MODULE 3 - HTML

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Record any difficulties you encountered with these exercises. Record your thoughts about html - do you feel a sense of achievement? What are the differences between html and blogging? What do you like best?

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Firstly I have to say that Joe Barta's online tutorial was not only very easy to follow, it was fun too!

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Difficulties: There were many! Most of them were just fiddly things that I had to mess around with to get them right and it was always down to my own user error. It took me two days to get one title centred and I still don't know why.

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The most difficult part was the actual uploading onto WebCT but, thanks once again to my fellow students, it didn't take long to work out.

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My design had 11 pictures but they didn't appear on my uploaded presentation. Back to the trusty discussion boards and the advise of yet more of my fellow students and Cynthia who reminded me that the pictures had to actually be uploaded too, dah!

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Uploaded all the pics one by one to find that only some of them were appearing. Arggg...I really didn't want to ask for help yet again so I went on an investigation. I compared the file names of the pictures that could be seen with that of those that couldn't and discovered, to my surprise, that the file extensions on the working pictures were all uppercase but were lowercase on those that didn't work. I had no idea that size mattered! After changing all file names to match, my pictures appeared. Whew...relief at not having to ask for more help.

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My Thoughts On HTML: I was really excited that we were moving onto web pages, it's something I've always wanted to learn but I had no idea what goes into making one. HTML can very confusing for new users, it actually reminded me a lot of macro codes. I never expected it to be so time consuming and fiddly. Not to mention frustrating when you're certain you've got everything exactly where it should be but nothing is working! Of course, once you go through there will be one little squiggle out of place, causing all the problems. I love it! I had the biggest sense of achievement...just to see the end result made me so happy. I did it! I designed a web site!

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HTML and Blogging Differences: Blogging is much easier and more quickly accessible. All you have to do is log onto a blogging site, load a template (already designed for you) and type away. No codes, no fiddling; you don't even have to design anything if you don't want to. HTML is very fiddly and time consuming and you have to upload everything and then have it approved but it is worth it. I don't have a preference, I like both mediums for different uses.

This module has been one of the most enjoyable so far.