Assignment 1: Basic HTML Display Features

A basic page needs only a bare minimum of programming. Graphics are an important part of Web pages but so too are words. I look upon the Web as a medium for ideas and the use of new technologies, but not the other way around. A Web page tells a great story with great graphical and analytical presentation.

Using the "View" option look at the source code for this document. The background color and the text declared in the body refer to a coding system that combines a system of numbers and letters to create thousands of possible color choices. The body color indicates white and the text as being black. I could have just written in "white" and "black" instead of these codes.

Here is an example of a horizontal rule:


To begin, we can change the

header size

and color of letters seen on the screen. The font sizecan be changed as well, and actually gives more choices.

We can also change the appearance of words on the screen. This shows some differing word types in a blocked quote.

Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country.

That was also an example of a nested command.