Welcome to HTML Land : The land of advanced HTML Usage. When
it comes to making web pages more interactive and more interesting,
HTML becomes somewhat obsolete. But still certain effects can be produced by
using good 'ol HTML. This page contains some twisted HTML ideas. It also
has links to some very good sites which offer good HTML knowledge,
tips, etc. So lets start.......
1.The Advanced
Marquee Tag
We all know about the marquee tag in HTML.
This tag generally looks like <marquee>Scrolling text</marquee>
, which produces the following effect:
But this is just a simple marquee. There are a number of attributes which can be added to the marquee to make it look better. Below are a few:
Attribute |
Usage |
Effect to the Marquee |
Example |
BEHAVIOR |
=scroll , =slide , =alternate |
Defines the behaviour of the marquee. |
|
BGCOLOR |
=color , =hex |
Defines the background colour. |
|
DIRECTION |
=left , =right |
Defines the direction. |
|
HEIGHT |
=number |
Defines the height. |
|
WIDTH |
=number |
Defines the width. |
|
LOOP |
=number |
Defines the number of times the marquee will loop. |
|
SCROLLDELAY |
=number |
Delays the scrolling of the text in milliseconds. |
Not only this but you can also put images into
marquees like this:
Which has been created by the code : <marquee><img src="image name"></marquee>.
This was just one of the many powerful uses
of HTML. I will keep on adding more
as and when I get them or discover them. The
best way of knowing more about HTML is to experiment with it. So happy experimenting!
An Offer for You.
Here is an offer for you. If you know about
any such nice HTML tip or trick, and you want more people to know about it,
you can send them to me. If I like it I will put it up on this page giving you
the credit for it. It doesn't matter whether it is an original one or taken
from somewhere. If you have taken it from somewhere, please let me know where
from. Waiting for your responses.
Some
Good Sites for Advanced HTML Know how:
1. HTML Goodies : Probably the best site out there for learning HTML and other languages
2. Website Abstraction : One very good site. Check out their "Cut and Paste" section.