We have to make a webpage? At first that seems very foreign & scary but i'm going to give it a go. Can it really be that hard? First i will begin with the 26 lessons at So you want to make a webpage by Joe Barta. Here we go!
P.S I love this site and it's so easy to follow!! I have put it in my favourites for my next website creation
So i created a HTML page quick easily.... NOT!!! It has taking me a few days to get it to the standard it's at now.. Firstly, I got to adding my own picture as a background. I saved it as .jpeg when i think it needs to be .jif. I'm going to check it out now... Yep that was the problem, the tutorial so far is taking up alot of time but i wanted to make notes of the codes, i have a bad memory. Got up to the part where you can add a .doc but for some reason it doesn't want to upload, so i am going to try again, second round and yep got it working, mystery why it didn't work first time round. The other hard part was adding a thumbnail of a picture ... I had to have a few goes until i got it right but my thumbnail is a picture of me and makes me look like a blimp until you open it to a normal size.. not sure how to fix that as i have looked over and over on Joe's page for answers... Maybe the thumbnail is supposed to be like that, joe said the gif files do come out not as a good as a jpeg so maybe thats why.. Completed the rest of the tutorial okay..
Now to the next part, uploading it to the presentations section in Webct. Boy was/am still frustrated with this section of the task, for the life of me i could not get my background and pictures to work even though i uploaded them...... Breathe..... Breathe... Breathe
So i checked out the discussions boards to see if i could get any help, yep a zillion questions about my same issues and the threads made me even more confused, zip this and try that! As recommended by fellow students i went to the help section on the webtct site and it thankfully helped me fix all my problems.. The case-sensitivity got me so i fixed and bam.. All working... After having a look at other websites made by other students i was blown away by the talent we have in NET11, mine looks like a heap of S**t, excuse the french compared to others. Well at least i got the basics down pat and hopefully i will be able to create better sites down the track!
Overall after much frustration and perseverance i managed to successfully complete the task :) I do feel accomplished now and can say that i now know how to create web pages YAY!! What an achievement i reckon...
Oh i forgot to mention that i validated my page with only 50 errors & 3 warnings.. Kidding about the only.. That is major!!! I think the reason why i got so many errors is because my code could probably be a bit more cleaned up, i have to many codes everywhere and probably haven't fixed errors once uploading the file. For instance i write code then upload and move on but keep the wrong code there coz it doesn't make a difference to the look of the site. But i do know that it definitely pays to have a clean site because Google will index it alot higher, so in the future i will be much more careful with my coding and ensure that i use the Validator site.
I don't think i can compare HTML to blogging, they are completely different, they are both great tools though. Blogging is more for self publication and journaling where as HTML is more for publishing information and data to a target audience. The experience is also different as with blogging it is two way communication and with HTML it is up to the user to check out your site! I enjoy both but for now enjoy blogging more, once i get better at HTML i'll probably enjoy that just as much! Blogging is much more easier than HTML but i think once you get used to HTML it won't be that difficult to pick up!
Peace out!!
Module 4 – Evaluating the Web
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2 comments:
Mons, thanks for the tip o' the hat in one of the previous posts. I enjoy this stuff otherwise I wouldn't do it. Plus I've got a system.
Anyway, blogging and HTML. As (I think it was) Rhys said HTML is the blocks and blogging software is the building. Everything you see on the Internet - everything - uses HTML to at least some degree. Blogging software also uses databases and CSS and some other stuff, but it still uses HTML. And if you want to prove that to yourself, in Firefox click View/Page Source and there at the top you'll see the head tag, title tag and a bit further down, the body tag. They're all still there, just jumbled up with lots of other stuff that doesn't make much sense.
Keep up the good work. You're doing great.
Hey Pete, THANKS so much for the thumbs up, it really keeps me going!
I guess i should have explained that a bit better, you make it sound so easy to put into words! I can see the html code when blogging my posts and have changed some of it around and it works YAY!! I guess HTML is the backbone of the internet script :) Will check out firefox!!
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