The process of creating a blog page can be challenging if you do not know the basics of HTML and CSS. The key languages central to publishing content on the internet. Both HTML and CSS go hand in hand with each other. HTML adds the basic content and structure. CSS is used to further format the layout of elements such as height, widths, padding, border, and margins. This also can include background colors, fonts, images, floats, positioning within the of the elements within HTML pages.
On our first day in Intro class, we learned the essential parts that build an HTML page. From the basic anatomy of what an HTML element consists of to block vs inline elements and how they affect surrounding texts. The basic structure is critical before you dive into the HTML elements which provide further structure and content. You have to begin with the essential parts which are as follows:
- !DOCTYPE tag
- html tags
- head tag
- meta tag
- title tags
- head tag
- body tags
Anatomy of web page
By the 2nd week the instructor started introducing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how they are used within the whole process of creating html documents. I will speak about CSS on my next blog. To be continued....