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Introduction to html

Introduction to html . ENGL 307 March 28 th , 2012 . What is HTML? . Hyper Text Markup Language. What is this sorcery? . HTML is made up of elements These elements indicate structure Structure and content are two separate monsters

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Introduction to html

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  1. Introduction to html ENGL 307 March 28th, 2012

  2. What is HTML? Hyper Text Markup Language

  3. What is this sorcery? • HTML is made up of elements • These elements indicate structure • Structure and content are two separate monsters • The tools used to build pages can be no frills and are usually built right into the computer

  4. Tools • Notepad (Windows) • TextEdit (Mac) • TextWrangler (Mac) • jEdit (Windows and Mac) • Notepad++ (Windows)

  5. Why HTML is Awesome • It uses plain text • It works on all computers • It describes what documents mean • It’s easy to learn the basics • It’s free (Harris, 2011)

  6. Meet the Tags • Tags are what separate elements from one another • Start with a < and end with /> • Basic foundational tags: • <html> </html> • <head> </head> • <title> </title> • <body> </body>

  7. Building a Page

  8. Adding Text • Starting a new paragraph • <p> </p> • Paragraph alignment • <p align=“center”> </p> • Line breaks • <br> </br> • Headings • <h1> </h1> and so on

  9. Formatting Text • <strong> is for text that has strong importance • <b> is for text that should be presented in bold but doesn’t have greater importance (i.e. keywords) • <em> is for words that have emphatic stress • <i> is for text that should be in italics but has no extra emphasis

  10. Assignments for Next Class • Readings and tweets (posted to course site) • Make a basic page in HTML and screenshot it. Post it to your blog with a write up of the process. Be ready to discuss these in groups next class.

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