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You probably noticed right away, perhaps in surprise, that the browser displays less than half of the example source text. Closer inspection of the source reveals that what’s missing is everything that’s bracketed inside a pair of less-than () characters. … read more »

Use any text editor to create an HTML or XHTML document, as long as it can save your work on a disk in text file format. That’s because even though web documents include elaborate text layout and pictures, they’re all … read more »

Some authors use the word processing capabilities of their specialized HTML/XHTML editing software. Some use a WYSIWYG-like (what-you-see-is-what-you-get, kind of) composition tool such as those that come with the latest versions of the popular word processors. Others, such as ourselves, … read more »

HTML and its progeny, XHTML, provide many different ways to let you define the appearance of your documents, but their focus is on structure, not appearance. Of course, appearance is important, since it can have either detrimental or beneficial effects … read more »

HTML and XHTML define the syntax and placement of special, embedded directions that aren’t displayed by the browser but advise it how to display the contents of the document, including text, images, and other support media. The languages also make … read more »

If you’re serious about creating documents, you’ll soon find that all sorts of nifty tools are available to make life easier. The list of freeware, shareware, and commercial products grows daily, so it’s not very useful to provide a list … read more »

Obviously, you should view your newly composed documents and test their functionality before you release them for use by others. For serious authors, particularly those looking to push their documents beyond the HTML/XHTML standards, we recommend that you have several … read more »

The basic syntax and semantics of HTML are defined in the HTML standard, now in its final version, 4.01. HTML matured quickly, in barely a decade. At one time, a new version would appear before you had a chance to … read more »