A few simple rules ... limitless possibilities

Five methods are used for presenting Go diagrams in HTML:

1. Use an oriental font containing Go stones
2. Use large images, one per diagram
3. Use small images and combine them
4. Use ASCII
5. Use Mori's java-based Go board.

Other methods may be in use: look for some Go pages, particularly those which present problems, and see how they do it.

Method 1 is described on the Chinese diagrams page.

Method 2 is used in http://www.britgo.org/intro/intro3.html.

Method 3 is described on the example page and used in the pages linked to by http://www.britgo.org/bgj/bgj.html.

Method 4 looks like this:

 . . . . . . . .
 . . X . X . . .
 . . O X . . . .
 . . O , . X . .
 . . . O . . . .
 . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . . . .

A snag with method 4 is that it is necessary to make it clear that this is an upper left corner.

Method 5 is described on Mori's Go page.

It requires a java-enabled browser, and does not work perfectly with some browsers. It requires the browser to be connected, so that it can collect the java code from Mori's site.