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  • Q- How can I make more professional looking web pages with HTML?
  • A- Go here for help on that: Design 1
  • Q-Can you tell me how my WebTv compares with a Personal Computer?
  • A- Read Our Comparison about WebTv VS a PC
  • Q- Where can I learn HTML better now that I have started with it?
  • A- Try W3Schools...OR Web Design Group or Look Here
  • Q-Where can I find a word processor for WebTv?
  • A- With your WebTv and your knowledge of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) you can make your own word processer at any free web host...such as Tripod for example!
  • Q- How do I make my own banners?
  • A- To Learn how read Our Image Tutorial
  • Q- How can I check a web page for source code errors, load time, browser compatibility, HTML design, dead links, etc.?
  • A- Look Here
  • Q- How do I view the source code of a web page with my WebTv?
  • A- Preassign one of your F Keys to Our Source Viewer Page and when you're on a page that you want to view the source code of, just hit that preassigned F Key, then click the button "View HTML"...
  • Q- How can I add more banners to the same location on a page and make them rotate with each page reload?
  • A-Try JavaScript Source and search for a Javascript on Banner Rotation that will do what you want!
  • Q-Besides using HTML tables, how do you space things on a web page, either horizontally or vertically?
  • A- You can string out a bunch of   (non breaking space codes...don't forget the semi-colon at the end) for only horizontal control, but a better way is to use an "invisible single pixel gif" and place it by using the image tag and control the space by using the attributes width and height...example: I just inserted a spacial block 100x100 pixels aligned to the left of this text cell and here is the code I used (note the dotclear single pixel gif is stored at my imagesfiles):
    <img src="/images/dotclear.gif" width="100" height="100" align="left">

    To make your own blank gif, see Our Image Tutorial

  • Q-When I'm using the Angelfire editor, sometimes the last few codes "fall off" and I have to retype them.I've tried Hard Returns and that dosen't work...any help with this?
  • A- No help here unless somebody out there reads this and sends me a possible solution!
  • Q-I would like a list of all the free web page hosts...
  • A- Use Google
  • Q-About these "Pop-ups" that appear (only on PC's)...is there anything that PC users can do to minimize them?
  • A- Most modern up-to-date Web Browsers, now have built-in Pop Up Blockers. You need to look for the settings for them on your particular Browser... also it's a good idea if you don't already have the following, to get them right away: download Firewall and Spyware software and learn how to use them... Find links Here
  • Q-I see Email messages that are Customized with different colors and images etc. How is this done?
  • A-With HTML. But remember these are not readable by all Email readers and it is STRONGLY recommended that you keep your messages in Plain Text if you want to insure that they arrive READABLE at the destination server!
  • Q-How do I make a custom background for a web page?
  • A-The same way you make a custom banner... see Question about banners above...but since background images will "tile" across a page, choose the size of your image to be 136x60 (pixels) so it will look nice in the background! Find More Info Here On Backgrounds
  • Q-I've seen web pages with images that have different parts of the image linked to other pages...how is this done?
  • A-This is done by Image Mapping (but Search Engines will NOT be able to index these links) ...to learn how to do this to an image on your page... Try Our Image Map Tutorial ...it's not that difficult to learn!
  • Q-I saw a mouseover effect once that produced text in a text box...do you know how it was done?
  • A-It IS pretty neat I admit...I'll explain the method to you at Our Tricks Page
  • Q-Hey, what's up bro? How do I do a slideshow?
  • A-SLIDESHOWS are created with Javascript...you can find an easy one with an example at Our Tricks Page2
  • Q-How do you make a link from one point on a page to another point on the same page?
  • A-This is done by INTERNAL LINKING
  • Q-Where can I find Guestbooks,Counters,and more kool FREE things for my pages?
  • A-Here's Draacs Tool Resource it has all of those and a ton more!
  • Q-On my page I have a link to another website but I don't have space to tell the viewer some additional info about the site ...any suggestions?
  • A-Yes you can use a JavaScript Alert very easily to provide info before the viewer is taken to the link... Find out how... see Our Tricks Page OR you can add a TITLE ATTRIBUTE to the anchor tag with a VALUE and this will cause PC Browsers (does not work on MSNTV Browsers) to show a tiny "Pop-Up" window next to the link, with the value text in it when the mouse points to the link! SEE Our Tricks 2 Page for more info!

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