IS 337: Website Administration

Lecture for September 10: (X)HTML

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Topics

(X)HTML Basics

Simplest XHTML document toggle
- (courtesy
- of
- W3C)
- XML declaration
- DOCTYPE declaration
- <html> tag
- <head> tag
- <body> tag
DOCTYPEs: toggle
- HTML 4 versus XHTML 1.0 versus HTML 5
- strict versus transitional versus frameset
- DTD ("Document Type Definition")
tags toggle
- open, close, self-closing
- attributes
- nesting
- "tag" versus "element"
- types: block-level, inline
- "contains", "contained by"

Readings and Resources

"HTML Concepts" (from SitePoint), read all of the subsections!
If you've never done raw HTML before:
- "Getting started with HTML" by Dave Raggett
- "HTML Introduction" and "HTML Elements" (from W3Schools)

Quick Written Assignment for Next Time

We'll soon talk about style for our webpages. To practice kind critique, write down three things that you find wrong with the website for the World Glaucoma Association.

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