Welcome to the Tech Tips Page. Have you ever come across a page and wondered how someone achieved a particular affect? Have you ever just liked the layout of a page and wanted to use it in one of yours? Perhaps you are just bored with your existing layout and are looking for something more interesting? Then Tech Tips is for you!
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Let's start with basic HTML editing. That's the building blocks that make up any Web page. This link will take you to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Don't let the name fool you; their HTML primer is quite excellent and written for all of us to understand.
Just like a well written book, a well written Web page should conform to acceptable style. Composing Good HTML will take you through the steps of good composition.
Now that we have basic HTML under our belt, we need a way to get it from your computer to the server. Fortune City File Manager is one good way of achieving this.
OK, now you have a home page on Fortune City. Congratulations! Now you've got lots of questions about what you can do. The Fortune City FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ought to help you out.
You've been snooping around Fortune City and have seen that your neighbors have all these wonderful graphics. Now you want some, too. No wonder, some of them are really great! There are plenty of places to get some great graphics. Destiny's Designs is one of them.
Perhaps you are wondering about the advertising banners that are on all of Fortune City's pages. Well, they pay the bills to keep our City free of charge. But if you want more information about them, here it is.
By now, you've probably seen the counters and guestbooks that many folks have. They are CGI (Common Gateway Interface) Scripts and Fortune City has a few for you to use. Click here to find out about them.
What about all those pages that have Java Script? Well, it's a computer language, but fortunately you don't need to know a lot of programming to use it. The good folks at HTML Goodies have quite a few Java Script programs you can cut and paste into your page. They will ask you to register at the site before you can download any files, much the same way you registered here at Fortune City with a username and password.