HTML RESOURCES

Lots of good references exist on the web for

html definition
images and backgrounds for effect
style suggestions and others

This site contains links to some of the better ones for both the beginner and the experienced.

This link to NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML provides a good introduction to HTML.

You might find the following tutorials a little more user-friendly

Basic Intro from HTMLDOG to HTML and CSS
HTML Goodies Primer
More complete and complex tutorials from Web Developer's Virtual Library
From WebMonkey
From Dev Shed

Below are a number of additional links contained in the actual document that have been provided separately as links for your convenience.

Style Guides

The following offer advice on how to write "good" HTML:

Web Style Guide, 2nd edition
W3C's style guide for online hypertext (OLD)
Website Tips
Other Style Guidelines including CSS.

Additional Online References

Official HTML specification
A description of SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language
NCSA HTTPd server software information
Forms and the essential scripts explained
Java, snazzy stuff that is really perking up the Web
Style Sheets for more format control.

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