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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

Part 1:
Create a Test Page

  1. Start up the SimpleText file editor and type in your name on the first line. Then, create two short paragraphs (3 lines each) about yourself, your studies, or your work. Add a list of your six favorite things: color, animal, food, persons, etc., one per line. Save your work on the desktop with the name index.html

  2. In Netscape, select the File option from the Netscape menu bar, and click on Open File. Open the file index.html that you just saved to the desktop. What happened to the formatting? Resize the Netscape window to half the normal width, and notice how the text is simply scrolled.

  3. Now, let's use HTML to markup the document and improve its appearance. Add the basic HTML tags in the appropriate places:

  4. Finally, add a <pre> tag before the first line of text, and a </pre> at the end of the text.

  5. Go to the SimpleText menu and save the file. Then return to Netscape and view the marked up document by hitting reload.

  6. Now, let's add some text formatting tags. First, get rid of the <pre> and </pre> tags.

  7. Make your name appear LARGE using the <h1> and </h1> tag. Or use h2 if you prefer.

  8. Add line breaks (<br>) or paragraph (<p>) breaks in the appropriate places to maintain the original formatting of your text.

  9. Insert a subtitle for each paragraph, and bold it.

  10. Convert your "favorite things" into a list, using <ul> ... </ul> and <li> tags for each line.

  11. Save your work, and view the result on Netscape.
Now continue to Part 2.
Week 1 page