:	Specifies a code sample.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<!--

 Start tag:	<!--,

End tag:	-->,

Description:	Indicates a comment.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<DEL>

Start tag:	<DEL>

End tag:	</DEL>

Description:	Deleted text

Applies to:	HTML 2


<DD>

Start tag:	<DD>,

End tag:

Description:	Specifies a definition in a definition list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<DFN>

Start tag:	<DFN>,

End tag:	</DFN>,

Description:	Renders text in italics,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<DIR>

Start tag:	<DIR>,

End tag:	</DIR>,

Description:	Denotes a directory list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<DL>

Start tag:	<DL>,

End tag:	</DL>,

Description:	Denotes a definition list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<DT>

Start tag:	<DT>

End tag:

Description:	Specifies a term in a definition list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<EM>

Start tag:	<EM>,

End tag:	</EM>,

Description:	Renders text in italics.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<FONT>

Start tag:	<FONT>

End tag:	</FONT>,

Description:	Changes the font.,

Applies to:	IExplore,

Example:


<EMBED>

Start tag:	<EMBED>

End tag:

Description:	Embedded Objects

Applies to:	Netscape


<FORM>

Start tag:	<FORM>,

End tag:	</FORM>,

Description:	Denotes a form.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<FRAME>

Start tag:	<FRAME>

End tag:

Description:	Defines a frame

Applies to:	Netscape


<FRAMESET>

Start tag:	<FRAMESET>

End tag:	</FRAMESET>

Description:	Defines frame settings

Applies to:	Netscape


<H>

Start tag:	<H>,

End tag:	</H>,

Description:	Renders text in heading style.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<H1>

Start tag:	<H1>

End tag:	</H1>

Description:	Heading 1

Applies to:	HTML 2


<H2>

Start tag:	<H2>

End tag:	</H2>

Description:	Heading 2

Applies to:	HTML 2


<H3>

Start tag:	<H3>

End tag:	</H3>

Description:	Heading 3

Applies to:	HTML 2


<H4>

Start tag:	<H4>

End tag:	</H4>

Description:	Heading 4

Applies to:	HTML 2


<H5>

Start tag:	<H5>

End tag:	</H5>

Description:	Heading 5

Applies to:	HTML 2


<H6>

Start tag:	<H6>

End tag:	</H6>

Description:	Heading 6

Applies to:	HTML 2


<HEAD>

Start tag:	<HEAD>

End tag:	</HEAD>

Description:	Head

Applies to:	HTML 2


<HR>

Start tag:	<HR>,

End tag:

Description:	Draws a horizontal rule.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<HTML>

Start tag:	<HTML>

End tag:	</HTML>

Description:	HTML tag

Applies to:	HTML 2


<I>

Start tag:	<I>,

End tag:	</I>,

Description:	Renders text in italics.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<IMG>

Start tag:	<IMG>

End tag:

Description:	Display image.,

Applies to:	HTML 3,


<INPUT>

Start tag:	<INPUT>

End tag:

Description:	Specifies a form control.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<ISINDEX>

Start tag:	<ISINDEX>

End tag:

Description:	Indicates the presence of a searchable index.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<INS>

Start tag:	<INS>

End tag:	</INS>

Description:	Inserted text

Applies to:	HTML 2


<KBD>

Start tag:	<KBD>,

End tag:	</KBD>,

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width and boldface type.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,

Example:


<LANG>

Start tag:	<LANG>

End tag:	</LANG>

Description:	Language context

Applies to:	HTML 2


<LI>

Start tag:	<LI>

End tag:

Description:	Denotes one item of a list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<LISTNING>

Start tag:	<LISTNING>,

End tag:	</LISTNING>,

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width type.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<MAP>

Start tag:	<MAP>,

End tag:	</MAP>,

Description:	Specifies a collection of hot spots for a client-side image map.,

Applies to:	IExplore,


<MARQUEE>

Start tag:	<MARQUEE>,

End tag:	</MARQUEE>,

Description:	Create a scrolling text marquee,

Applies to:	IExplore,


<MENU>

Start tag:	<MENU>,

End tag:	</MENU>,

Description:	Denotes a list of items.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<META>

Start tag:	<META>

End tag:

Description:	The Meta element is used within the Head element to embed document meta-information not defined by other 	HTML elements.

Applies to:	Netscape,


<NOBR>

Start tag:	<NOBR>,

End tag:	</NOBR>,

Description:	Turns off line breaking.,

Applies to:	Netscape,


<NOFRAME>

Start tag:	<NOFRAME>

End tag:	</NOFRAME>

Description:	Text for browsers that don't support frame

Applies to:	Netscape


<OL>

Start tag:	<OL>,

End tag:	</OL>,

Description:	Draws lines of text as an ordered list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<OPTION>

Start tag:	<OPTION>

End tag:

Description:	Denotes one choice in a list box.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<P>

Start tag:	<P>,

End tag:	</P>,

Description:	Denotes a paragraph.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<PERSON>

Start tag:	<PERSON>

End tag:	</PERSON>

Description:	Names of people

Applies to:	HTML 2


<PLAINTEXT>

Start tag:	<PLAINTEXT>,

End tag:	</PLAINTEXT>,

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width type without processing tags.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<PRE>

Start tag:	<PRE>,

End tag:	</PRE>,

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width type.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<S>

Start tag:	<S>,

End tag:	</S>,

Description:	Renders text in strikethrough type.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<SAMP>

Start tag:	<SAMP>,

End tag:	</SAMP>,

Description:	Specifies a code sample.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<SELECT>

Start tag:	<SELECT>,

End tag:	</SELECT>,

Description:	Denotes a list box or dropdown list.,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<SMALL>

Start tag:	<SMALL>

End tag:	</SMALL>

Description:	Small print

Applies to:	HTML 2


<STRIKE>

Start tag:	<STRIKE>,

End tag:	</STRIKE>,

Description:	Renders text in strikethrough type,

Applies to:	HTML 2,


<STRONG>

Start tag:	<STRONG>

End tag:	</STRONG>

Description:	Renders text in boldface.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TABLE>

Start tag:	<TABLE>

End tag:	</TABLE>

Description:	Defines a table

Applies to:	HTML 2


<SUB>

Start tag:	<SUB>

End tag:	</SUB>

Description:	Subscript

Applies to:	HTML 2


<SUP>

Start tag:	<SUP>

End tag:	</SUP>

Description:	Superscript

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TEXTAREA>

Start tag:	<TEXTAREA>

End tag:	</TEXTAREA>

Description:	Textarea

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TD>

Start tag:	<TD>

End tag:	</TD>

Description:	Table data

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TH>

Start tag:	<TH>

End tag:

Description:	Table head

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TITLE>

Start tag:	<TITLE>

End tag:	</TITLE>

Description:	Specifies a title for the document.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TR>

Start tag:	<TR>

End tag:	</TR>

Description:	Table row

Applies to:	HTML 2


<TT>

Start tag:	<TT>

End tag:	</TT>

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width type.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<U>

Start tag:	<U>

End tag:	</U>

Description:	Renders text underlined.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<UL>

Start tag:	<UL>

End tag:	</UL>

Description:	Draws lines of text as a bulleted list.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<VAR>

Start tag:	<VAR>

End tag:	</VAR>

Description:	Renders text as a small fixed-width font.

Applies to:	HTML 2


<WBR>

Start tag:	<WBR>

End tag:

Description:	Inserts a soft linebreak in a block of NOBR text.

Applies to:	Netscape


<XMP>

Start tag:	<XMP>

End tag:	</XMP>

Description:	Renders text in fixed-width type.

Applies to:	HTML 2