Module 3: HTML tags

HTML tagging ... it's something I haven't done for years and this ol' brain didn't just slide back into. I've become Dreamweaver lazy so the tutorials were a great refresher to get myself back into the rhythm of the code.

The tutorial was useful and I learnt things I hadn't previously know how to do - such as the horizontal lines. I enjoyed the tutorial and building my web page based on the basic code that had been covered. It was quite eye opening to see how much code is still quite relevant and taken for granted and how CSS makes things so much easier in some ways.

I found this to be an easy, enjoyable exercise. I kept the task very simple with basic coding, using a little CSS but 95% HTML on the page. I used little in the way of imagery as I really wanted to see what I could create with text and basic code. It was a pleasant surprise.

Being a Dreamweaver fan, I'd forgotten the simplicity of HTML tags - of the impact a page can have even when it isn't covered with images and animations, and doesn't have any savvy flash coding isn't turning it into a glossy brochure. Sure, it looked a lot like a web page straight out of the mid 90's ... ok, it looked like web pages I made in the mid 90's ... but it loaded quickly, was easy to us and didn't cause an epiletical fit for my audience (well not that I know of!). It was good to 'get back to basics'.

Differences between HTML and blogging? HTML can be a part of blogging. I usually write my blog in the Edit HTML window or set it up in Notepad and copy it into the Edit HTML window. I try to keep things simple and not have a lot of flashing stuff going on - after all, my blog is all about words, maybe an image or two but nothing I can't manage in HTML. For me, it's a great combination of something I enjoy - making words look pretty.

I see blogs and HTML pages as being very similar - it is about the layout and design of the information that you've herded together for others (and yourself) to use. Whether that is in the form of words, images, music etc.