You'll need a basic text editor such as NotePad and save the documents as text only. Saving your HTML document in any other format will not work. When you save a page, make sure you select Source at the bottom of the dialog box. Do not use WYSIWYG HTML editors for this assignment.
Begin with a new document. Include the "boilerplate" HTML tags first; you'll need these in every document, so get them out of the way first.
All of these elements are known as boilerplate HTML, and should appear in every HTML document you write.
You'll notice that each tag (‹html›) has a corresponding ending tag (‹/html›). The beginning tag tells your browser to begin doing something and the end tag tells the browser to stop it. When writing HTML, most of your problems will be due to leaving out the necessary end tags, or having them in the wrong spot. But, they're easy to fix.
All of your particular information will go between the ‹body› and ‹/body› tags.
Probably the best way to learn HTML is to look at the source of several basic pages. To do this, you can use the Document Source option under the View menu in Netscape, or you can save the page you're currently viewing.
Create a Web page of your own and make it readable to everyone world-wide.
First, you must generate a Steel account if you do not already have one. The easy way to achieve this is via the UCS Accounts Page. If you already have an EZinfo account, instead login to Steel and execute the command moveweb.
Edit your HTML pages using Notepad or other plain text editor. Do not use software that automatically generates HTML tags. Such files are easy to spot and will not be accepted for this assignment.
Your pages must make proper use of the following tags:
This is a minimum. You are encouraged to try other types of tags as well, and see their effects. Once you have the basics of HTML down, the real fun comes in learning new tags, and new tricks for using them effectively.
Your page must have at least five links to other pages (that's the idea with Hypertext).
Your page must contain at least two images, which must have their ALT properties defined. The images may be aligned any way you choose. At least one of the images must also work as a link (in addition to the five links required above).
Good for you! Use this class as an opportunity to improve or update your page. When your page meets all the requirements for this project, turn it in. If your pages has ever been edited by software that automatically generates HTML tages, you will have to generate new pages from scratch to satisfy this assignment.
After completing work on your file locally (i.e., on the machine in front of you), you will need to transfer the files to Steel and make them readable. The IU knowledge base php instructions will be helpful.
Submit the URL for your main web page using the Vincent URL https://www.cs.indiana.edu/cgi-pub/a111/vincent3/student.cgi, selecting Submit an Assignment and then selecting Project 3. Then use the Vincent "View files submitted to date" to check that your submission worked, as described in the Vincent directions on the course web.
Or, simply email your URL to flaradam@indiana.edu.