This is my Virtual Notebook for "Web Page Design For Beginners"
To practice tags and take notes about the lessons.
LESSON I
THE BASICS
HTML means Hyper Text Mark up Language. This language enables coding a webpage
from scratch using a basic word processor such as microsoft notepad. Tags are html
commands contained between two brackets. The four basic tags are HTML, HEAD, Title, Body.
<html></html>
<head></head>
<title></title>
<body></body>
They are sets of opening and closing tags and are only used once on a webpage. Opening tags are
put before the area you want to change. This tells the browser to begin showing the text as specified
in the tag. Closing tags are placed after the area that was formatted. It tells the browser to end
that format. Attributes are tags in the body that tells it change is coming. Values tell attributes
what to change and are always found within the angle brackets.
Some examples of attributes are as follows:
<br>=break... Place a break in the current line and begin the rest on the next line.
<p></p>=paragraph...Place a paragraph between two sets of text. These values also have to
have an opening and closing tag. In the closing tags is a / before the value telling the browser
to cease the command.
Values come in between Attributes. Values tell the browser how to read the attributes.
They are always found between quotation marks within the attribute.
For Example:
<a href="http://www.ksurf.net">Webversity
<</a>>/a>
This value tells the browser to go to the spcecified webaddress in this command.
CREATING A TEMPLATE
A template is a file that is used as a pre-made webpage pattern which
contain the four basic HTML tags and some text. A template can used over to create new web pages.
Always keep a copy of the reusable template on your hard drive. It will make it easier
to create webpages because all of your basic tags will be in the template. When you create
a new page using the template, All you have to do is modify the it by inserting the text
and coding in the proper areas and then save it with a new filename. This will create
your new page and save your original template for the next use.
CREATE/VIEW/EDIT
Now that all the content is in your template, save the file renamed
as an html filetype. This will enables it to upload it to a chosen server webspace as a webpage.
When making changes or editing your page,simply upload it again and overwrite the original
file. This maybe edited offline and uploaded online. It is always a good idea
to have a copy of a webpage on the hard drive. If all graphics, gifs and html documents are
kept in one file, the webpage can be viewed offline. This will enable editing offline.
Remember to check your work. Make sure all the text and programming are snug.(uneeded spaces)
UPLOAD AND PUBLISH
There are many servers on the internet that offer free webpages. They also usually come as
part of a package with internet service. Coded html files and graphics can be uploaded to a
webpage which will publish it to the web.
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