HTML TAGS

BODY TAG

hspace="0"
vspace="0"

MSNTV can put both attributes, hspace/vspace and leftmargin/topmargin in the body tag so the spacing will be the same when computers users view the page.

leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"

Computers can put both attributes, hspace/vspace and leftmargin/topmargin in the body tag so the spacing will be the same when MSNTV users view the page.

IN PAGE BODY

Spacer Types, horizontal

<spacer type="horizontal" width="36">

Can use to indent the first line of a paragraph.

MS Internet Explorer does not recognize ANY type of spacer tag, so don't use them for computer users.

Spacer Types, vertical

<spacer type="vertical" height="24">

At height or size=24, this spacer is equivalent to a <p> or 2 <br> tags to separate paragraphs.

MS Internet Explorer does not recognize ANY type of spacer tag, so don't use them for computer users.

Spacer Types, block

<spacer type="block" width="100" height="100" align="left" (or "right")>

Stick this spacer left or right aligned in the middle of a long paragraph and the text will wrap around the top, side and bottom of the empty space. Center alignment puts a large space of line breaks between the first line and the rest of the paragraph. The text does not wrap around the center space.

MS Internet Explorer does not recognize ANY type of spacer tag, so don't use them for computer users.

Multiple Columns

<table width="??" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <td width="33%" valign="top"> Left column text goes here. </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> Center column text goes here. </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> Right column text goes here. </td></table>

To make MSNTV and computer viewers see the same format, use tables.

<multicol cols="3" gutter="24" width="any%" (of page width)> Text for all 3 columns goes here. </multicol>

Works for Netscape only! Netscape will divide up the page vertically into the number of columns specified. Gutter is the number of pixels space between each column. Netscape will make the text length as even as possible. MSIE and MSNTV will not see any columns; the text will go straight across the page.

Indented block of text

<ul>Block of text goes here.</ul>

This tag also works for computers.

<blockquote>Block of text goes here.</blockquote>

This tag works for MSNTV also.

Italicizing text

<i>Text to be italicized.</i>

This tag also works for computers.

<em>Text to be italicized goes here.</em>

This tag italicizes text for MSIE and MSNTV. I do not know what effect it has for Netscape.

Image, Audioscope, Marquee Tags, Placement on Page

vspace="20"
hspace="150"

Add these attributes to image tags to place them precisely on the web page. Easier to use than CSS. Also will position audioscopes and marquees.

vspace="20"
hspace="150"

These work the same for computers with images. Computers don't see scopes. Only Internet Explorer sees marquees; Netscape sees the marquee text as stationary.

Borders

<table border="4" invertborder width="100" height="50">

MSNTV sees both the regular border and the invertborder (highlights reversed). Invertborder also works for audioscopes, images and the <hr> tags. It does not work on marquees; neither does the regular border tag.

<table border="5" width="100" height="50">

Computers can see only the regular border. Default border for an image is a colored line of 1-2 pixels (see next section). To remove this, add border=0 to the image tag.

Default Colors

Default colors on computers (see Borders, above) are not any particular hue. Defaults are set in the browsers' settings. Defaults for the link, alink, vlink and image borders for hyperlinks will be the user's choice. Defining the colors in the body tag overrides default settings, UNLESS the browser has been set to override the body attributes of any visited page.