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  • Attribute syntax in HTML and CSS

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    A student asked the following question… “I understand what we’re doing, but I’m worried about memorizing all of the coding. It might help if I understood the reasons behind all of it. For example, why do font changes need semicolons on them and not just a closing quotation mark like other things?” Great question and…

  • Why is hypertext blue?

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    A student asked the design question, “Why is hypertext blue?” I was able to speculate why as a designer I might have chosen the color blue over another; like red. Red indicates alarm where blue is less intimidating yet still provides a strong contrast with surrounding black text and a white background. However, I could…

  • Coding HTML in TextEdit

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    I received the following question from one of my online students… ” I tried opening files the book told me to, but they didn’t open in code, they just opened in regular text. Is that normal? Or am I doing something wrong?” HTML code is created with plain text and therefore needs an editor that can…

  • Framesets are a valid W3C doctype

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    For my students… On page H-17 of your text, Cox states, “… Moreover, framesets are no longer part of the W3C standard”1. This statement has caused more than a few emails and discussion board postings. Let me clear something up. Framesets ARE a valid document type according to the XHTML1.0 standard2. The author, I believe,…

  • Accessibility: <i> vs <em>

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    For my students… In one of the Quiz questions in Unit C, the following question was asked… The tag <i>…</i> is available only to devices that can visually display text. Incorrect Response: True Correct Answer: False The text book author on page c-6 states that this is True although the quiz is set up to…