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In the second series you will learn how to create and customize websites in many different
ways including learning how to:
- Add images to web pages.
- Create and use hyperlinks to navigate web pages.
- Set up lists of information using dot points and such.
- Create tables with rows and columns of random data and be able to control the formatting of said tables.
- Create and use forms that you can actually have some interaction with.
- Make web pages accessible to search engines.
All of this will be done with xHTML. Don’t believe it? Read on. You would be surprised
how much you can learn from such a short guide.
Before we actually get into the "coding" part of this guide, you will need some
software to use so that you can edit, test and basically all around develop your
programs. Go to Dreamspark.com and get one of the following programs for free, assuming you are a student:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Expression Studio 4
If you're not a student, you can also use Notepad++, which you can quite easily get
from www.notepad-plus-plus.org
Once you get one of the programs and install it, then you can start your xHTML
experience.
You might be using a Mac or Linux instead of Windows; you’ll need to find a text
editor that works for you in that case. Try to find one that shows you your line count
and colours code for you.
If you’d rather not download any dedicated tools you can still use a text editor like
Notepad or Wordpad. However, the above programs are far better tools for testing
and designing, as well as helping you with your coding as it prompts you if you make
a mistake or if you are trying to remember the correct word to use. Simple is better,
right?
NOTE: To test a website created from Notepad or Wordpad:
With the file open, click File >> Save As
At the end of the file name save it as .html
Open the newly saved file. (To Check)
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