Miscellaneous HTML codes This is a text file. As such, most browsers simply display the contents without interpreting any of the codes. When this file is read from a local drive, IE 4.72 & IE 5.00 display this as a simple text file. However, when it is read from the web (same file and same extension), the html tags may be interpreted and the file is then displayed wrong! (If this happens to you, use View Source to see the codes.) (This appears to be controlled by how many characters there are from the beginning of the document and the first
tag. No kidding. If theis more than 188 characters from the beginning of the file, this is treated as a text file, otherwise, it is treated as an html file :) Netscape Communicator 4.05 always displays this as a text file. Comment Block Comment, can contain additional codes DATE Bold DATE Italic DATE Underline..Preformatted - Use courier, keep spacing, no line wrap Imbedded codes are interpreted.. Example - obsolete (deprecated), replaced byImbedded codes are NOT interpreted Since no other tag does this, it should not be deprecated..
Headings 1 thru 6
Break - same as a hard returnParagraph - Two hard returns
Indents text between tags
Horizontal Rule (line)
Width is absolute or %(replace n with a heading number) Stays in effect until next
or
does not work in some IE 5.00 tables, I've seen it both ways
North America - spacing=0 padding=2 border=1 | |||||
Column 1 | Default background color |
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Colors
bgcolor="#c0c0c0" Normal background gray
bgcolor="#ffffff" White
bgcolor="#000000" Black
bgcolor="#xxyyzz" xx=red yy=green zz=blue in hex
bgcolor="black" Black
aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon,
navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, yellow
Images used in Netscape directory listings
These also produce images in IE 4.72 & IE 5.00
Set the base url and directory
| //???
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Revision history
8-13-97 - most of this is complete
7-27-98 - Style sheets
7-28-99 - xmp
9-29-99 - Added note to Multicol - Netscape only!
5-04-00 - Added 9-29-00 - Discovered that IE 4 & 5 interprets codes in .txt files |