Webpage Creation Tools
• How to do Metas (example) - This is an example of how to do meta statements.
• Ascii Characters - This will help you find the right character.
• Metas tool - This will make your meta statements for you.
• Quiz creator - This will create a form quiz. Kind of a useful tool. You can always add encrypt="text/plain" to any form to have the results returned in a pc format email.
• Hover helper - This tool allows you to change the style of a link when the mouse goes over it. This tool is only supported by IE 4.0 so far, but will be supported by others later.
• Mouseover machine - This tool will let you do mouseovers easily and accurately. Works in all browsers.
• Menu maker - This tool will help you do pull down menus.
• Cookie cutter - This tool will make cookies for you that will allow you to track user information.
• Browser detective - This will help you determine what browser the user is using. Good for javascript.
• Window builder - This will help you make pop up windows just how you want them too look.
• Style-o-Mattic - This tool will help you add a touch of DHTML to your webpage that should work in netscape 4.0 and IE 4.0
• W3's official HTML 4.0 Validater - This validater is provided for free by the W3, (Creators of the HTML 4.0 Specification)




Links to useful places.
• WWW.BUILDER.COM - Usually has all kinds of interesting programming tips and links.
• DEVELOPER.NETSCAPE.COM - A good complete Javascript reference.
• W3.ORG - Home of the W3, future and current HTML, DHTML, CSS and DOM Specifications




Useful Tips.
• Smaller Image Files - Photoshop is a great tool for making awesome images, but it does a bad job at making them small in size. I would recommend using Paint Shop Pro to reduce file sizes. You can download a shareware copy from www.jasc.com. Once you have this program, to reduce the size of a file. Open the file. Goto the COLOR menu then down to DECREASE COLORS. I suggest selecting 15k or 256 colors, since most people dont use more than 65000 colors anyhow. Then save the file as a JPG. The file should be considerably reduced in size. If the colors look bad, use a larger amount of colors, such as 16K. You'll be amazed.
• Wyatt's Haven of Bliss - This is my personal homepage. When I figure out something really cool. I usually put it on here. I would check my site out every now and then and if you find something you like, you are welcome to steal it. I would appreciate credit for it in a but it is not necessary. And if you cant figure it out, I am glad to email you a simplified version of what you need. I am thinking about putting in a scripting section soon, so keep your eyes open!






This page was created by the great Wyatt Houtz you can email me here at whoutz@umich.edu and you can find my webpage here: http://www.umich.edu/~whoutz/.
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