Tutorials
Getting Started

These tutorials outline the Basics. They are - by far - the most visited Goodies pages.

• So You Want Text Commands, Huh?
  This tutorial gives you a list, with examples, of all those fun little things you can do to text.

• So You Want HEAD Commands, Huh?
  What do those HEAD Commands do anyway? Find out here.

• So You Want To Align Text With Images, Huh?
  Here you'll learn the basics about wrapping text around images and justifying to one side or the other. It's a good page creation primer.

• So You Want A Web Ring, Huh?
  Learn how to make your own or get attach to one that already is on-line.

• So You Want To Create Your First Site, Huh?
  This is a basic tutoral explaining how to create links between all the pages you create. It's a quick idea of how to set up your own site.

• So You Don't Want Underlined Links, Huh?
  Want to lose the underline on your links? Here's how.

• So You Want Newspaper Columns, Huh?
  Here's a nice short one that tells you how to arrange large blocks of text into newspaper columns.

• So You Want RealAudio, Huh?
  Up until now, RealAudio has been a format that has been difficult to come by because you needed to run it off of a special RealAudio Server. Now with the release of 3.0 player, it's possible to run RealAudio files off of an HTTP server. I'll show you how.

• So You Want An FTP Directory, Huh?
  Many people have asked me how to set up an FTP directory. The only true way is to set up a separate section of the server and give it its own IP number. Most people don't have that ability. This tutorial gives you the methods of creating a pretty fair copy of an FTP directory using only HTML commads.

• So You Want An HTML Declaration, Huh?
  Learn all about the use of HTML Declaration statements and whether you need one or not.

• So You Want A Dynamic Page, Huh?
  This tutorial will explain how to make HTML pages change by themselves and how to make sounds play when someone stops by.

• So You Want A Page Jump, Huh?
  With this tutorial you can learn how to offer links inside the same page. Your viewer can jump right to the part of they page he/she wants.

• So You Don't Want .html, Huh?
  Learn to use directories to eliminate the .html suffix.

• So You Want An HTML List, Huh?
  Use HTML to present information in strong bullet lists. I'll show you many different ways to arrange data so your viewers can use what you offer quicker.

• So You Want Password Protected Pages, Huh?
  This is cool. You will be shown how to set up a directory that will only let in those that know the password!

• MSIE Active Channels
  Make a link directly from you to your viewers - set up an active channel.

• So You Want A Searchable Database, Huh?
  Learn how to search Yahoo, Webcrawler, or any other search engine right from your own page. Plus get the facts about setting up your very own searchable database.

• So You Want Sounds/Embeded Sounds, Huh?
  You can have sounds on your page using .au, .wav, or midi formats. I'll show you how to either embed the sounds or call them up through helper applications.

• So You Want To Change Text Fonts, Huh?
  Don't just have different colors, have different fonts!

• So You Want A META Command, Huh?
  Meta Commands don't add anything visually to your page, but they help a great deal when you submit your pages to search engines. Basically the commands make you very easy to find.

• So You Want A New Browser Window, Huh?
  This is slick. When someone clicks on a link - an entire new browser window pops up. Not overly useful - but slick.

• So You Want A Chat Room, Huh?
  Real-time chat with people all over the world - right from your own site. Enough said.

• So You Want To Pow Wow, Huh?
  Not exactly a chat room - but just as good. You can have a real-time chat with any one on the net, anywhere in the world.

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