My First Big Web Design Project

The Beginning

My schedule said that I was to have 6th hour Study. Not Study Hall, just Study. My mom wants me to get as many credits as I can so Tara put me in Web Design Class. I wasn't really sure if I would like it at first, but I love using technology. Turns out I love this class!

What We Have Learned

We have learned many fun tricks using text.

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Underline

Italic

Bold

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Header Size

Header size 1

Header size 2

Header size 3

Header size 4

Header size 5

Header size 6

As you can see, header sizes go from size 1 (Largest) to size 6 (Smallest). Neat, isn't it?

Special charcters

Here is a list of special characters.

These special characters are produced by holding the "alt" key, and pressing combinations of up to three numbers on your number pad. This particular trick, I knew before I took the class.

Lines

Colored lines

We learned how to make lines of many different sizes and colors. Here are four different variations.

Lines with the "noshade" attribute

So by using the "noshade" attribute, all the bars are turned grey.

World Wide Web

The world Wide Web is the gateway to the Internet. It transports information and files along the Internet's hardware. At the beginning of every Web address, you will see the acronym "www", which stands for World Wide Web, indicating that it is using the World Wide Web to get the information, graphics, text, etc. to your computer screen.

The World Wide Web allows you to view a Web page within a Web site on your computer. It also allows you to see graphics and use hyperlinks. Without the World Wide Web, it would be nearly impossible to navigate the Internet.

HTML

HTML is Hypertext Markup Language. We use HTML Coding to create a Web site when Dreamweaver is not available. (Or when the particular assignment your working on entails that you use HTML coding rather than Dreamweaver. Ironic isn't it?) HTML coding is more complex than Dreamweaver, but it is free to use. (whereas Dreamweaver is the most expensive computer program that I have ever seen)

Before Dreamweaver was invented, you had to use HTML coding, there was no way around it. Technology has come a long way, but HTML coding can still be bought up by the touch of a button or two. Sometimes it is easier to modify by using HTML, but as far as I'm concerned, if Dreamweaver is available, i won't be using too much HTML coding.

The Internet

The Internet is hardware connected together to create a massive worldwide network. Using the World Wide Web, you can pull information from the Internet, to your computer. There are millions of smaller networks that are all interlinked by the Internet. Hence the name Internet=Inter-linked networks.

The Internet connects all computers together. You can access the internet through the World Wide Web, by using an Internet browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox (which I prefer) The Internet literally connects the world.

Source: Glencoe McGraw-Hill Web Design Textbook and my personal memory.