Second Post for Infocomm Studies -- HTML

This is my Second Post for Infocomm Studies. (I missed the Second lesson because I was ill) For the lesson, we learnt about HTML. We had the lesson in class because the Computer labs were all being used.

During the lesson, we learnt how to make a website from scratch, without (Adobe) Dreamweaver or any other software. We did so with Notepad. The resulting website would be displayed with any Browser. However, the website could only be viewed if the file was stored on a computer. Since our website was not published, it would not be able to be viewed by anyone but us.

First, we learnt about the structure of HTML. The webpage starts out with (html) and ends with (/html). The start of a command is enclosed in chevrons <>, and the end of the command is enclosed in a slash and chevrons .

After that, there is the (head) and (body) , which make up the website.

The other HTML tags include:

• (b) and (/b) for Bold
• (u) and (/u) for Underline
• (em) and (/em) for Italics
• (hr) for Horizontal Rule (A straight Line)
• (br) for Line Break (Like pressing "Enter", but Notepad does not recognize spaces)
• (!--Insert comment here--) for comments (Comments do not show up in the website)

Pictures and links could also be inserted with URL links. After the body of the website is completed in Notepad, the file is saved as *.html or *.htm. After which, the file will be automatically opened by the default browser when clicked.

(Also, Notepad can be used to save *.txt, *.htm, *.html, and *.vbs (Visual Basic Scripting) files.)

Note: I replaced all the chevrons with brackets, as Blogger does not allow HTML tags in the Post.

P.s The second lesson was about IS discussions online. The Lesson included a web discussion. The discussion talked about Copyright Infringement, Social Impact of New Media, as well as Websites VS Blogs.