My First Web Page Using HTML

For my first programming assignment in Media and Web Design I had to create a webpage by coding in HTML.  I had to include the following:

• a header in which I introduce myself,
• an embedded picture with an alt tag,
• a paragraph introducing myself,
• a link to a favorite website,
• a link to my UARK email address, and
• a change in the text or background color.

The provided resource was a great help.  It stepped us through everything we needed to do in this assignment.  My biggest obstacle was getting the introductory paragraph to look the way I wanted it to look.  I did not want my text extending across the entire page.  The training shows us how to use the <pre> element to preserve both spaces and line breaks.  I used this to keep my introductory paragraph in line with my picture.  I also had trouble with the fonts.  I like the Times New Roman font.  I found how to set the font for the paragraph and thought I had it.  However, I noticed the lines after my paragraph were a different font.  I experimented with the coding, but I could not get it to have the font that I wanted and preserve the line breaks.  It would not recognize both commands.  I'm sure there has to be a way to write the code so that it recognizes more than one formatting command in a paragraph, but I could not find it.  I settled for using the default font, so I could keep my line breaks where I wanted them.

I also wanted to change the color of the background to red for my last sentence.  To be sure that text would be easily seen, I wanted the text to be white.  Again, I could not figure out how to have two changes in format.  Instead, I opted to go with changing the text color to red.

The two main difficulties I had were in getting the formatting exactly the way I wanted it to be.  In the end, I had to choose one change in format over another and determined that I would learn how to dictate more than one formatting change in the future.

What did I learn?  I think the biggest think I learned is that it is relatively easy to create a simple webpage using HTML with minimal knowledge.  I was also reminded that I really enjoy coding.  It is easy for me to spend way too much time in front of the computer screen trying to figure something out.  I am looking forward to me coding assignments!