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Lucas Cherkewski
August 12, 2017
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Transcript
Demystifying HTML An introduction for bloggers
What’s the plan?
1. What is HTML?
1. What is HTML? 2. Why use it?
1. What is HTML? 2. Why use it? 3. How
do we use it?
1. What is HTML? 2. Why use it? 3. How
do we use it? 4. Where can we learn more?
(Picture of me)
Lucas Cherkewski
What is HTML?
HTML is…
HTML is… content
HTML is… content HTML is… description
HTML is… content HTML is… description HTML is… structure
HTML:
HTML: HyperText HTML:
HTML: HyperText HTML: Markup
HTML: HyperText HTML: Markup HTML: Language
Why use HTML?
Specify precisely what you mean
Accessibility
Easier editing in WordPress
Customizing plugins and themes
Stepping stone to learning to code
How do we write HTML?
Somewhere to code…
Somewhere to code… the “text” tab!
None
None
Back to language school!
Meet your new best friends:
Meet your new best friends: </>
A basic HTML “tag”:
A basic HTML “tag”: <p>
A basic HTML “tag”: <p>Our words…
A basic HTML “tag”: <p>Our words…</p>
<p>Our words…</p>
A real-world example…
None
None
None
None
None
=
= <strong>
None
<p> Yaks are the <strong>best</ strong> </p>
Some basic tags…
Some basic tags… • <p>
Some basic tags… • <p> • <h1>
Some basic tags… • <p> • <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, …
Some basic tags… • <p> • <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, …
• <a>
Going beyond simple description
<a>Check out my site!</a>
<a href="example.com">Check out my site!</a>
<a href="example.com">Check out my site!</a>
A small post
My great adventure I went to Vancouver. It was so
cool!
<article> <h1>My great adventure</h1> <p>I went to <a href="example.org">Vancouver</a>. It
was so <strong>cool</strong>!</p> </article>
<article> <h1>My great adventure</h1> <p>I went to <a href="example.org">Vancouver</a>. It
was so <strong>cool</strong>!</p> </article>
Where can we learn more about HTML?
In-person
In-person • Ladies Learning Code
In-person • Ladies Learning Code • Camp Tech
In-person • Ladies Learning Code • Camp Tech • Lighthouse
Labs
Online courses
Online courses • Treehouse
Online courses • Treehouse • Codecademy
Online courses • Treehouse • Codecademy • Lynda
Online resources
Online resources • CSS-Tricks
Online resources • CSS-Tricks • MDN
Online resources • CSS-Tricks • MDN • Stack Overflow
Tools
Tools • Code editors
Tools • Code editors • Codepen
Tools • Code editors • Codepen • Glitch
WordPress specific
WordPress specific • Codex
WordPress specific • Codex • Facebook groups
WordPress specific • Codex • Facebook groups • WordCamps and
meetups
What’d we talk about?
HTML is a language to describe content
Knowing HTML helps us work on the web
There are many resources to learn from
None
Thanks!
Thanks!
[email protected]
@lchski