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Learning HTML
It is not a programming language and the basics can be learned in short time. This tutorial is a series in which one lesson builds upon the information learned in the previous lesson(s). Depending on your experience with HTML, you may be able to jump in at any point.
DEPRECATED FEATURES
This is an element or attribute the has been part of the previous HTML standards, but will not be needed or detriment to the growth of HTML. These items are left in the current revision, but will probably be removed as obsolete in the next revision of HTML.
These are elements that are now deprecated:
- CENTER
- FONT
- BASEFONT
- STRIKE (also S)
- U
Other elements that are slated for deprecation:
- APPLET (role filled by using OBJECT)
- ISINDEX (This function has now been shifted to forms)
- DIR and MENU (These elements are similar to UL. Most browsers really do not distinguish between these and the UL tag)
NOTE: Three elements that are not part of the HTML standard anymore are XMP, PLAINTEXT and LISTING. All three of these produced the same result: Preformatted text, characters, punctuation and spaces in a monospace font.
I have included these elements in the "TAG DEFINITION" of this tutorial for your information.
ABOUT VISUAL EDITORS
There is much software available which is supposed to make it easy to build a web page without any knowledge of HTML. Use of this software is a risky business since there are many factors the software is not capable of taking into account.
The so-called "WYSIWYG" editors (What You See Is What You Get) are INFAMOUS for doing just what their name implies - creating pages that look good on Your computer, on Your monitor, using Your browser. The problem is that not everyone uses the same configuration of hardware and software and pages that look marvelous on your machine may crumble when viewed on another computer, or using another browser.
In my opinion, it is for this reason that using WYSIWYG software is not recommended until you understand the actual HTML that is generated and know how to spot problems and correct the code when necessary.
Once you have a good understanding of how HTML works, by all means use your favorite visual editor. It can save you a lot of time.
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