Links, Images and Basic Formatting
Today I covered links, images and some basic formatting in my lesson of the day. This is very necessary because links are what HTML was really designed for way back in 1991. The idea of images came not further down the road with the development of the Mosaic web browser and HTML 1.0.
So the things I covered were the <a> (anchor) and <img> (image) tags to make links and images with in pages and how to use images as links themselves. I also talked about how to use links to email people. I mentioned the href (hypertext reference) and src (source) attributes. I touched on how to link to a specific spot in either the same or a different web page with the name attribute.
In formatting, I covered a little more of the use of the <p> (paragraph), the <br /> (break) and the <pre> (preformatted) tags. I also hit on the use of the <strong> and <em> tags for making specific words bold or in italics. However I recommended reserving CSS for major formatting of lines and paragraphs.
Take a look at the page and tell me what you think. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask. Also let me know if you think you like my lessons and how I can improve on them. Well, it's getting late. I'll be hitting on the table tags tomorrow. See you then.
- Justin
