HTML CODE Fill in your handout from notes on the slides!!

Design No more than 2 different fonts should be used –Pick a font and stick with it –Alternate fonts if you are alternating information Use at least 3 colors on your page (i.e. background, font, links) Do not use more than 6 –Too distracting

Getting Started FIRST – set a goal for your site –Inform others about you –Give up-to-date sport scores,etc –Info on music groups SECOND – organize –Create a folder to store all your files Images pages

Getting Started (cont.) Know your target audience –Who are you designing this page for Conduct Market Research –See who/what competition is –What is your audience looking for

TAGS Every page must start with and end The first tag of a line is the starting/opening tag –,, The last tag of a line of code is the closing/ending tag –,, My First Page Info about me

Tags Three parts of an HTML tag are –The left angle bracket ‘<‘ –The text –The right angle bracket ‘>’ Every tag must have an open and a close tag (some exceptions)

Tags Three REQUIRED tags –Must be in every HTML document – The tag is optional

White Space Negative space Blank space on a web site Poor planning Unfinished Some is needed for readability

NESTING Nesting- beginning and ending tags have no crossover

Example

! IMPORTANT ! Write this in your notes!! –Opening tag for ANY HTML document you create in here!! – Validator