Week Twelve (MGDP2050)

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Lecture notes and exercises for Week Twelve of Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050).

See also Week Eleven (MGDP2050) - Week Thirteen (MGDP2050).

Exercises: summary

See Exercises (MGDP2050) for a one-page summary of exercises.

Review

HTML fundamentals

See Learning web design_(1).

Semantic HTML

"Semantic" or "semantics" refers to meaning.

Semantic HTML is HTML which emphasizes the meaning behind HTML elements.

Some HTML elements are more semantic than others. For example:

  • The div element has less meaning: it says "I contain some contents."
  • The article element has more meaning: it says "I am a unit of content, written by an author."

Examples

Browse the examples below. Use View Source to examine the source code. Use HTML validation to validate the pages.

See also HTML overview

Web design fundamentals

See Learning web design (1) for an introduction to the fundamentals of web design.

Exercises: in class

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Exercises: for next week

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