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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How Web Pages Work
  2. Setting the Stage
  3. Viewing Page Source
  1. Creating a Simple Web Page
  2. Basic HTML Form
  3. Font Color and Size
  4. See more »
    1. Adding Background Color
    2. Linking to Other Sites
    3. Adding Images and Graphics
    4. Creating Tables
    5. Changing the Table Background Color
    6. Alignment and Cell Padding
    7. Creating Frames
    8. Adding the Frame Source
    9. Removing Scroll Bars and Borders
    10. Images
    11. Labeling Images
    12. Aligning Images
    13. Getting Your Page Online
    14. Meta Tags
    15. Promoting Your Site
    16. Listing Services
    17. Reciprocal Linking
    18. Ideas
    19. Lots More Information
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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How Web Pages Work
  2. Setting the Stage
  3. Viewing Page Source
  4. Creating a Simple Web Page
  5. Basic HTML Form
  6. Font Color and Size
  7. Adding Background Color
  8. Linking to Other Sites
  9. Adding Images and Graphics
  10. Creating Tables
  11. Changing the Table Background Color
  12. Alignment and Cell Padding
  13. Creating Frames
  1. Adding the Frame Source
  2. Removing Scroll Bars and Borders
  3. Images
  4. Labeling Images
  5. Aligning Images
  6. Getting Your Page Online
  7. Meta Tags
  8. Promoting Your Site
  9. Listing Services
  10. Reciprocal Linking
  11. Ideas
  12. Lots More Information
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