These are specific things that I got stuck on, until figuring them out...
Miscellaneous:
1) In creating a link to another page, I usually highlight the text, then click on the file icon in the lower right corner. You can quickly select another page in your site. The program will automatically keep track of the necessary folders and sub-folders (assuming that you don't change them). But if you just type a site into the Link box, it will try to access this through the same chain of folders. To force it to the outside world, start with http://
ex: don't use www.google.com but use http://www.google.com
2) To put an image next to your text, rather than 'pushing' the text down, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the image, select Alignment, and select either right or left. Also, if you leave a little white space around your images, you don't need to worry about margins. [See separate page on editing screen-shots for your images.] Or add a white border to your images with your Style sheets.
3) To type a new line of text without the large space, press Shift-Enter, rather than just Enter.
4) Frames are a way of splitting up the page into several independent blocks. (Actually, multiple pages all shown at the same time) More info
5) Tables are a way of putting things in boxes. With the boxes showing, they emphasize the blocks. With the boxes hidden, they are a way of putting things (text and images) scattered around the page. More info
6) Pop-Up Menus allow you to put many choices hidden in a menu that is only displayed when the user moves the mouse over a hot spot. More info
Finally, a few comments lifted directly from Sams teach Yourself HTML and XHTML by Dick Oliver and Michael Morrison. When asked to comment on others' web sites, they say:
"Your site looks pretty or ugly and you have the basic idea of HTML, but you need to make it clearer, first, who your site is intended for -- in the first sentence or heading; second, what earthly good your site is going to do them; and third, what you want them to do as a result of visiting your site. All the great graphics and HTML-manship in the world can't substitute for clearly and consistently answering those three questions for yourself and for your site's visitors. (page 341)
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