Web Design Group - Web Authoring FAQ

irt.org HTML FAQ

Scott Brady's "Unofficial" Official alt.html FAQ

John Gann's Just the FAQs please

So, you want to make a Web Page!

• What the heck is Notepad and where do I get it?
   
• How do I find out the WIDTH and HEIGHT of an image?
   
• As soon as I upload my stuff to the Web, all my image links are broken. I used relative URLs and I definitely uploaded them because I can see them there with my FTP program. What gives?
   
• How can I specify a Subject for my email message?
   
• How can I get rid of the underline in my links?
   
• How do you get rid of that ugly blue border around an image link?
   
• How do I link to a _____ file so people can download it?
   
• How do I make a link open in a new browser window?
   
• In Netscape my image links have these little blue dashes next to them. Also I keep getting spaces between them and I want them to be flush up against each other. I don't understand... it works right in Explorer.
   
• Can you recommend any good free HTML editors?
   
• Can I somehow embed a font or force a download of my font so my visitors automatically get the font I'm using?
   
• OK, I made my page. Now how do I get it onto the Internet?

Table Tutor

• I've laid out my table with my dimensions but the table doesn't show up right. Or it's fine in Browser A but looks different in Browser B.
   
• I made my page using SooperCoder and my page is fine in Browser A but it's completely invisible in Browser B. What's going on?
   
• Why are there spaces in my tables (or between my images)? How can I make image A sit flush up against image B?

Form Tutor

• When I press the Submit button, all I get is a New Mail Message that pops up. What am I doing wrong?
   
• Can I use an image for a Submit button?
   
• Can I make a simple button that just takes the user to another page?
   
• How can I send my visitor to another page after they submit my form?

Frames Tutor

• I try to make my frames with no borders, but with Browser-A, a thin line still appears between the frames. How do I make it go away?
   
• Can I load 2 frames with only one click?