Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Heaps of editors for HTML

There are people who always use special HTML editors to write their HTML scripts. Others use only simple text editors.


We often write HTML scripts in a text editor. There are many available and most are free.




Others are Notepad++, EditPlus and Ultra Edit. There is not a "best one" , they all have their own set of features. A lot of people just stick with Notepad in Windows and TextEdit on Macs. One of your tasks is to explore different text editors.


..and the best browser is..


A rating of all the common browsers is given in this site.





Also, look at this site ( the best browser is ..) and do the associated task. This has made some people review their favorite browser.





Sunday, July 19, 2015

Tasks

Do all the tasks outlined below.

1) Create a blog. Put the URL link for the blog in our class wiki in Moodle.
2) Add a post with a 100 word description about you. A picture too that represents you is required.
3) Create a post called "Journal of my  Service Related Experiences". Your first entry should relate to greetings which we will talk about in class. You should have a weekly entry in this page on topics given to you.
4) Start a MS Word based small project called "Three common PC problems." Describe the problems and suggest what might be causing the problem and some solutions. A screen shot or picture associated with each problem is required. About two pages long.
5) When you are satisfied with your project, put the document into the appropriate drop-box in Moodle.

6) Check out the case study about Lyle and his ISP.

Answer this assignment in the form of a report.  Lay out your answer in three sections:a)      What would you do first?b)      Steps to ensure the problem doesn’t reoccur.c)       Company guidelines on customer help/support/contingencies/staff – a series of bullet points is probably the best way of formatting this section.

6.5 Write a MS Word assignment called My Four Service Desk Sites. Write about 50 words about each site and say why you like it. Include a screen shot of each site. Make the layout nice and put it in the Moodle drop-box by the closing date.

6.6 Put a link in your blog to the w3schools HTML site with a screen shot.

7. What does HTML stand for. Paste in a few lines of HTML.

8. Define Tag, Element and Attribute. Give examples if you can.

9. What does this do:     <p> Hello world! </p>

10.  Copy this in to Notepad and run it through a browser.


<html>
  <head>
    <title>My First Page</title>
  </head>
</html>

Where does the text "My First Page" appear?

11. Same as 10 but this time,  change the text to your name. Put your full HTML program into your blog.

12. Go to this page( http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp) and run the example called "HTML document" from the HTML basic section. Run their example, think about the tags then alter their script in some interesting way. eg. include your name in the script somewhere. Run your new script and copy the HTML into your blog with a suitable comment.

13. Same as 12, but this time run the HTML headings script.

14. Same as 12, but this time run the HTML paragraphs script.

15.  Start your talk on an interesting tag by picking one that appeals to you and preparing a two (or more) page PowerPoint. Put your name and tag onto the Wiki in Moodle.

16. Blogger is a kind-of HTML editor. Start with a blank post page and switch to HTML. (Find the button top left next to Compose.) Write a simple HTML script the puts your name on three different lines and in three different sizes. When you switch back to Compose you should be able to see your result. Capture your HTML script in a screen shot and add to your blog. (A screen shot of Blogger in Blogger sounds a bit Matrix-like?)

17. Write an HTML script that uses all the header tags <h1>, <h2>, ..., <h6>.

18. Write 100 words in good English in Word on a how a person can write HTML using Notepad to make it look good in a browser. Pretend they don't know anything, and give good instructions. Make sure spelling is good. Print out your text after proof reading and show your lecturer. Note in your blog any comments made about your writing.

19. Check out the post in this blog called:  "And the best browser is..". Read over the results. A bit surprising to some people. Do you think this is a fair assessment? Does it include all the features important to web users?Did it change your opinion of your most-used browser? Write some sentences that respond to the previous questions in your blog.

20. Subscript. Write a script that contains the <sub> tag. Also include the chemical formula for ammonium  phosphate (look it up) , with all the subscripts in the right place.

21. Have a go at each of the exercises near the bottom of this page then put the answers into your blog making a small change like substitute "United Nations" for "WWF" in the first exercise.

