© Anthony J. Nowakowski, Ph.D.. Web Page Development.

© Anthony J. Nowakowski, Ph.D..

Web PageDevelopment


EDC 601 Instructional Technologies

HTMLHyperText Markup Language



How HTMLWorks…



That is, it does not contain all three of the primary constructs of programming languages:

HTML is a markup language, NOT a programming language.



Programming ConstructsSequence

Repetition

Selection



HTMLFundament

als



1. "8.3" notation

2. alphanumeric characters

3. lowercase

4. no embedded spaces

Before we begin, YOU WILL name all your files using the following:

and place them all in the same subdirectory to be called c:\601

Markup languages use “tags” to indicate the beginning and end, and in HTML they look like this:

<tag> . . . </tag>or

<tag> . . . </tag>

Note:

Not all tags contain a closing tag. Those that do, are called "containers".

Note:

Not all tags contain a closing tag. Those that do, are called "containers".

<html>

</html>

<head> <title>This is a title</title></head>

<body> This is part of the body</body>

<head> . . .</head>

<body> . . .</body>

There are several ways tocreate an HTML file.

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Text

Notepad or Wordpad

vi, pico, or emacs (Unix editors)

any “text” editor

even Word

Editors

We will beginby using Notepad

We will beginby using Notepad



HTML (wysiwyg)

Netscape Composer

Microsoft FrontPage

Macromedia Dreamweaver

Editors

Header tags <Hi> ... </Hi>where: i=1,2,3,4,5,6

Paragraph tags ... 

Not requiredNot required

Some format tags:

Line Break tag 

Although the paragraph and line break tags appear to be the same, produces a cr-lf-lf

whereas produces a cr-lf.

Although the paragraph and line break tags appear to be the same, produces a cr-lf-lf

whereas produces a cr-lf.

List tags <ul>...</ul> or

<ol>...</ol>No closing tag!No closing tag!& the <li> … </li>

Blockquote tags

<blockquote> ... </blockquote>

Although lists without <li> tags can be used to indent, other tags designed specifically for indentation are the:

However, these tags indent from both the left and right margins, and leave a blank line

before and after the block quotation.

However, these tags indent from both the left and right margins, and leave a blank line

before and after the block quotation.

Some format tags:

Bold tags ... 

Italics tags ... 

Underscore tags ... 

Center tags <center>...</center>

More format tags:

Horizontal Line tag <hr>

Anchor tags <a href="URL"> LINK DESCRIPTION </a>

Image tags <img src="IMAGE FILENAME ">

Preformatted tags <pre> … </pre>

Comment tags 

Presently, only .GIF and .JPG graphics files are supported. There is a

new format, PNG that is gaining popularity, but it does not work on

older browsers.

Presently, only .GIF and .JPG graphics files are supported. There is a

new format, PNG that is gaining popularity, but it does not work on

older browsers.

Some “fluff” tags:

Note:Note:As we will see, these and other tags can have additional parameters or attributes. e.g. <img SRC="miata.jpg" height=330 width=445>

Without these, Web pages load slower. Therefore, you will ALWAYS specify the

height and width of your graphics!

Without these, Web pages load slower. Therefore, you will ALWAYS specify the

height and width of your graphics!

<hr width="70%">

some text

<a href="memos.html“ TARGET="body"> Announcements</a>



On-line HTML tutorial sites:

www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html

www.cwru.edu/help/interHTML/toc.html

www.willcam.com/cmat/html/crossref.html



HTML (wysiwyg)

Netscape Composer

Microsoft FrontPage

Macromedia Dreamweaver

Editors



Tables



Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Converters



Word:

You can use Office97/98’s converters to "Save as HTML"and create Web "documents".

www.doc www.htm



NOTE: Word can also be used as a wanna- HTML editor!!!NOTE: Word can also be used

as a wanna- HTML editor!!!



Excel:Excel:

xxx.xls C:\My Documents\MyHTML.htm




Access:

yyy.mdbWeb page for each

table, query, form,

and report selected

Web page for each

table, query, form,

and report selected

You can use Office97/98’s converters to “Export"

and create Web "documents".



