# HTML  HELP please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630 "2003-08-03T00:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![NBsurfer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@NBsurfer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBsurfer1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/1 "2003-08-03T00:11:22Z")

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I am a beginner at html. Does any one have a good site for a beginner to learn this from? I have XP home edition, and will be useing yahoo…IM getting frustrated!!!😕

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/2 "2003-08-03T00:15:55Z")

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Well, what do you want to do with HTML? Just basics?

If just the basics, you might check out [the Internet Public Library](http://www.ipl.org). Go to KidSpace, then the Learn HTML link. It’s got basics that will get you started.

If something more complicated, well…I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/3 "2003-08-03T00:20:29Z")

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For a bit more advanced HTML: [Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi](http://freespace.virgin.net/sizzling.jalfrezi/intro.htm). Tutorials and a complete tag reference.

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**Author:** ![NBsurfer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@NBsurfer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBsurfer1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/4 "2003-08-03T00:21:26Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Lsura \*  
> \*\*Well, what do you want to do with HTML? Just basics?
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> If just the basics, you might check out [the Internet Public Library](http://www.ipl.org). Go to KidSpace, then the Learn HTML link. It’s got basics that will get you started.
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> If  
> something more complicated, well…I don’t know. \*\*

I want to make a marquee and insert images in my signiture and e mail text.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/5 "2003-08-03T00:32:34Z")

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Marquee:

\<marquee “direction=left|right|up|down” “behavior=alternate” “width=_width\_in\_pixels_”\>text to marquee\</marquee\>

You can leave out direction=, width= and behavior= if the default is what you need.0

Images:

\<img “src=http://www.imageurlhere.com/image.gif” “border=_border\_width_” “alt=_tooltip\_text_”\>

Border= and alt= can be left out.

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**Author:** ![NBsurfer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@NBsurfer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBsurfer1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/6 "2003-08-03T00:37:19Z")

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thank you for the info.Ill give a try and practice some more:)

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/7 "2003-08-03T00:48:19Z")

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Here’s a decent HTML cite:

[http://www.htmlcompendium.org/Menus/0framefn.htm](http://www.htmlcompendium.org/Menus/0framefn.htm)

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/8 "2003-08-03T11:57:09Z")

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You mean **s** ite.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/9 "2003-08-03T14:09:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Fiver \*  
> \*\*You mean **s** ite. \*\*

Well typically I would say website, but on SDMB it seems that cite is the name they prefer when referring to websites.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/10 "2003-08-03T14:17:06Z")

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Ah ha, I have seen the light. The word cite is used for a website if someone is citing that website as an authority on the subject being discussed, or to validate the posters argument. OK, I get it now, there are cites and there are sites. I will make a note of it.

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**Author:** ![Wolfrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bb73d2/32.png) [@Wolfrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfrick)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/11 "2003-08-03T14:28:39Z")

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It’s awesome. Go to the “Authoring” section and take the tutorials.

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/12 "2003-08-03T16:57:25Z")

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I don’t want to hijack the thread or anything, but I’ve been having trouble with HTML too. Specifically, how can I make a quotation mark go the other way? In other words, when I’m quoting something on my website, the first set looks fine, but the ones that end the quote go the same direction, thus making them backwards.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/13 "2003-08-03T17:04:20Z")

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Use &#038ldquo; for “ and &#038rdquo; for ”.

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/14 "2003-08-03T17:28:07Z")

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Thanks! Worked like a charm.

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-help-please/192630/15 "2003-08-03T22:31:21Z")

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Try Anne’s World - [http://www.wwnet.net/~ahartman/sitemap.html](http://www.wwnet.net/~ahartman/sitemap.html) - it’s absolutely the most amazing list of resources ever.