WEEK 3: HTML Flow (September 2-6)

To Do This Week:

DUE: Submit the Blackbird HTML  
Once you have completed the HTML for the Blackbird project (mostly done in class),  upload the “blackbird” folder to the server following the FTP instruction from last week. – Due Friday


In Class

Codecademy strategies. Focus on patterns:
<element attribute=”value”></attribute>

Backup by uploading regularly! 

File names! lowercase, no spaces

How to find your project url?
dtc-wsuv.org/yourfoldername/projectname/
blackbird-projects-01-fall2024.html
blackbird-projects-02-fall2024.html
infocards-01-fall2024.html
infocards-02-fall2024.html

Validate Blackbird HTML  | Web Developer

FTP issues?

Blackbird HTML 

 info-card-example.ZIP

Open Blackbird in Sublime Text.

Add a wrapper – <div id=”wrapper”></div>  – to surround all the content of the body.

Sublime Text:

  • open folder! 
  • sidebar toggle 
  • word wrap
  • find/replace

HTML Flow demo

  • add color borders to elements to see structure 
  • width, height and overflow
  • block vs. inline element
  • attributes: id, class and style
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Web Images 

  • resize for web
  • file formats: gif, png, jpg
  • transparency
  • images are inline
  • style dimension vs actual dimension
  • resolutions and ppi

HTML Review:

  1. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
  2. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  3. FTP: File Transfer Protocol
  4. absolute vs. relative urls
  5. index.html
  6. Basic HTML structure for a page: <html><head></head><body></body></html>
  7. <title></title>
  8. HTML syntax: <element attribute=”value”></element>
  9. HTML5 semantic elements: p, img, header, nav, article, section, aside, footer
  10. parents and children (nested elements)
  11. block vs. inline
  12. headings: h1-6
  13. <div> and <span>
  14. <p>, <em>, <small>, <br>, <img>
  15. attributes: id and class, style
  16. <a>: anchor (internal) and external links
  17. doctype declaration: <!DOCTYPE html>
  18. HTML commenting: <!-- comment -->
  19. Validating HTML 

HTML tag reference

Nouspace Student Gallery – Blackbird Projects

CSS next week…

WORKSHOP