HTML Tutorial

I have just finished the HTML Tutorial – So, you want to make a Web Page! by Joe Barta.

I thoroughly enjoyed going through the tutorial and found it very easy to follow. I have now created a web page using a variety of the tags covered in the tutorial. It is really just a mess of different things I’ve included so I could test out the various tags. I will create something more useful to upload to the presentation page of WebCT.

I have previously done a short course at TAFE about web page design in HTML. However that was about three years ago and I’ve never had the need to use HTML since then. So although I had a basic understanding of HTML before doing the tutorial, it has helped me to remember a lot. I am going to do some more practice before I try doing anything with frames or CSS.

Seeing the code I have typed into Notepad appear as a proper web page in my browser does give me a sense of achievement, much more than if I had just created it in Front Page.  The only problem I had was missing a quotation mark in a <a herf=”…..”> tag. As a result nothing after the tag worked properly. With a little bit of searching I was able to find the problem.

There are major differences between blogging and creating a page in HTML. Blogging is a much simpler way of publishing information on the internet. Very little technical knowledge is require to blog. Although blog sites allow some customization and the ability to include HTML code in posts you are still limited by the format of the blog. With HTML you have total control over the appearance and layout of your website.