HTML for Project Pages FAQ
created on March 21, 2006
There are a number of different ways that HTML tags can be used to enhance
usage of your project page. Here is a list of tags you might want to use. If
you have questions on how to do other things on your page, please ask in the
Java-net How-to Discussion
Forum .
For general information about creating project pages, please see Getting
Started with Project Pages .
Function
Html tag - add <
> around tags for use
URL links
normal - displays a page in same
browser window - plain href tag
popup - makes a
new browser window to display page. does not change layout - add
target="_blank" to href tag
without gui
- using nonav qualifier, displays page in same browser window without
SC gui - add /nonav switch to SourceCast url
popup
without gui - using nonav qualifier, displays page in new browser
window without SC gui - add both add target="_blank" and
/nonav switch
Home Page Headers
Javadoc and other pages with Frames
Turn off the standard GUI if you want to display framed documents.
Sample : donated
by Federale project at Jini.org
Issue tracker
links
Issue tracker is traditionally used for bug tracking but you can use
it to track project team task and other assignments. If you do, consider
adding links on your home page so that team members can quickly find information
they need.
Examples: (edit these to reflect your own project)
Project communications
Let project members and visitors know how to join project discussion.
Example :
Our project communications are in the discussion forums. Please
come join us!
Customizing the nav bar
You can add your own links and other html elements to the project tool
bar.
Create a file in your project's www/ directory called project_tools.html
Add your links surrounded by div tags
Separate link sections with <hr>
Create section headers using bolded text
Examples:
<div><a href="https://www.java.net/events">Events</a></div>
Code for link with two nested link
<div> <a href="https://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Main/WebHome">wiki</a>
<div> <a href="https://wiki.java.net/bin/view/People/WebHome">People
wiki</a></div>
<div> <a href="https://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javapedia/WebHome">Javapedia</a></div>
</div>
Include contents from another page
iframe src="redirect url"
frameborder="0" width="75%" height="100" scrolling="yes"
note : must close this tag
Redirects
META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT="0;URL=https://java-net.dev.java.net"