Exercise Seven

Overview

For exercise seven, construct another page that is linked to and from your index.html page. Use external and internal style sheets to format the text and margins of your page. As a flourish, use a local style to specify the color of one of your headlines.

Remember to take Quiz 7 on Blackboard Learn+ as well.

You must fill out the exercise feedback form to recieve credit for any assignment.

Details

  1. Create another HTML page. Make sure it includes all the tags in the HTML skeleton; the two bits of code to make the validator and your instructor happy; name the file as you wish and save it with your other HTML files on your hard drive.
  2. Use external and internal style sheets to format the text and margins of the page. One of the benefits of using an external style sheet is that you can easily link it to all your other exercise pages (if you wish) for practice in using a style sheet for a whole site.
  3. Create two headings and three paragraphs discussing how you might use Cascading Style Sheets in your final project. If you run out of text, you may use some of this "random text" to fill out your paragraphs.
  4. Change the color of one of your headings using a local style.
  5. Add a link on your page back to your "home" or index.html page.
  6. Add a link to this exercise from your index.html page.
  7. Upload your files to the server. Keep the same relative locations between the files so your links still work.
  8. Retest all your pages; make sure your code views correctly and that your links work without error.
  9. Validate with no errors your new page, make sure your index.html page still validates.
  10. Fill out the exercise feedback form and you are done. You must fill out this form to recieve credit for each assignment!

Conclusion

Cascading Style Sheets add the power of styles to your HTML. CSS reduces your workload when it is time to edit a site. It also allows you to separate your content from your presentation so your web pages can be ready for almost any device that finds them.

Exercise Seven Feedback Form

Will appear on March 13

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