Week 10A

Back on track, we've been introduced into HTML and I couldn't be more happier! I didn't think it would be so much fun, but I really would love to tinker with learning HTML and CSS a lot more. I think as I continue my late journey in being a Graphic Design Major, I think I may be more drawn towards HTML and Illustration design in general. I don't exactly know still what I'd like to do job wise specifically, but I feel like the more I learn about HTML and continue digitally drawing and design, I'll figure something out eventually.

Here's a screen shot of the test progress that we did in class of my test HTML.

It's funny how a lot of people are always afraid first chance they see code. For me, when I first saw it I was more so intrigued than anything. Which may or may not be a good sign for myself... I was also aware of some of the code that we use daily without even realizing it, like how to bold things and italicize, how to change sizes of fonts via sub or super script, and so on. Learning the basics it seems pretty much makes you set for life on the harder stuff, so I've been told anyways. 

The things however that I did learn in class is a lot of things I didn't realize, and probably that most people don't even think about. 

For one, the internet is a world wide, publicly accessed network of interconnected computers through an IP address. You have a browser request, the server responds, and then the browser finds it through that universal server. There is HTML and FTP. 

• HTML is a hyper text markup language designed for creation of web pages with hyper text and other information to be displayed in web browsers. 
• FTP is file transfer protocol. This is the most secure way to exchange files over the network because of it having a password attachment. 

WYSIWYG = "What you see is what you get" Really long. But it enables to see on display exactly WHAT will appear when a document is printed. Pretty handy I'd say! 

When it comes to coding, HTML is literally the starting and end. It's the structure.

CSS is the style based portion of coding. When it comes to coding, spaces do not matter. You need to have line breaks <br></br>

Some fonts that everyone has that you need to keep in mind when in terms of HTML are:

Times New Roman

Georgia

Arial

Verdana

Courier New

Lucida Console