HTML Help
What is HTML?
Do I have to know HTML to design my site?
Do you offer web design?
Where can I get more information about HTML?
Where can I get more information about web site design?
Can you point me to a good HTML editor?
I created a web site and I want to optimize it for different browsers. Where do I start?

HTML Help
What is HTML?
A Web page is a text document that uses special hypertext commands. The language used to program a Web page is called HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language. A Web page contains hypertext and is saved as an HTML document. An HTML document looks very much like a word processing document. It can contain text, graphics and even multimedia, but it also contains powerful links or shortcuts to other pages even if those pages are at other sites around the world. A link is identified with an underlined and highlighted word. Graphics can also be links.


Do I have to know HTML to design my site?
You can use "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" HTML-editors like FrontPage, Netscape Composer or even Word to create your pages without knowing HTML. Result? - Often, something non-functional, with dull design, non-compatible with more than one browser. The better you know HTML, the more stylish, functional and easy-to-navigate your site will look, and you will have more visitors and customers as a result. HTML is not as hard as it looks in the source code.
The best choice is to make your page in a good "drag-and-drop" editor like Dreamweaver (to save yourself typing time), and then edit the code by hand in order to finetune it for your specific design. You can find links to many web-design resources in our web design help section.


Do you offer web design?
Yes, we do. DNLWeb NETWORK can design a customized site for you incorporating the images, forms, navigation and other elements you want to have on your website. We have a variety of design plans. To find out more, visit our web design website.


Where can I get more information about HTML?
Our web design help section contains list of various links that will help you to learn HTML basics, check your pages for browser compatibility and link validity, teach you tips and tricks in web design, and tell you more about style. You will also find links to other resources, such as Java-Script, CGI, ASP, PHP, etc.


Where can I get more information about web site design?
There are wonderful sites about "How to make an annoying webpage" that tell you what NOT to do when designing your site. They are the best source of learning how to design sites with style. For technical side of things, like HTML and Java-Script syntax, you can look through the online guides and tutorials. To find a list of sites that will help you, go to our web design help section, and browse the links we suggest.


Can you point me to a good HTML editor?
A lot of people prefer using "drag-and-drop" editors, like FrontPage, for instance. It provides you with many premade templates and features, but gives you a little control over what you want to accomplish. Also some scripts such editors offer are usually not compatible with all the browsers.
I, honestly, prefer Macroimedia Dreamweaver for website design, but if you just want to hand-code, - one of the best free editors is SiteAid. You may want to check some more variants at http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/hotfiles/50freepub.html.


I created a web site and I want to optimize it for different browsers. Where do I start?
The best places to start are ZDNet HTML Check or W3C HTML Validator and Browser Compatibility Chart. They will help you to validate your HTML syntax, and tell you what features are supported by the most common browsers.


How do I create an image map?
For a good step by step guide to making image maps visit the NCSA Image Map Tutorial.

What is an appropriate file size for HTML files?
When people browse your home page, it's important to remember that they might be on a slower 14.4kbs modem. Hence, to download 100K of file and graphics, it takes a little over 60 seconds at that speed.
Here's some suggestions to fix this problem:
- Split your home page to a few separate pages.
- Reduce the graphic size by shrinking the image size.
- Save photographs as .jpg files with about 85% compression ratio.
- Save images with mostly solid colors using .gif compression.
- Experiment with reducing the number of colors in your gif files.