Now that the job market has undergone so many changes and I have learned the hard way about outsourcing etc., I'm on the hunt for my next job. One of the factors that is missing in all of my years of experience is web design. So here I am, I'm going to learn it.
Enter classroom on January 30, 2012. Stetson University at Celebration. Beautiful new building. State-of-the-art classroom. Four students. One very enthusiastic teacher. All the ingredients for a great experience.
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| The entrance to Stetson University at Celebration. |
But XHTML you say? Really? You're going to learn it from scratch? You're not going to just buy Dreamweaver and Flash and have at it? Well, there are two reasons for XHTML from scratch. The first is according to the WorkForce Matrix this class was the only Web Development class available that they would pay for. (#1 Good Reason). The second is that I really do want to know how to do it from scratch. How can that possibly NOT make me more marketable?
So here it is, everything you need to know about XHMTL. THE BOOK....
It looks big and scary but so far I'm actually comprehending it. Let's hope I comprehend enough for the first quiz right? I have to admit, I was worried that it would all be so overwhelming and the code would just go in and out of my brain. I am happy to say that as I have worked on homework all week I have enjoyed taking notes, enjoyed learning the terminology and enjoyed actually creating a concrete result from the code. Mind you, it's just text we're working with in the beginning. Nothing wiz bang right now. But I'm excited that I'm enjoying it. It's like a big puzzle and the code will tell you if you're right or wrong. It could be something as simple as not putting the correct arrow around a tag or leaving off a tag altogether. You have to hunt for the mistake and when you find it, voila, you have a web page!
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| Here's what it's like to get through this course. You have to study, you have to do the hands-on practices and you have to keep typing until you get it right. Love it! |
So below is all of the code required to create this web page. (Remember, it's just text that we are working with right now. Nothing fancy just yet. Just understanding the terminologies.)
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtmll/DTD/xhtmll-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Zac Brown Band</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
<h1><strong>The Zac Brown Band</strong></h1>
<ul>
<li>Zac Brown - Lead Vocals, Guitar</li>
<li>Jimmy De Martini - Violin, Vocals</li>
<li>John Driskell Hopkins - Bass, Vocals</li>
<li>Coy Bowles - Guitar, Organ</li>
<li>Clay Cook - Guitar, Organ, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Vocals</li>
<li>Chris Fryar - Drums</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt><strong>The Foundation</strong></dt>
<dd>Newcomers to the country scene, The Zac Brown Band delivers a heartfelt<br />
countrified sound that beckons back to that good old foot stomping music of yesteryear.</dd>
<dt><strong>Live From Bonnaroo 2009</strong></dt>
<dd>The Zac Brown Band perform live at Bonnaroo 2009 a Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN.<br />
The music envelopes the crowd and brings country to the masses clapping and singing all the way.</dd>
<dt><strong>Pass The Jar</strong></dt>
<dd>Country doesn't get any better than this. Soulful, gritty and just plain down-home.<br />
Featured songs, Jolene and The Devil Went Down to Georgia are proof why a screaming fiddle<br />
is rooted in country music.</dd>
<dt><strong>You Get What You Give</strong></dt>
<dd>This fourth and latest release proves that The Zac Brown Band is here to stay. True lyrics,<br />
soulful country twang, and collaborations make them a unique sound in the country music genre.<br />
Features duet with country sensation Alan Jackson, entitled "As She's Walking Away."</dd>
</dl>
<a href="http://zacbrownband.com">zacbrownband</a>
</body>
</html>
This is what the result of all of the above code looks like.
Living in XHTML land!
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