Spring 2009
HTML Myself
As condition for taking this class, I agree to the following ...
All of the Web Pages I create for this class will be written by myself directly using HTML (or XHTML). I will not copy (plagiarize) HTML from others without proper referencing. I will NOT use any authoring software like MS Word, HomePage, Publisher, DreamWeaver, etc. I will ONLY use a text editor, like NotePad or TextEdit. I will include comments (as described below) in all my web pages.
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Comments (Documentation or Decoration)
Comments at the top of every webpage (placed above the <HTML> tag) look something like this:
<!-- New Perspectives on HTML and XHTML Author: Date: Text Editor: Filename: something_or_the_other.html --> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>some_sort_of_name_or_the_other</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> </head>
In-line comments included in your HTML are also called documentation, and decoration. When I ask you to decorate your HMTL, I am asking that you include in-line comments. Comments remind you what your HTML code is supposed to accomplish. Comments allow others to more easily understand your HTML. Most importantly for our class, comments make it possible for George to grade your work. The grading rubric for most every assignment will require you to include in-line comments that document the graded elements of the assignment.
In-line comments like this:<!-- below demonstrates the use of inLine style --> <h1>style="text-align: center">Chemistry Class</h1>
A text editor is a HTML editor
There are many (free) text editors, some designed especially for HTML. It is OK to use a text editor that does HTLM syntax checking. It is NOT OK to use a WYSIWYG editor.
If I would have used MS Word to write the same page, the HTML would look like this ...
HELP
You can consider that this class is about learning to program the World Wide Web. Webpage Design and Development is accomplished by programing HTML and XHTML. And, what is the world's largest resource for HELP programing the World Wide Web? Of course, it is the World Wide Web. There are thousands of web sites devoted to programming HTML. Find them. Use them.
Type a HTML tag name, like <blockquote> into a search engine, and you will find dozens of helpful websites. Type HTML followed by any phrase, like "HTML tables" in Google, and ... again you will find dozens of helpful websites.
These are a few HTML help sites I like (there are many others).
Tulane is NOT the only University to offer a course in "Webpage Design and Development" ... and Tulane is NOT the only University to use our textbook. This is the 5th semester that I am instructor for Tulane's course, and this is the 5th time we have used the same textbook, although it is a new edition (5th). In other works, it is relatively easy to find websites that were developed by students, just like yourself, for every one of the Case Problems that are your assignments in this class.
Be careful, just because you can find another website developed for one of our assignments, doesn't mean that that site will meet the requirements of your assignment's grading rubric.
And, besides ... Remember, as a condition for taking this class, you agreed to write ALL your own HTML.
Anyway, I encourage you to look at the work of others. In case you don't know this yet ... you can see the HTML of any webpage that you can see in your web browser. The browser menu command for this is usually in the View Menu. Once you see the HTML source, you can copy it and you can save it as a text file to your computer.
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