Unit Three

Web Page Construction

This Week:

Reading Assignment:

Read Chapter Three and do all the exercises in the chapter.

Pages 77-84 cover how to use <p> <h1> <h2>, and <img>.

In pages 85 to 97 you will learn about the <q> and <blockquote> elements. Using these two elements as a starting point, the text will introduce you to the difference between "inline" and "block" elements.

Before you move too far from the <q> element, let me contribute a little "truth:

• Not many people use the <q> element because the actual presentation of the quotation marks become a real pain.

However, there are lots of good semantic reasons to use <q>. Here is a link that will tell you a "hack" to fix the quote mark problem once and for all. This is optional and if you want to skip it, that's OK; however, if you need it later it is also listed in the folder on the Home page called, "Useful Info for Beginning Web Designers."

The rest of the chapter, pages 98-118, introduces <br>, ordered lists <ol>, unordered lists <ul> and list items <li>

Lists are a little tricky, but it's worth while getting good at them. If you look at my Internet Home Page, you will see a menu with 19 choices. Believe it or not, the menu is just a fancy list that I styled with CSS. There is no java script or special magic used to make the menu. Because it's all in XHTML and CSS it is very easy for a blind person to use with a screen reader.

I admit there is a lot of info in this chapter, but it's worth it. When you have finished Chapter 3 you will know most of the basic building blocks of a simple web page. And that's when it starts to be fun!

Discussion:

Just one discussion topic this week. Why do you think that Microsoft has been slow to "fix" Internet Exporer so that it meets W3C Standards?If you have time, Google around and see if you can find any information on this topic. There's lots out there.

Later, read the inputs from the other students and make at least one comment on another person's input. You are welcome to comment on more than one. Note that this Discussion Item will close on September 24th. To get credit you must participate before the topic is closed.

Quiz:

Take the quiz. Note that the due date is September 24th.

Assignment:

Fix the code on page 121. When you have fixed it, upload the file to me. Take your time and make it really perfect, following all the rules you have learned so far. Note that the due date is September 24th.