Comments on: HTML help

Question: HTML help

dial-tone — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:25:19 -0800

Is there a site on the internet where I can type in an html tag or attribute and get an explanation of what it does?

By: majick

majick — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:30:52 -0800

Yes, there is! Load the index of tags (or one of attributes) and use your browser's search functionality, into which you will type the tag or attribute name.

By: freudianslipper

freudianslipper — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:52:33 -0800

oops! here we go: w3schools

By: dial-tone

dial-tone — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:54:57 -0800

Thanks!

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:13:39 -0800

This may seem blindingly obvious to only me, but there's also Google. I just ran this search to double-check some markup.

By: twiggy

twiggy — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:19:49 -0800

My favorite such resource is index dot html over at blooberry. Also valuable is index dot css...

You can't type it in, but it's easy to navigate to the tags/attributes you want and goes so far as to break down all the cross browser compatibility bits, etc... I love it.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:32:10 -0800

Another bonus with blooberry, mentioned by twiggy, is that you can download an entire mirror of the site for off-line usage.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:22:59 -0800

HTML help is available at, oddly, htmlhelp.com.

By: megatherium

megatherium — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:46:52 -0800

Sizzling Jalfrezi is an excellent reference site.

By: Jim T

Jim T — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:57:56 -0800

I've always been partial to WebMonkey, if only because of their name.