HTML References
HTML is not difficult to learn and master.
Probably the easiest way is to use the View Source
option available in the web browser.
This option displays the actual HTML document,
before processing by the viewer,
allowing one to see how the paper was created.
Online help is widely available.
Some of the best primers and guide are:
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HTML Tag Reference
- Easy-to-read HTML Tag Reference Document
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HTML Home Page
- The HyperText Markup Language Home Page
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HTML 4.01 Reference Specification
- Reference specification for version 4.01 of the HTML language
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HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
- Reference specification for an older version of the HTML language
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A Beginner's Guide to HTML
- An excellent starting point on learning how to write HTML. Many useful,
simple examples
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HTML Quick Reference
- A brief description of HTML Tags
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Intro to scripts & forms
- An instantaneous introduction to CGI scripts and HTML forms.
- Thau's JavaScript Tutorial
- A 5-lesson tutorial on JavaScript.
Now you too can be a JavaScript programmer.
- Simple common gateway interface class
- PERL 5 Common Gateway Interface description.
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Style Guide for Online Hypertext
- A nice short style guide to how to design and present hypertext documents.
Includes an etiquette list for operation of a web server.
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Web Style Manual
- A comprehensive document describing
good design principles to use when creating
web pages.
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Elements of Style
- Taking off on Strunk and White, a guideline for producing
readable HTML
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HTML Documentation
- Definitions and examples of HTML
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Netscape Extensions to HTML
- Extensions to HTML upported by Netscape,
but not supported by Mosaic and most other browsers.
Be very careful in using these extensions since some participants will
not see them! (Note that the "blink" extension is particularly annoying.)
If you are the kind of person who wants a book to hold in your hands
and mark up with yellow highlighter, then a good beginner's book is
``Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week'' by Laura Lemay.
Published by Sams Publishing (Indianapolis, IN), ISDN# 0-672-30667-0.
You might also take a look at
Laura Lemay's web site.
There are a number of methods for creating HTML documents.
One is to directly write your paper/poster in HTML.
An alternative is to use your favorite word processing program
and then convert the text to HTML.
A number of these converters are available,
and we list them below.
We have used the rtftohtml converter
and found it quite easy to use.
You create your document in Microsoft Word and then save it
in RTF format and the converter does the rest
(like take care of headings, bold, italics,
underlining and imbedded graphics).
RTF
- rtftohtml
- Convert RTF to HTML. Usable on a Unix or Macintosh computer.
Note that many word processors (like MS Word) can output RTF files.
Microsoft Word
- GT_HTML
- A set of Microsoft Word for Windows macros to facilitate HTML
document authoring. The macros are contained in a document template
(GT_HTML.DOT) which provides a pseudo WYSIWYG authoring environment.
WordPerfect
- wp2x
- Convert WordPerfect to anything, including HTML
- wpt51
- WordPerfect macros to convert from WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS to HTML
- wpt60
- WordPerfect macros to convert from WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS to HTML
LaTex
- latex2html
- Convert LaTex to HTML
- tex2rtf
- converts text to rtf and to HTML
FrameMaker
- fm2html
- Convert FrameMaker to HTML
PostScript
ps2html
- Convert PostScript to HTML
A more extensive list of converters and tools is also
available.