Help and Hints for Newcomers and Profis

Help and Introductions

Client Help

Do not forget to check out the Help menu items accessible through your Client, for example Mosaic or Netscape

The World Wide Web Project

The World Wide Web Consortium promotes the Web by producing specifications and reference software. W3C is funded by industrial members but its products are freely available to all. The Consortium is run by MIT with INRIA acting as European host, in collaboration with CERN where the web originated.

Documentation of the HTML Language

A large collection of english and german references to HTML introductions and samples.

HTML Einführung

German HTML Introduction from the University of Konstanz.

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Informations and papers related to the different versions (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) of HTML.

Informationssysteme im Internet

Explanation of many Internet services.

WWW Demonstration Tour

A sample session with an World Wide Web client like Mosaic or Netscape.

Zen and the Art of the Internet

A nice introduction to Internet services for beginners. It discusses mail, mailing lists, mail servers, ftp, archie, usenet news, telnet, library catalogues, public database gateways, finger, talk, WAIS.

Online Books

Das WWW-Kompendium

This online Book is a detailed introduction to the Medium World Wide Web. It contains also an introduction to the Hypertext Markup Language.

Internet: Werkzeuge und Dienste von Archie bis World Wide Web

This online book explains the major tools and services of the Internet.