HTML  Land

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:
Scrolling text

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.

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BGCOLOR

=color , =hex

Defines the background colour.

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DIRECTION

=left , =right

Defines the direction.

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HEIGHT

=number

Defines the height.

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WIDTH

=number

Defines the width.

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LOOP

=number

Defines the number of times the marquee will loop.

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SCROLLDELAY

=number

Delays the scrolling of the text in milliseconds.

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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.


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