If you are viewing this page, you probably know at least some of the basics of navigating around the World Wide Web with your browser. The most popular browser is Netscape Navigator, with Mosaic, Lynx (for text-only) and Microsoft Explorer trailing far behind.
The WWW is comprised of millions of documents and programs accessible from servers that are hooked up to the Internet around the world. The primary language of the Web is Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML).
HTML files are text-based documents. They can also contain graphics, images/sound bits, animation, video bits, tables and forms, and more! Imbedded in the document are general suggestions to the browser on how to format and present the images and words. "Links" are used mostly to refer the reader to another related or interesting file on the Web.
There are also special tags available, such as "blink," which only function when the page is viewed with Netscape Navigator. When pages with such tags are viewed with non-Netscape browsers, they sometimes appear to be garbled, and haphazardly formatted. More information on Web design is available at Tim Berners-Lee's site in the list of links below.
So, you have surfed the Web and seen what it has to offer... Now what? The next step is to create your own home page and let your presence be known on the Internet.
Here are some links to sites which have useful tips and instructions on how to set up your own home page.
