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HTMLConcepts and Techniques

Fifth Edition

Chapter 3

Creating Web Pages with Links, Images, and Formatted Text

Chapter 3: Creating Web Pages with Links, Images, and Formatted Text 2

Chapter Objectives

• Describe linking terms and definitions• Create a home page and enhance a Web page

using images• Align and add bold, italics, and color to text • Change the bullet type used in an unordered list• Add a text link to a Web page in the same Web

site


Chapter Objectives

• Add an e-mail link• Use absolute and relative paths• Save and view an HTML file and test the links• Open an HTML file• Add an image with wrapped text


Chapter Objectives

• Add a text link to a Web page on another Web site

• Add links to targets within a Web page• Copy and paste HTML code• Add an image link to a Web page in the same

Web site

General Project Guidelines - Plan Ahead

• Plan the Web site• Analyze the need• Choose the content for the Web page• Determine how the pages will link to one another• Establish what other links are necessary• Create the Web page and links• Test all Web pages within the Web site


Using Links on a Web Page

• Many different Web page elements, including text, images and animations can serve as links.

• Text and images are the elements most widely used as links.

• When text identifies a link, it often appears as underlined text, in a color different from the main Web page text.

• Link Color Variation– Normal link that is blue and underlined

– Visited link that is purple and underlined

– When mouse pointer hovers over a text link, it turns into a pointing hand.


Link Color Attributes for <body> tag

Attribute Function

link • Normal link• Controls the color of a normal unvisited link• Default color usually is blue

vlink • Visited link• Controls the color of a link that has been clicked• Default color usually is green or purple

alink • Active link• Controls the color of a link immediately after the mouse clicks the hyperlink• Default color usually is green or red

Types of Linking

1. Linking to Another Web Page within the Same Web Site

<a href=“URL”>linktext</a>

<a href=“specials.html”>monthly special </a>

2. Linking to a Web Page in Another Web Site

<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.cor/wiki/Pasta”>

3. Linking within a Web Page

4. Linking to an E-mail Address

<a href=“mailto:[email protected]”>linktext</a>


Starting Notepad• Click the Start button on the Windows Vista taskbar to

display the Start menu• Click All Programs at the bottom of the left pane on the

Start menu to display the All Programs list• Click Accessories in the All Programs list• Click Notepad in the Accessories list to display the

Notepad window• If the Notepad window is not maximized, click the

Maximize button on the Notepad title bar to maximize it• Click Format on the menu bar• If the Word Wrap command does not have a check mark

next to it, click Word Wrap

Entering HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure

• Enter the HTML code shown on the following slide• Press ENTER at the end of each line. If you make an

error as you are typing, use the BACKSPACE key to delete all the characters back to and including the incorrect characters, then continue typing

• Compare what you typed to Figure 3–9 on page HTML 92. If you notice errors, use your mouse pointer or ARROW keys to move the insertion point to the right of each error and use the BACKSPACE key to correct the error

• Position the insertion point on the blank line between the <body> and </body> tags

Entering HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure


Adding an Image

• Click the blank line below the <body> tag (line 12) and type <img src=“pdlogo.gif” width=”711” height=”155” alt=”Pasta Divine logo”/> and then press the ENTER key


Adding an Image

Adding a Left-Aligned Heading with a Font Color

• With the insertion point on line 13, type <h1>Welcome to the Valley's best pasta place!</h1> and then press the ENTER key


Adding a Left-Aligned Heading with a Font Color


Entering a Paragraph of Text

• With the insertion point on line 14 enter the HTML code shown in Table 3–4 on page HTML 95 as the first paragraph in the HTML file. Press ENTER at the end of each line

• Press the ENTER key again


Entering a Paragraph of Text

Creating Unordered (Bulleted) Lists

• If necessary, click line 21• Enter the HTML code shown in Table 3-5 on

page HTML 96• After the </ul> in line 26, press the ENTER key

twice to insert a blank line on line 27 and end on line 28


Creating Unordered (Bulleted) Lists


Adding Paragraphs of Text

• If necessary, click line 28• Enter the HTML code shown in Table 3–6 on

page HTML 97 to insert the additional paragraphs of text. Press the ENTER key at the end of each line


Adding Paragraphs of Text

Adding a Text Link to Another Web Page within the Same Web Site

• Click immediately to the left of the m in the word monthly on line 29

• Type <a href=”specials.html”> to start the link, setting the Web page specials.html as the linked Web page

• Click immediately to the right of the s in specials and before the comma on line 29. Type </a> to close the link


Adding a Text Link to Another Web Page within the Same Web Site

Adding an E-Mail Link

• With the insertion point at the beginning of line 35, to the left of the p in pastadivine, type

<a href=”mailto: [email protected]”> as the start of the e-mail link. This will link to the e-mail address [email protected] when the link is clicked

