HTML What is HTML n n HTML

Structure of an HTML document n An HTML document is contained within tags n n n It consists of a and a , in that order The typically contains a Hello, World! 5

HTML documents are trees html head body title My Web Page This will be the world’s best web page, so please check back soon! (Under construction) 6

Whitespace n n Whitespace is any non-printing characters (space, tab, newline, and a few others) HTML treats all whitespace as word separators, and automatically flows text from one line to the next, depending on the width of the page To group text into paragraphs, with a blank line between paragraphs, enclose each paragraph in

and

tags To force HTML to use whitespace exactly as you wrote it, enclose your text in

 and 

tags (“pre” stands for “preformatted”) n n

 also uses a monospace font 
 is handy for displaying programs 7 

	

Lists n n Two of the kinds of lists in HTML are ordered,

to

, and unordered,

to

Ordered lists typically use numbers: 1, 2, 3, . . . Unordered lists typically use bullets ( • ) The elements of a list (either kind) are surrounded by

and

n Example: The four main food groups are:

• Sugar
• Chips
• Caffeine
• Chocolate

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Attributes n n Some markup tags may contain attributes of the form name="value" to provide additional information Example: To have an ordered list with letters A, B, C, . . . instead of numbers, use

to

n n n For lowercase letters, use type="a" For Roman numerals, use type="I" For lowercase Roman numerals, use type="i" In this example, type is an attribute Java. Script can most easily refer to HTML elements that use a name or id attribute 9

" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-10.jpg" alt="Links n To link to another page, enclose the link text in " /> Links n To link to another page, enclose the link text in to n Example: I'm taking Dr. Dave's CIT 597 course this semester. n n To link to another part of the same page, n n n Link text will automatically be underlined and blue (or purple if recently visited) Insert a named anchor: References And link to it with: My references To link to a named anchor from a different page, use My references 10

Images n n Images (pictures) are not part of an HTML page; the HTML just tells where to find the image To add an image to a page, use: n The src attribute is required; the others are optional n Attributes may be in any order n The URL may refer to any. gif, . jpg, or. png file n Other graphic formats are not recognized n The alt attribute provides a text representation of the image if the actual image is not downloaded n The height and width attributes, if included, will improve the display as the page is being downloaded n n If height or width is incorrect, the image will be distorted There is no end tag, because is not a container 11

Entities n n n Certain characters, such as <, have special meaning in HTML To put these characters into HTML without any special meaning, we have to use entities Here are some of the most common entities: n n n < represents < > represents > & represents & ' represents ' " represents "   represents a “nonbreaking space”--one that HTML does not treat as whitespace 12

Forms n n

is just another kind of HTML tag HTML forms are used to create (rather primitive) GUIs on Web pages n n n Usually the purpose is to ask the user for information The information is then sent back to the server A form is an area that can contain form elements n n The syntax is: . . . form elements. . .

Form elements include: buttons, checkboxes, text fields, radio buttons, drop-down menus, etc n n Other kinds of HTML tags can be mixed in with the form elements A form usually contains a Submit button to send the information in he form elements to the server The form’s parameters tell Java. Script how to send the information to the server (there are two different ways it could be sent) Forms can be used for other things, such as a GUI for simple programs 13

Forms and Java. Script n The Java. Script language can be used to make pages that “do something” n n n You can use Java. Script to write complete programs, but. . . Usually you just use snippets of Java. Script here and there throughout your Web page Java. Script code snippets can be attached to various form elements n n For example, you might want to check that a zipcode field contains a 5 -digit integer before you send that information to the server Microsoft calls its version of Java. Script “active scripting” HTML forms can be used without Java. Script, and Java. Script can be used without HTML forms, but they work well together Java. Script for HTML is covered in a separate lecture 14

The

tag n n The . . .

tag encloses form elements (and probably other HTML as well) The arguments to form tell what to do with the user input n action="url" n n (default) Form data is sent as a URL with ? form_data info appended to the end Can be used only if data is all ASCII and not more than 100 characters method="post" n n n Specifies where to send the data when the Submit button is clicked method="get" n (required) Form data is sent in the body of the URL request Cannot be bookmarked by most browsers target="target" n n n Tells where to open the page sent as a result of the request target= _blank means open in a new window target= _top means use the same window 15

The tag n Most, but not all, form elements use the input tag, with a type=". . . " argument to tell which kind of element it is n n type can be text, checkbox, radio, password, hidden, submit, reset, button, file, or image Other common input tag arguments include: n n name: the name of the element value: the “value” of the element; used in different ways for different values of type readonly: the value cannot be changed disabled: the user can’t do anything with this element Other arguments are defined for the input tag but have meaning only for certain values of type 16

A multi-line" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-17.jpg" alt="Text input A text field: A multi-line" /> Text input A text field: A multi-line text field Hello A password field: • Note that two of these use the input tag, but one uses textarea 17

A reset button:" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-18.jpg" alt="Buttons n n n A submit button: A reset button:" /> Buttons n n n A submit button: A reset button: A plain button: n submit: send data reset: restore all form elements to their initial state n button: take some action as specified by Java. Script • Note that the type is input, not “button” n 18

n n type: "checkbox" name:" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-19.jpg" alt="Checkboxes n A checkbox: n n type: "checkbox" name:" /> Checkboxes n A checkbox: n n type: "checkbox" name: used to reference this form element from Java. Script value: value to be returned when element is checked Note that there is no text associated with the checkbox— you have to supply text in the surrounding HTML 19

male male Radio buttons: male female n If two or more radio buttons have the same name, the user can only select one of them at a time n n n This is how you make a radio button “group” If you ask for the value of that name, you will get the value specified for the selected radio button As with checkboxes, radio buttons do not contain any text 20

red red Drop-down menu or list n A menu or list: red green blue n Additional arguments: n n size: the number of items visible in the list (default is "1") multiple: if set to "true", any number of items may be selected (default is "false") 21

< -- right there, don't" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-22.jpg" alt="Hidden fields n n < -- right there, don't" /> Hidden fields n n < -- right there, don't you see it? What good is this? n n n All input fields are sent back to the server, including hidden fields This is a way to include information that the user doesn’t need to see (or that you don’t want her to see) The value of a hidden field can be set programmatically (by Java. Script) before the form is submitted 22

" src="https://present5.com/presentation/65685405_27027355/image-23.jpg" alt="A complete example " /> A complete example

Who are you?

Name:

Gender: Male Female

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The rest of HTML n HTML is a large markup language, with a lot of options n n If you aren’t already familiar with it, you should study one or more of the tutorials (there are many online) Your browser’s View -> Source command is a great way to see how things are done in HTML pages often contain Java. Script code There is no such “thing” as DHTML (Dynamic HTML) n DHTML is simply HTML with several other technologies mixed in, such as Java. Script 24

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