HTML, which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web page design. It is often used in combination with JavaScript and CSS. Current versions of the HTML specification include HTML 5 and XHTML.
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Web Page Design for Designers: HTML Links
A collection of links to HTML tutorials and miscellaneous web design resources.
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Web Writing: Coding an HTML Page
HTML coding is fairly simple. It consists of cues called tags that tell a computer to put words and images on the page, with a starting tag and a stopping tag required for each insertion.
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Well-Behaved DHTML: A Case Study
It’s no secret that over the last few years DHTML has been used almost exclusively for evil purposes. Users associate the technology with intrusive advertisements and error-prone pages, while developers associate it with browser detection and hideous hacks.
Boodman, Aaron. SitePoint (2003). Design>Web Design>Interaction Design>DHTML
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The <meta> tag is often found at the top of an HTML document between the </title> and the </head> tag. It has a variety of uses, but one of the most common is the client-pull function, used to either reload or redirect pages after a specified amount of time.
Waller, Zach. Webmonkey (1996). Design>Web Design>HTML>Metadata
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What XHTML Means for Wireless Development 
XHTML is emerging as the content-authoring language for wireless development, so you'll need to have a strong grasp of XHTMLMod and XHTML Basic. See what you need to know about the changing wireless development landscape.
Gupta, Puneet. TechRepublic (2003). Design>Web Design>Wireless Web>XHTML
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What's All the Jive About Java?
Java and JavaScript are two of the newest 'kids on the block' when it comes to the latest developments for the computing and Internet world. Already, many are predicting that within a very few years Java will be the programming language of choice. Already, JavaScripts are nearly ubiquitous on the World Wide Web, largely because of their cross-platform nature and ease of use. And already, many technical communicators are beginning to consider what impact these new tools will have on their careers. While relatively few technical communicators will deal directly with JavaScripts and even fewer with Java programming, those involved in Web page development and online (HTML) documentation will find them valuable to learn and use.
Beck, Charles O. STC Proceedings (1997). Design>Web Design>Programming>DHTML
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When You Can't Trust the Browser
I like Opera--the browser, not the musical spectacle. I like that it puts small demands on your hardware. I like that it displays Web pages quickly and accurately. I like that it has always been close to the standards suggested by the W3C, especially for CSS styles. It is always worthwhile to preview pages in Opera. Opera is a little weak in event handling, and it has been slow to adopt the document object model. But in terms of page presentation, Opera shows a Web page the way it oughta look. It displays a great looking page, and it loads fast. And everybody likes the little guy. The troubles I have with Opera, as a code writer, are all derived from a single bad habit of the browser. Opera is a little loose with the truth.
Tibbetts, Kenneth. Internet.com (2002). Design>Web Design>Programming>DHTML
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If you're serious about reaching your full potential as a web page designer / producer, I believe you need to learn to code your sites by hand.
Hunt, Ben. Web Design From Scratch (2005). Design>Web Design>Standards>HTML
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Writing DHTML that Meets the Cross-Platform Challenge
DHTML coders have had to overcome many obstacles to writing clean, portable code, including specific browser requirements. See how some straightforward coding tenets can help you sidestep such challenges.
Robinson, Scott. TechRepublic (2003). Design>Web Design>Standards>DHTML
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A collection of the valid tags and attributes within XHTML 'strict' encoding, with examples.
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XHTML 1.0: Marking Up a New Dawn
Still writing your documents in HTML? If you are, you're not complying with current standards. On January 26, 2000, XHTML 1.0 became a recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). HTML, according to the W3C, is no longer the Web markup standard. Instead, XHTML 1.0 has replaced our old favorite, marking up the dawn of a new and exciting time in communications technology.
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This Recommendation defines a new XHTML document type that is based upon the module framework and modules defined in Modularization of XHTML [XHTMLMOD]. The purpose of this document type is to serve as the basis for future extended XHTML 'family' document types, and to provide a consistent, forward-looking document type cleanly separated from the deprecated, legacy functionality of HTML 4 [HTML4] that was brought forward into the XHTML 1.0 [XHTML1] document types. This document type is essentially a reformulation of XHTML 1.0 Strict using XHTML Modules. This means that many facilities available in other XHTML Family document types (e.g., XHTML Frames) are not available in this document type. These other facilities are available through modules defined in Modularization of XHTML, and document authors are free to define document types based upon XHTML 1.1 that use these facilities (see [XHTMLMOD] for information on creating new document types).
W3C (2001). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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The library is committed to serving the entire public, and that means striving to ensure that all pages of our site are accessible to the greatest possible number of people and devices (including audio browsers, Braille readers, and other specialized browsing environments).
New York Public Library (2004). Design>Web Design>Accessibility>XHTML
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But one of the lesser known differences between HTML and XHTML is that attributes within tags (such as the href attribute within a link tag) must use 'entities' for special reserved characters. For example, within mark-up, & has a special meaning. Greater than and less than signs (> and <) also have a special meaning, as they are used to define tags.
HyperWrite (2004). Articles>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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XHTML by Example: A Hybrid Layout
In this chapter, we’ll roll up our sleeves and apply what we’ve learned about XHTML thus far to mark up a real-world design project. The markup we create will be partly structural, partly transitional, and fully standards-compliant.
Zeldman, Jeffrey. PeachPit Press (2005). Design>Web Design>XHTML
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This guide was created to help out all those who want to learn more about programming and designing scalable, modular and easy to maintain websites. HTML is hard enough! This eases the seasoned HTML programmer into fluent XHTML
Onaicul Project, The (2001). Design>Web Design>XHTML
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This document is version 1.1 of XHTML Modularization, an abstract modularization of XHTML and implementations of the abstraction using XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs), and XML Schemas. This modularization provides a means for subsetting and extending XHTML, a feature needed for extending XHTML's reach onto emerging platforms. This specification is intended for use by language designers as they construct new XHTML Family Markup Languages. This specification does not define the semantics of elements and attributes, only how those elements and attributes are assembled into modules, and from those modules into markup languages. This second version of this specification includes several minor updates to provide clarifications and address errors found in the first version. It also provides an implementation using XML Schemas.
W3C (2006). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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In this tutorial you will learn the difference between HTML and XHTML. You will also learn how this Web site was converted to XHTML.
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XHTML Web Design for Beginners
Explores exactly what XHTML is, and how you can use it to start producing the next generation of Web pages.
Peck, Nigel. SitePoint (2003). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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XHTML, HTTP accept-header and MIME-type application/xhtml+xml
In 2005 it is high time to start serving XHTML as XML on a grand scale. Others have been doing it for years. I have been doing it since Christmas. Switching between XHTML as xml and text/html is easy using the HTTP accept header.
Tverskov, Jesper. Smack the Mouse (2005). Design>Web Design>HTML>XHTML
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XHTML: The Clean Code Solution
XML continues to be a hot topic among web developers. Why? Because it delivers a standardized markup that separates display and layout code from syntax, making the creation, maintenance, and parsing of documents much easier for all involved.
Wiggin, Peter. O'Reilly and Associates (2000). Design>Web Design>XHTML
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Douglas McLaughlin describes the history and features of XHTML, a reformulation of HTML 4.0 using XML syntax.
McLaughlin, Douglas J. Intercom (2000). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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XHTML: What's in a Name(Space)?
McLaughlin explains the use of namespaces in XHTML.
McLaughlin, Douglas J. Intercom (2000). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
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这个分为三部分的文章概述了一个直观的、省时省力的方法来提升访问网站的速度，这是基于网站性能有关的两个简单法则。
Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. uiGarden (2004). (Chinese) Articles>Web Design>HTML
