Internet Master
Session 5 - Web Design and Basic HTML
References : "The Whole Internet" by Kiersten Conner-Sax & Ed Krol.
Review: Compressing and uncompressing files, encoding and decoding files
- Reading:
"The Whole Internet" - Chapter 9
Extension Web Development Tools
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Other Web Resources
Why Create a Web Page?
- Education - newsletters
- Technical support
- Deliver downloadable files
- Market your business
- Organize your link sites
Page Layout and Design
- Masthead
- Organizational identification
- Purpose
- Photos, graphics
- Body
- Content
- Links
- Footer
- Author - owner
- Date of last update
- Plan for feedback
What are Tags?
HTML tags are code that instruct browsers. They are encapsulated within less-than (<) and greater-than (>) brackets. The syntax is simple:
Tags can be single-element (stand-alone) or used in pairs:
Stand alone -- <BR> -- line break
Paired -- <b>Bold text</b>
Tags may have options: < tag option1 option2 option3 >
<HR SIZE=8 NOSHADE>
Basic HTML Elements
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Basic Elements</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>(Masthead)
(Content and Links)
(Footer)
</BODY></HTML>
Important Tags
<H?>Header</H?>
<Center></Center>
<BR> Line Breaks
<P> Paragraph Breaks
<B>Bold</B>
<I>Italic</I>
<HR> Horizontal rule
For more information on HTML Tags, see the The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Creating Web Pages with Netscape Composer - Demonstration
- Starting Composer
- Configuring Composer
- Creating a new web page
- Saving your web page
- Adding text to your web page
- Check for spelling errors
- Apply character formatting
- Apply Paragraph Formatting
- Adding images
- Working with links
- Publishing your web page
Creating Web Pages with FrontPage Express - Demonstration
Keep us posted - worksheet
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