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Attribute syntax in HTML and CSS
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…
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Why is hypertext blue?
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…
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About WordPad vs NotePad
A student writes the following question… “When I write my code in Wordpad and save as an htm text document, it looks like one. But after I open it in the browser to see how it looks, the icon in the folder no longer says .htm and it appears to be a Firefox document. Is…
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Coding HTML in TextEdit
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…
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Framesets are a valid W3C doctype
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,…
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A quick note on naming conventions
Many of my students don’t see the need or pay much attention to naming conventions; especially in the beginning stages of learning web design. The subject of naming conventions is a big one and there are several articles that deal with it well. Brielfly, understand that how you name your file does matter for several…
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