Web Page Construction

Slides: OpenOffice PowerPoint
Reading: HFHTML Ch. 3

Homework

1. Obtain a USB Flash Drive (or floppy disk).

2. On this memory device, create a file aboutMe.html containing an HTML page. The title of the page should be About Me. The major heading of the page should be your name. The page should contain a paragraph about you.

   This part is "due" on 9/13, but life will be much easier if you can bring it to the next class!

3. Bring your memory device (and your textbook) to every class.
4. Before each class, preload your memory devise with the code for the class from the textbook web site:
   http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/index.php .
5. Organize the directory structure of your memory device to support parts 2 and 4 of this homework. This part is also due 9/13.

Lab

• Here is the basic page for Tony's Segway Journal.
• Open it in a new tab in your browser.
• Use your browser's View Source feature to view it's HTML source.
• Save this source to a file called journal.html.
• With Notepad, edit this file to improve its presentation as discussed in the text:
  1. Add <q> element to properly quote his inline quotes.
  2. Use a <blockquote> and <br> elements to make his Burma Shave quote appear correctly.
  3. Make an ordered list of the cities he's visited along his journey
  4. Make an unordered list of the things he brought with him on the trip.
• Save the file.
• Open the file in a browser.
• Show your work to Bowen.
• Shut down your computer and turn off your display before leaving the lab (always).