• Click immediately after the m in isp.com and before the period in the e-mail address text on line 35

• Type </a> to end the e-mail link as shown on the following slide


Adding an E-Mail Link

Adding a Subject Together with Body Message Text

• Type

<a href=mailto: [email protected]?subject=Monthly Specials&body=What are the specials?> as the tag

Adding a Text Link to a Web Page in Another Web Site

• Click immediately to the left of the h in history on line 31 and type <a href=”http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta”> to add the text link that will connect to the external Web site when clicked

• Click immediately to the right of the a in pasta on line 31 and type </a> to end the tag as shown on the following slide

Adding a Text Link to a Web Page in Another Web Site



Saving and Printing an HTML File

• With a USB flash drive connected to one of the computer’s USB ports, click File on the Notepad menu bar and then click Save As. Type pastadivine.html in the File name text box (do not press ENTER)

• If Computer is not displayed in the Favorite Links section, drag the top or bottom edge of the Save As dialog box until Computer is displayed. If necessary, collapse the Folders pane to see the Computer link

• Click Computer in the Favorite Links section to display a list of available drives

• If necessary, scroll until UDISK 2.0 (G:) is displayed in the list of available drives



• If necessary, open the Chapter03\ChapterFiles folder• Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box to save

the file on the USB flash drive with the name pastadivine.html

• Click File on the menu bar, click Print on the File menu, and then click the Print button in the Print dialog box to print a hard copy of the pastadivine.html file

Validating a Web Page

• Click the Start button on the Windows Vista taskbar to display the Start menu

• Click the Internet icon in the pinned items list on the Start menu to start Internet Explorer. If necessary, click the Maximize button to maximize the browser window

• Click the Address bar to select the URL in the Address bar

• Type validator.w3.org to replace the current entry then press the ENTER key.

• Click the Validate by File Upload tab




• Click the Browse button• Locate the pastadivine.html file on your storage

device and click the file name• Click the Open button in the Choose file dialog

box and the file name will be inserted into the File box

• Click the Check button. The resulting validation should be displayed as shown on the following slide

Viewing a Web Page

• In Internet Explorer, click the Address bar to select the URL in the Address bar

• Type g:\Chapter03\ChapterFiles\pastadivine.html to display the new URL in the Address bar and then press the ENTER key


Viewing a Web Page



Testing Links in a Web Page

• With the Pasta Divine home page displayed in the browser, point to the e-mail link, [email protected] and then click the link to open the default e-mail program with the address [email protected] in the To: text box as shown in Figure 3–24 on page HTML 108

• Click the Close button in the New Message window. If a dialog box asks if you want to save changes, click No

• Click the history of pasta link to test the external link in the Web page. Close the browser window or use the Back button to return to the Pasta Divine home page

• With the USB flash drive in drive G, point to the monthly specials link and click the link. The secondary Web page, specials.html, is displayed, although it is not completed


Testing Links in a Web Page

Printing a Web Page

• Close the browser window or click the Back button on the Standard toolbar to return to the Pasta Divine home page

• Click the Print icon on the Command bar• Once the Pasta Divine home page is printed,

click the monthly specials link to return to that Web page


Printing a Web Page



Opening an HTML File

• Click the pastadivine Notepad button on the taskbar• With a USB flash drive connected to one of the

computer’s USB ports, click File on the menu bar and then click Open

• If Computer is not displayed in the Favorite Links section, drag the top or bottom edge of the Open dialog box until Computer is displayed

• Click Computer in the Favorite Links section to display a list of available drives


• If necessary, scroll until UDISK 2.0 (G:) is displayed in the list of available drives

• If necessary, navigate to the USB drive (G:). Click the Chapter03 folder, and then click the ChapterFiles folder in the list of available folders

• If necessary, click the file type box arrow, and then click All Files. Click specials.html in the list of files

• Click the Open button in the Open dialog box to display the HTML code for the specials.html Web page as shown on the following slide


Formatting Text HTML Tags Function

 Display text as bold

<big> </big> Increase the font size

<blockquote> Designates a long quotation

 Display text with emphasis or italicized

 Display text as italicized

<pre> </pre> Sets enclosed text as preformatted material

 Decrease the font size

 Displays text with strong emphasis

 Displays text as subscript

 Displays text as superscript

<tt> </tt> Displays text as teletype or monospace text

 Displays text as underlined

Formatting Text in Bold

• Click immediately to the left of the F in Fettuccine on line 34. Type as the start tag

• Click immediately to the right of the o in Alfredo on line 34, and then type as the end tag to end the logical bold formatting style

• Repeat the first step to bold the other two occurrences of section headers for the words Lasagna and Ravioli on lines 65 and 92 to surround the words with a logical bold style