22. Write 100 words about yourself, your educational history, family life, pets and hobbies. Say what you want to do after you get your CIT. Use at least 8 formatting tags like bold and italics. Put HTML script into your blog but test it works first in a browser.

23. Have a go at each of the exercises near the bottom of this page then put the answers into your blog making a small changes like you did in 21 above.

24. Finish the assignment called Dunedin Computing Scene. The instructions are in our Moodle page. Take a screen shot of one part of your page and put into your blog.

25. Who invented hypertext? Write about 50 words in answer to this question.

26. Write a HTML script that will contain two links to two external www pages like w3schools.

27. Write a script that changes the default colours of a link to a Wikipedia page.

28. Write a HTML script that has three lines of text. There will also  be three links that when clicked will jump to the first, second or third line. The fourth link should be at the bottom and when clicked will jump to the top of the page. 

29. Have a go at each of the exercises near the bottom of this page then put the answers into your blog making a small changes like you did in 23 above.

30. Use an image of a kiwi as a link to the wikipedia page on kiwis.

31. Add to the kiwi page above a paste from giphy that will, in a simple iframe, show an animation of your choice.

32) Find a good picture of the solar system with all the planets and make your own image map so that clicking on a planet gives a close-up of each planet with its name. Code in blog.

33) Same as 30 but this time your click should take you to the appropriate Wikipedia page. Code in blog.

34) Use a picture of the Otago Polytechnic campus to output a little message or go to a relevant website when you click on three different buildings.

35) Take the quackit example and change the area around the person to be a circle around his head. Put the code with comments into your blog.


36. Tables. Check out the w3 Schools page on HTML tables. Run any three examples on the page then make some interesting changes (words, colours, borders, fonts etc.)  and make sure the scripts work. Then copy these scripts into your blog with a comment about what you've changed. Just small changes are OK.

37. Look at this movie site on some popular movies of 2012. Make a table out of the top five giving the ranking and the number of stars this site awards each movie. Can you also copy out some of the graphics and put them on your page too?


38. Lists :  Do the exercise on the bottom of this page. Do the exercises and make sure you understand all the list elements. Make some small changes and display the changed HTML in your blog with a comment about what you've changed. 

39. Check out this page of lists. Find a list that interests you and make a web page that includes a table with at least 5 rows and two columns with headings and a caption on the table. Add at least two graphics.

40. Go back to the page of lists mentioned above and create an ordered list from it with 4 items.

41 Repeat above but this time use an unordered list.

42. Use the HTML list method to make a list of 6 different HTML tags.

43. Same as above but this time use a different set of bullets and have at least one nested list.

44. Go to the page of lists in question 39 and use it to create a 10-item list with an appropriate heading and some interesting graphics.


45. Quotations. Go to the w3 schools page on quotations and do the exercises at the bottom. Change each one of the exercise slightly and copy the HTML into your blog saying in comment what change you've made. Make sure your versions work.

46. Write a some text where every tag in the above page is used.


47. Computer code.  Go to the w3 schools' page on computer code and do the exercises at the bottom. Change each one of the exercise slightly and copy the HTML into your blog saying in comment what change you've made. Make sure your versions work.

48. Write some text where every tag in the above page is used.


49.CSS.  Go to the w3 schools' page on CSS and do the exercises at the bottom. Change each one of the exercise slightly and copy the HTML into your blog saying in comment what change you've made. Make sure your versions work.

50. Write some text where every tag in the above page is used.


51.div and span .  Go to the w3 schools'  page on div and span  and do the exercises at the bottom. Change each one of the exercise slightly and copy the HTML into your blog saying in comment what change you've made. Make sure your versions work.

52. Write a small HTML page that uses div and span in an interesting way. 


53. Create a short web page on the history of the internet that uses <header>, <nav>, <section>, <aside> < article> and <footer>.


Welcome



Welcome to our class, CR434, second semester 2015. Here you'll learn skills that will give you an extra edge in IT and help you become a competent help desk technician.


Keep an eye on this blog and do the tasks in the tasks page. Do the answers to any questions, or written code in your own blog.


So your first task is to create a blog in Blogger. When you have done this remember your blog address so it can be pasted into our wiki in Moodle.