Learning about the World Wide Web and HTML

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The URL for retrieving this document is: "http://cs.dal.ca/ftp/htmlasst/lernhtml.html".

Start with an overview of the Web:

Next, look at the WWW Primer.

You might also want to see the CERN World Wide Web background information document.

Now delve into the basics of writing HTML:

If you want to go directly to the source, look at the official HTML specification document.

You will also need to learn something about URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) which are the pointers or addresses that browsers use to locate information on the Web.

Start with the URL primer.

If you need more information, read the URL specification document.

How to get the hypertext editor, HTML Assistant

If you wish, you can view the HTML Assistant FAQ.

You can download HTML Assistant directly by clicking here. The file, "htmlasst.zip", is under 180K bytes in length.

If you don't already have it, you will also need the file "vbrun300.dll". You can download it by clicking here as "vbrun300.zip" -- length is about 230K bytes.

To see a beautiful example of what can be done with HTML

Want to learn about how to create documents with fill-out-forms?

To go further:

Here is a list of other useful sources of information:

• Entering the World Wide Web, a guide to cyberspace

• Tutorial on creating image maps

• Composing Good HTML

• A style guide to online hypertext by Tim Berners-Lee (founder of the World Wide Web)

• Elements of HTML Style

Updated: May 31, 1994

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