This is just an example of one of the many pages on the w3schools.com page. I used this site in my 512 class last semester all the time and it is extremly helpful in helping to get all the little aspects of coding. Plus it gives the example code that you can copy and then mess around with to get the hang of it.
I posted a link to a MySQL database tutorial website. Although the video is already a tutorial to demonstrate the basics, as a beginner, it is good to glance at other tutorials as well.
I make a comment/ask a question regarding why background images must be as washed out as possible -- and suggest that it really ought to be up to the designer.
At the 17:23 mark in the first video of the JavaScript module, I asked if Professor Halavais could clarify some text on the screen. However, the text may have been blurred out deliberately since the surrounding text is fuzzy but not as bad.
Just don't want to miss any important steps!
Its interesting that javascript is fading off the design of html pages, yet it is becoming a key tool for flash programming...maybe javascript was just misplaced in the early development of the web.
In case I haven't answered elsewhere. You can do as many of the challenges as you like. Take a look over the syllabus for information as to how completion is related to grades.
And yes, in response to the first time around, I've provided a longer deadline, for more flexibility. Generally, the work is due within one week after the module is scheduled.
And yes, I use Diigo to find everything you've done--so if you want me to see it, make sure you bookmark it and let me know what you want it to count for (e.g., webprog-1-b, like this one).
I am happy to see the 25 things :). However, you need to save the file as plain text. Microsoft Word is probably not the best place to edit HTML, but if you do, you need to make sure you save it as plain text, and not as HTML.
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I took my recipe html file and tried cleaning it up. After numerous attempts to fix my code myself, I clicked the "Clean up Markup with HTML Tidy" button. HTML Tidy basically truncated my table-specific CSS and aggregated it at the top. I suppose I'll learn how to do this myself when I begin on Module 2. Instead of changing the original file, I saved a new one to show to the code difference at http://marie.nfshost.com/recipe2.html
HTML Tidy is a lifesaver--as long as you look at the changes and can figure out why they have happened. (It also makes it prettier, if you use the "indents" feature.)
I have published a page that is up to XHTML standard. I used my recipe for peach daquiris for this validator service. I had nine errors when I first typed it in and after following the directions I was told that my document was successfully checked as XHTML 1.0 transitional.
I did this assignment to become more familiar with writing in html. Also, to work on and its atributes, which I was having a difficult time with. This is a page from Quinnipiac's website, I took the information from it, and found a picture on Flickr. I also added a green background, which I found in the text.
I did this exercise to become more familiar with writing in html and to understand how to use and all of its atributes (which I was having a hard time with). I took a page from QU and duplicated it. Rather than using their pictures, I found one on Flickr instead. I put it in the validator and it passed, after fixing 9 XHTML problems.
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To paraphrase Denzel Washington's character in "Philadelphia" (Heck, this may even be a direct quote considering I've seen this film so many times... ):
"I want you to explain it to me like I'm a two-year-old."
This site does just that! When I am learning a new skill, I want material that is utterly foreign to me to be Kindergarten-ized as much as possible. I would not be the least offended if I saw the following (and hopefully with pictures!):
"See Spot mark up the plain text document. Mark up the plain text document, Spot, mark up the plain text document!"
Here is a 4 page site I made for upcoming Connecticut concerts for the month of February. I included a splash page that includes links to Toad's Place, Mohegan Sun, and The Webster. On each of the 3 venue pages, I included links to the venues' official website as well. Then, I included text about upcoming concerts. I purposely didn't link back to the splash page, thinking that once the user is into the venue sites, it wasn't necessary to return there.
This page is just a basic intro/course description for an HTML class taught at UC Berkeley. It's really just a few sentences, but it's one of those short on words/long on meaning pieces of text that I admire because it gets to the meat of what HTML is all about in a very intelligent way. What struck me, though, was the line that states: "... it's valuable to know HTML even if your day job involves working with a content management system... " I work with a CMS all day! As I've mentioned before, I work for CNN.com and mainly produce interactive features and such, yet I know shockingly little about them there Internets! This course will hopefully help me bridge that gap between the material I am comfortable with, and that which intimidates me.
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Are there any real differences between the tag and the tag? I have only really ever used the and don't recall ever even hearing about the same with and
I suspect the sticky note ate your tags! The difference between em and i is pretty much semantic. i and b were introduced by the browsers as tags, and not by the W3C. So to write valid code, you should really use the strong and em. But I will admit to slipping into i and b with some frequency. Again, best to get in the habit of strong and em, if at all possible.
