PilotHigh opened this issue on Dec 28, 2000 ยท 14 posts
michalki posted Sat, 30 December 2000 at 2:32 PM
One thing I should have made clearer & which is what Inkwolf mentions above: it's definitely unethical, immoral & in some cases illegal to use images, original logos & so on that appear on a page with the HTML. What I was referring to was obviously only the HTML itself. After just a small amount of time, HTML has been used & borrowed so much on the Internet that there is very little that can be combined in new, original ways. Image theft (versus someone borrowing an HTML setup) annoys me: recently someone (one of my competitors in fact!!!) used a whole bunch of the images I use to sell my products without even bothering to ask my permission. I asked that he stop doing so & he apologized. Because of the huge amount of time involved scanning & color balancing the images, the images that appear with my HTML are a valuable resource & I guard them as much as possible. HTML on the other hand is like bricks used to build a skyscraper: the architect's design is what really matters because the bricks are usually all the same. Do a search with Google or another good engine under "HTML Code" & you'll come up with a bunch of terrific & free sites that show you how to create great looking sites. Nice thing about such sites is the best of them not only explain different HTML schemes but you can look at the actual results right there on the page, which adds a valuable dimension to what you find in a book.