Foreword

Introduction to HTML, created in 1995 by Eric Meyer, is maintained on this server for historical reference. While much of this information is still relevant, it is important to remember that it was written for HTML 2.0. The more current versions of HTML and XHTML in use today have different requirements. To learn more, you may also wish to review our Web Development blog entries on HTML/XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets.

Friday, 9 June 1995: Well, it's finally ready to go public, and all I can say is: "It's about time!!!" This tutorial represents a lot of work and thought, and frankly I've been looking forward to finishing up so I can take a short breather. [Pause] Well, that was refreshing.

I guess I did something good when I published this tutorial. On 17 September 1995, I received e-mail from Point Communications Corp. informing me that as a reviewed site, I was eligible to display the Point "Top 5% of the Web" badge. In addition, the tutorial was included in their book, titled The World Wide Web Top 1000, and published by New Riders. The tutorial has also been called one of "The Best Mac Web Sites" (MacWorld, August 1996) and used as a resource by dozens of college courses and government organizations all over the world. For other awards and reader comments, the Accolades page has details.

For those who are curious, this tutorial was produced using a PowerMac 7100/66 and a Macintosh IIci over the course of a month, using a combination of Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and Netscape Navigator.

This work is dedicated to my friends and family. Thanks, everyone.

Eric A. Meyer (eam3@po.cwru.edu)
Information Technologies System Specialist
Library Information Technologies
Case Western Reserve University

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