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Although visual editors are increasing in terms of sophistication and versatility all the time, there still remain times when a knowledge of HTML is extremely valuable to a web producer. It is not generally recommended that you hand code all your pages, but the ability to modify HTML code can be extremely useful when troubleshooting.



Hello World
One programming convention is to name your first application 'Hello World'. This set of exercises forms an introduction to basic HTML text and page formatting:

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4
Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7  


Basic Hypermedia
A proper web page uses more than text. These exercises will show you how to add images and hyperlinks:

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4
Lesson 5 Lesson 6    


Using Tables
The next step for designing pages is to use tables to make your layout more sophisticated:

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4
Lesson 5 Lesson 6    

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Web Production for Writers and Journalists in paperback.
The Internet: The Basics in paperback.
The Cyberspace Handbook in paperback.