TCS Instructional Design

Okay team, by now you should have an idea of the functionality of html. Html is code that allows you to write in a language that web browsers can read. You use the html tags to define certain elements on the page such as: <h1>This is a heading</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> But there is a main problem with using html. It is not useful for defining large quantities of elements on a page. A very relevant example is that some designer prefer the font in eCollege to be size 3. In order to do this, you highlight everything and select "3" from the font dropdox in the visual editor. The result is a whole lot of <font> tags throughout the page. But what if you could say once and for all "I want all the font to be size 3 unless I specify otherwise (and quit making my code all cluttery!!!)". Come to think of it, who is it that decided the "default font size anyway?? The font, it turns out, is defined either by 1. the browse...

Hey all, I figure that I would expose you guys to the basics of creating tables in html. There are many ways to do this. The wysiwyg way of constructing a table would be to use the built-in eCollege table wizard, or to build a table in in MS Office or Dreamweaver. These methods offer limited customization, as is the nature of visual editors. In order to really customize every aspect of the table, you must have a working knowledge of the html used to create the table. The basic elements of a table are as follows: row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 This is what the code for a basic table with a border looks like. And this is what that table would look like: row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 The elements include table rows <tr> and table definitions <td> which are the individual cells. { As an aside, if you ever want to include an empty cell in a table, make sure you put the code: &nbsp;. That...