- Platform Independent Text Specification
- = Markup Language
- Interpreted Locally
- Hypertext
- Links to Text
- Links Other Network Resources!
- Formerly, getting around was painful for the novice
- Used FTP, Telnet, etc.
- Other Precursors were WAIS and gopher
- < . . . >
- Case insenstive
- Sample Input
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Ted's Home Page </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="0000FF"
text="FFFF00"
vlink="000000"
link="FFFFFF">
<CENTER>
<H1> TED </H1>
Welcome to my Home Page! <BR>
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>
- Sample Output (What it will look like on the Web)
TED
Welcome to my Home Page!
- Ordered Lists
<OL> <LI> First Item </LI> <LI> Second Item </LI> </OL>
- First Item
- Second Item
- Unordered Lists
<UL> <LI> First Item </LI> <LI> Second Item </LI> </UL>
- First Item
- Second Item
- Tables
<TABLE BORDER=1> <TR> <TD>Cell 1</TD> <TD>Cell 2</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Cell 3</TD> <TD>Cell 4</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3 Cell 4
- Links
<a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/~dr"> Dr. Dietolf Ramm Home Page </a>Dr. Dietolf Ramm Home Page
(clicking on the words Dr. Dietolf Ramm Home Page activates the link and brings you to the home page of an author of this book)
General Format:<a href="complete web address"> Word </a> - Text Formatting
Computer Science <STRONG>Fundamentals</STRONG>
Computer Science FundamentalsComputer <EM>Science</EM> Fundamentals
Computer Science Fundamentals - Carriage Returns
Welcome WELCOME
Welcome WELCOMEWelcome <BR> WELCOME
Welcome
WELCOME - Color Codes
red FF0000 blue 0000FF orange FF7F00 purple 9370DB yellow FFFF00 black 000000 green 00FF00 white FFFFFF
- Images
<IMG SRC="http://www.cs.duke.edu/~dr/construct.gif">
