1. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Creating a Simple Page Disclaimer: All words, pictures are adopted from “Learning Web Design (3rdeds.)” by Jennifer NiederstRobbins, published by O’Reilly 2007. Edited by Guoliang Liu, Only for Course CSc2320 at GSU CS Department

2. In this chapter An introduction to (X)HTML elements and attributes A step-by-step demo for simple web page Document structures Basic text and image elements A simple style sheet troubleshooting 2

3. 5-steps to produce a web page Start with content Give the document structure Identify text elements Add an image Change the look with a style sheet 3

4. Launch a Text Editor Creating a new document in Notepad (Windows) Creating a new document in TextEdit(Mac OS) 4

5. Step 1: Content Type your content Save your file What Browsers Ignore? ◦ Line breaks (carriage returns) ◦ Tabs and multiple spaces ◦ Un-recognized markup ◦ Text in comments 5

6. Step 2: Document Structure HTML element 6

7. Step 2: Document Structure Basic document structure 7

8. Step 2: Document Structure Tips ◦ Lower cases for elements and attributes  …, … ◦ Use quotation marks for attribute values  … ◦ Closing elements every time ◦ Use style sheets instead of table-based approach 8

9. Step 3:Identify Text Elements 9

10. Step 4: Add an Image Use element 10

11. Step 5: Set the Look (Style Sheet) Create style rules 11

12. Troubleshooting Missing slash? Missing ending tags? Missing left/right angle brackets? 12

13. Homework Reading Chapter 4 Assignment 3: ◦ Make a same or a similar web page like:  The page "Black Goose Bistro" in page 67 of the textbook  You can use other pictures and text content that you like  You have to use the elements we have talked about including,,, and add a style sheet (the one in page 11).  For the paragraphs, it will be appreciated if you put some comments about the class so far.  Name your html file as “assignment3.html” ◦ Email to TA with the attachment ◦ Due: Monday, Sep 15 th, 2014 13

14. assignment3.html should be like 14