One Web page for each printed page of the report.

One Web page for each printed page of the report.



PowerPoint:

zzz.pptsubdirectory: zzz

containing:

3x +15 files

subdirectory: zzz

containing:

3x +15 files


There is a seven step wizard to guide you through the process of

customizing and creating these files.

There is a seven step wizard to guide you through the process of

customizing and creating these files.



3 * 49 + 15 = 162



Word: www.doc www.mht

You can use Office2000/XP/2003’s converters to "Save as Web page"


www.doc www.htm + www_files Folder



Using Office2007 to convert to a Web page is slightly different and has three

Save As Web page options.

Word: www.doc www.mht www.doc www.htm + www_files Folder The default file type for Office2007 is now .docx, but you can still work with .doc files.

The default file type for Office2007 is now .docx, but you can still work with .doc files.



According to Microsoft, “This feature is only recommended for experienced Web authors who are concerned about the tags that appear in their HTML files.”

According to Microsoft, “This feature is only recommended for experienced Web authors who are concerned about the tags that appear in their HTML files.”



Excel: xxx.xls xxx.mht



xxx.xls xxx.htm + xxx_files Folder



Using Office2007 to convert to a Web page has the same two Save As

Web page options.

Excel: xxx.xls xxx.htm + xxx_files Folder

xxx.xls xxx.mht

The default file type for Office2007 is now .xlsx, but you can still work with .xls files.The default file type for Office2007 is now .xlsx, but you can still work with .xls files.



Access:

yyy.mdbWeb page for each

table, query, form,

and report selected

Web page for each

table, query, form,

and report selected

You can use Office2000/XP/2003’s converters to “Export"


The Web pages are identical to those already

shown for Access 97.

The Web pages are identical to those already

shown for Access 97.



Access:

Office2007 does NOT allow you to create Web “documents ”. You can

“publish” them to a Microsoft SharePoint Services site, which Buffalo

State does NOT have!

The default file type for Office2007 is now .accdb, but you can still work with .mdb files.

The default file type for Office2007 is now .accdb, but you can still work with .mdb files.

yyy.mdb





PowerPoint:

zzz.ppt zzz.mht zzz.ppt zzz.htm

+ zzz_files Folder



You have several Web publishing options.



TOC

Note: the original file zzz.ppt is 7,016 KB, zzz.mht is a single 12,446 KB file, and zzz.htm

is a small file 3 KB that points to the remaining files in the zzz_files folder, which

has 619 files and is 9,030 KB.

Note: the original file zzz.ppt is 7,016 KB, zzz.mht is a single 12,446 KB file, and zzz.htm

is a small file 3 KB that points to the remaining files in the zzz_files folder, which

has 619 files and is 9,030 KB.



Using Office2007 to convert to a Web page has the same two Save As

Web page options.

The default file type for Office2007 is now .pptx, but you can still work with .ppt files.

The default file type for Office2007 is now .pptx, but you can still work with .ppt files.

PowerPoint:

zzz.ppt zzz.mht zzz.ppt zzz.htm

+ zzz_files Folder



You have several Web publishing options.



TOC

Note: the size of the original .ppt file, .mht file, and .htm file and folder is comparible to

the ones created by Office 2000/XP/2003.

Note: the size of the original .ppt file, .mht file, and .htm file and folder is comparible to

the ones created by Office 2000/XP/2003.



Additional HTML

Features



Forms



text box

text window

check box

radio button

action button

menu

others ...

Form Objects



Frames



1. Design frame layout

2. Determine frame attributes

3. Load frame contents

Frames



Where can we gofrom here?



Programming

for the Web



Why do we need programming for the Web???

EDC 601Survey



Server-side vs.

Client-side

Web Programming



Web “Languages”Markup

HTMLXMLDHTMLCSS

ScriptingJavaScriptVBScript

ProgrammingJavaperlVisual BasicC/C++



Consider the following example, which I have used

as an assignment in my Programming for the Internet Environment

course:

Assignment-9

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