Last week I made the following blog post:
With the HTML test coming up in this week’s tut, I thought I’d go over what we’ve learnt thus far about coding.
If I wanted to make a web page I could code the following:
<html>
<body>
<h1>Le Heading</h1>
<i>link</i>
<img src=”URL”>
<strong>THE END.</strong>
</body>
</html>
Or I could code:
<html>
<body>
<h1>Hi Everybody</h1><br>
<a href=http://www.mediafactory.org.au/networkedmedia/> Networked Media</a>
</body>
</html>
Both of these sets of codes could be used to make a web page. Both would be very basic and if I’m honest both would be somewhat boring, be despite this, this coding “language” or sorts could create a simple web page. And each page would be different because each set of coding instructions is slightly different.
Each little bit of code stands for something different, for example <i> = italics and <h1> = heading. Furthermore, when you end a section of code, or a specific instruction, you need to use a /. For example the </i> in the code for <i>link</i> and </body> at the end of the entire set of coding.
While this whole coding language is still pretty new and unclear to me, hopefully I now know enough to pass the HTML test. Fingers crossed!
Well yesterday in the Networked tut we had the test and – cue sigh of relief – I passed! I found the test somewhat challenging however by following the steps that Elliot taught us in previous classes and by taking my time, I was able to create my websites with few hiccups.
It was satisfying to see the end results, complete with pictures, links and headings. I feel that by going through the steps and making my own webpage, I now have a greater understanding of how to do so.
See Page One here and Page Two here.