Formatting Text in Bold

Adding an Image with Wrapped Text

• Highlight the line  as shown in Figure 3–36 on page HTML 120

• Type <img src=”fettuccine. jpg” width=”212” height=”203” alt=”Fettuccine” align=”left” hspace=”5” /> and do not press the ENTER key. This HTML code inserts an image named fettuccine.jpg that is left-aligned on the Web page, with text wrapped to its right and with five pixels of space around the image horizontally

• Highlight the line  on line 66

• Type <img src=”lasagna.jpg” width=”308” height=”205” alt=”Lasagna” align=”right” hspace=”5” /> (do not press ENTER) to insert a right-aligned image with wrapped text

• Highlight the line  on line 93

• Type <img src=”ravioli.jpg” width=”200” height=”260” alt=”Ravioli” align=”left” hspace=”5” /> (do not press ENTER) to insert a left-aligned image with wrapped text

Clearing the Text Wrapping

• Highlight the line  on line 60, and then type as the tag

• Highlight the line  on line 87, and then type as the tag

• Highlight the line  on line 118, and then type as the tag to clear the text wrapping for both left- and right-aligned images as displayed on the following slide


Clearing the Text Wrapping

Setting Link Targets

• Highlight the line  on line 33

• Type <a name=”fettuccine”></a> to create a link target named fettuccine

• Highlight the line  on line 64

• Type <a name=”lasagna”></a> to create a link target named lasagna

• Highlight the line 

• Type <a name=”ravioli”></a> to create a link target named ravioli


Setting Link Targets

Adding Links to Link Targets within a Web Page

• Highlight the line • Type <li><a href=”#fettuccine”>Fettuccine Alfredo</a></li> to create a link target named fettuccine

• Highlight the line • Type <li><a href=”#lasagna”>Lasagna</a></li> to create a link target named lasagna

• Highlight the line • Type <li><a href=”#ravioli”>Ravioli</a></li> to create a link target named ravioli

Adding Links to Link Targets within a Web Page


Adding Links to a Target at the Top of the Page

• Highlight the line  on line 12

• Type <a name=”top”></a> as the tag that will create a target at the top of the Web page named top

• Highlight the line  to position the insertion point on the line 62

• Type <a href=”#top”>To top</a> as the tag


Adding Links to a Target at the Top of the Page

Copying and Pasting HTML Code

• Highlight the HTML code <a href=“#top”>To top</a> on line 62

• Click Edit on the menu bar and then click Copy

• Highlight the line  on line 89 to position the pointer

• Click Edit on the menu bar and then click Paste to paste the HTML code that you copied above

• Highlight the line  on line 120. Repeat the previous step to paste the HTML code on line 120


Copying and Pasting HTML Code

Adding an Image Link to a Web Page

• Highlight the line  on line 14

• Type <a href=”pastadivine.html”> as the tag to start a link that will use the image pdlogosm.gif to link back to the home page as shown in Figure 3–48 on page HTML 128

• Click immediately to the right of the > in the attribute alt=“Back to home page” /> on line 15

• Type </a> as the tag to end the link as shown in Figure 3-49 on page HTML 129

• Click immediately to the right of the second “ in alt=“Back to home page” /> to position the insertion point

• Press the SPACEBAR, then type border=”0” as the attribute to create a borderless link as shown on the following slide


Saving and Printing the HTML File

• Click File on the menu bar, and then Save on the File menu to save the HTML file as specials.html

• Click File on the menu bar, click Print on the File menu, and then click the Print button in the Print dialog box to print the HTML code


Saving and Printing the HTML File


Validating, Viewing, and Testing a Web Page

• Open a new browser window and go to validator.w3.org• Click the Validate by File Upload tab, browse to the

specials.html Web page, and then click Open• Click the Check button to determine if the Web page is

valid. If the file is not valid, make corrections and revalidate

• Click the Pasta Divine Monthly Specials button on the taskbar to view the page in your browser

• Click the Refresh button on the Standard toolbar to display the changes made to the Web page, which should now look like Figure 3–27 on page HTML 111

Printing a Web Page

• Click the Print button on the Command bar



Quitting Notepad and a Browser

• Click the Close button on all open browser windows

• Click the Close button on the Notepad window


Chapter Summary

• Describe linking terms and definitions• Create a home page and enhance a Web page

using images• Align and add bold, italics, and color to text • Change the bullet type used in an unordered list• Add a text link to a Web page in the same Web

site


Chapter Summary

• Add an e-mail link• Use absolute and relative paths• Save and view an HTML file and test the links• Open an HTML file• Add an image with wrapped text


Chapter Summary

• Add a text link to a Web page on another Web site

• Add links to targets within a Web page• Copy and paste HTML code• Add an image link to a Web page in the same

Web site

HTMLConcepts and Techniques

Fifth Edition

Chapter 3 Complete

Creating Web Pages with Links, Images, and Formatted Text

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