February 8, 2008

Today we will begin to learn about basic web design.

Basic rules of HTML:

1. File names should be lower case with no spaces or special characters (only - or _ allowed)
2. HTML code itself can be in any case
3. Tags: Tags are command that let you control the appearance of your page. They are enclosed in special brackets, like this: <> Tags always have a begin tag and an end tag: the end tag has a backslash in it.
4. The code for every web page has two parts:
1. Head: this is the part that controls the formatting of the page
2. Body: everything in this section shows up on the web page.

Helpful HTML Links: Go to Hillcrest Links and click on Web Design on the left.

Click here to download Mr. Calkins' helpful HTML cheat sheet!

Project: We are going to begin a new class project today - creating an online atlas. Each student needs to choose one country to research; you will then start building a web page about that country with images, maps, text, etc.