1) W3schools HTML Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/
I found this tutorial very informative, as I have very little experience with HTML. The only thing I questioned were the comments in HTML. Why would you need to insert comments, if they aren’t displayed? I’m guessing it helps when one wants to change the HTML, but I think the tutorial could have described why it is used better. I found it interesting that there is a way to view the code of websites. I am excited to see what assignment 6 is going to have us do with HTML.
2) HTML Cheatsheet http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/HTML_Cheatsheet/
This cheat sheet seems like it would be very helpful if one were already familiar with HTML. After reading the previous tutorial, this would make for a good reference sheet, so one doesn’t have to look through the long tutorial for a specific element.
3) W3 School Cascading Style Sheet Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/css/
At first, I was confused as to the difference between CCS and HTML. After rereading the beginning of this tutorial I started to understand the use for CCS with HTML. HTML is used to describe how a document should be laid out, while CCS adds color and different fonts to style the HTML in an easier way.
4) Goans, D., Leach, G., & Vogel, T. M. (2006). Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system. Library Hi Tech, 24(1), 29-53.
CMS seems like its use is beneficial in libraries because it allows staff to add information to websites without having the knowledge of HTML. Though I think HTML is useful to know, in some instances it might be easier to use CMS. Content management systems allow for the standardization of websites through the use of templates. I found it interesting that CMS might be more difficult for librarians who are familiar with HTML. I wonder how frequently CMS is used in libraries over HTML.
Dear Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI also wonder about the use of the comments if they are not displayed in the browser. It must be for the benefit of the writer of HTML and for future writers for that page. Maybe it is very helpful in collaborative cases when multiple people are working on the same project.
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it would be easier for librarians are staff members to use CMS over HTML. It would probably have to depend on their backgrounds in each type of mark up language. Your comments on the CSS article helped me as well! I was a little confused about the connection between HTML and CSS, but you clarified this for me! Thanks!
-Katie
I'm still at the learning point of HTML so I can't see much connection between the two, it's good know that they will connect.
ReplyDeleteHey Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI think CMS is starting to be used a lot more in libraries. I worked over the summer at a medical library and they used a product called Libguides, which I think is a type of CMS. The format and outline work very well for displaying many different concepts on a page. Here is a link to one of the Libguides they used:
http://researchguides.dml.georgetown.edu/medstudents
Hope that helps!
This stuff is all so new and confusing for me. I am grateful for the cheat sheet and to read posts that help dissect the info. Thanks Brittany!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that I'm not the only HTML newbie and I find reading posts like yours to be helpful and it makes the information sink in and make more sense.
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