Websites as Graphs

A bit of fun!

Here is a java applet that traverses the html of a webpage and turns it into a stunning visual graphic.  A more detailed on-line explanation and examples found here.

Website graphs are the work of Marcel Salathe, a young conceptual artist living in Zurich, Switzerland 

java applet.jpgScreenshot of Photographs Do Not Bend (above).  Create your own.


What do the colors mean?

blue: for links (the A tag)
red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD tags)
green: for the DIV tag
violet: for images (the IMG tag)
yellow: for forms (FORM, INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT and OPTION tags)
orange: for linebreaks and blockquotes (BR, P, and BLOCKQUOTE tags)
black: the HTML tag, the root node
gray: all other tags

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