CS 335/535 Web Programming - Week 2

Advanced HTML - Netscape & Microsoft Extensions

Note that many of the extensions discussed in the book are now part of new HTML 4.0 standards

1. Advanced HTML Links
2. Netscape Extensions
   • Meta tags, e.g. <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10; URL=http://csc.ColumbusState.edu/summers"> in refresh.html
   • BODY tag - bgcolor, etc.
   • Use <P ALIGN="center"> and <DIV ALIGN="center"> instead of the CENTER tag
   • TYPE, START, and VALUE extensions to the list tags
     • TYPE=A
     • TYPE=a
     • TYPE=I
     • TYPE=i
     • TYPE=1
     • TYPE=disc
     • TYPE=circle
     • TYPE=square
   • attributes for HR tag: SIZE, WIDTH, ALIGN, NOSHADE
   • attributes for IMG tag: ALIGN, HEIGHT, WIDTH, BORDER, VSPACE, HSPACE, LOWSRC
   • attributes for the TABLE tag: ALIGN, BORDER, CELLSPACE, CELLPADDING, WIDTH
   • attributes for TR tag: ALIGN, VALIGN
   • attributes for TD and TH tags: ALIGN, VALIGN, NOWRAP, COLSPAN, ROWSPAN
   • Frames are now included as part of HTML 4.0 standards
3. Microsoft Extensions
   • BGSOUND attribute as part of BODY tag
   • STYLE tags
   • FONT FACE attribute
   • attributes for the TABLE, TD, and TR tags: BGCOLOR, BACKGROUND, RULES=, BORDERCOLOR
   • BGSOUND
   • Marquee
   • Floating frames
4. Style Sheets
5. Read about Extensible Markup Language (XML)