W3schools HTML Tutorial
This website seemed to have everything you need to know to learn HTML and make a website. I am not sure how much I trust it that "HTML is easy to learn - You will enjoy it." That sounds like a big promise to make. If HTML was that easy to learn, I think more people would know it. And, as far as me enjoying learning HTML, that remains to be seen. But, maybe the website knows me better than I think. I guess if I'm ever going to build a website I will definitely go back to this page. I even saw a link on the bottom that takes you to wix.com to start building your own site. If these sites make it a step by step process, I would be interested in learning how to make a website because I feel like that's really useful. I have friends back home that are like "If you learn anything in that IT class like how to make a website, remember it because I want to make one and then you can show me how!" I found it interesting how W3 offered "online certifications" for things like XML, CSS, and Java. Are these legitimate? Is this something that you could really show a potential employer and be like "Look, proof that I can do this"? Because if so, that would be helpful.
HTML Cheatsheet
This website was less extensive that W3, but I liked that they had all the links posted. You could just copy and paste them into your own website. That would save you from having to remember all of them (because there's so many that'd be difficult). It does half the work for you. All you have to do is pick the color of your font.
W3 School Cascading Style Sheet Tutorial
I tried some of the examples where you can edit the background and text, and it was so cool! With the structure already in place, just altering the url for the background image wasn't hard. And I saw where I could change the text to say what I wanted. This was pretty neat. As far as something like editing the background image, or putting up headings or images on a web page, can you use images that don't already exist on the internet? Like a photo you've taken? Or some graphic you've created? Because is it against copyright law to just snatch images from across the internet and make them your website background? Does anyone know about this?
Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system
This article shows how important it is to have everyone at your institution on the same page. People were just creating web pages linked to the library's site, if I understand this correctly, but they weren't consistent. This makes things look weird and confuses users. This article described a lot of solutions to this problem that would be helpful to other libraries facing the same challenges.
Hi Christy,
ReplyDeleteYou didn't like the HTML tutorial? I thought it looked easy, though I haven't tried to build a page yet. Many of the jobs I've had required some kind of quiz and certificate for things like ethics and computer knowledge. So, maybe the certificate can help prove that you are at least familiar with the topics. I don't know if I would want to spend $95 for it; I'd wait until my employer offers to pay the fee.