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What is the primary role of HTML5 in web development?
What is the primary role of HTML5 in web development?
- To manage server-side operations and databases.
- To specify the structure and content of documents displayed in web browsers. (correct)
- To handle client-side scripting and interactivity.
- To define the styling and layout of web content.
How do web servers interact with HTML5 documents?
How do web servers interact with HTML5 documents?
- They validate the syntax of HTML5 documents and correct any errors.
- They store HTML5 documents and provide them to clients upon request. (correct)
- They encrypt HTML5 documents to protect them from unauthorized access.
- They translate HTML5 code into machine language.
Why is the document type declaration (DOCTYPE) important in HTML5?
Why is the document type declaration (DOCTYPE) important in HTML5?
- It ensures that browsers render the page in standards mode. (correct)
- It defines the character set used in the document.
- It includes metadata about the document, such as author and keywords.
- It specifies the version of HTML used in the document.
When are comments useful in HTML5 markup?
When are comments useful in HTML5 markup?
What information does the <head>
section of an HTML5 document contain?
What information does the <head>
section of an HTML5 document contain?
What is the primary function of start and end tags in HTML5?
What is the primary function of start and end tags in HTML5?
What is a 'nested element' in the context of HTML5?
What is a 'nested element' in the context of HTML5?
What is the purpose of the title
element in HTML5?
What is the purpose of the title
element in HTML5?
What is the primary function of the W3C HTML5 Validation Service?
What is the primary function of the W3C HTML5 Validation Service?
How does HTML5 use heading elements (<h1>
through <h6>
) to structure content?
How does HTML5 use heading elements (<h1>
through <h6>
) to structure content?
What is the purpose of the href
attribute in the context of HTML5 links?
What is the purpose of the href
attribute in the context of HTML5 links?
What happens when a URL does not indicate a specific document on a website?
What happens when a URL does not indicate a specific document on a website?
How can you create a hyperlink to an email address in HTML5?
How can you create a hyperlink to an email address in HTML5?
What is the purpose of the alt
attribute in the <img>
element?
What is the purpose of the alt
attribute in the <img>
element?
What are 'void elements' in HTML5?
What are 'void elements' in HTML5?
How can images be used as hyperlinks in HTML5?
How can images be used as hyperlinks in HTML5?
What is the purpose of character entity references in HTML5?
What is the purpose of character entity references in HTML5?
Which HTML element is used to create an unordered list?
Which HTML element is used to create an unordered list?
What is the role of the summary
attribute in the <table>
element?
What is the role of the summary
attribute in the <table>
element?
What are the three distinct sections into which a table can be split in HTML5?
What are the three distinct sections into which a table can be split in HTML5?
What is the purpose of the <tr>
element in the context of HTML5 tables?
What is the purpose of the <tr>
element in the context of HTML5 tables?
What do the rowspan
and colspan
attributes allow you to do when building HTML tables?
What do the rowspan
and colspan
attributes allow you to do when building HTML tables?
In HTML5 forms, what is specified by the method
attribute?
In HTML5 forms, what is specified by the method
attribute?
When the form method
is set to "post", how is the form data handled?
When the form method
is set to "post", how is the form data handled?
What is the purpose of the action
attribute in an HTML5 form?
What is the purpose of the action
attribute in an HTML5 form?
What is the difference between visual and nonvisual components in HTML5 forms?
What is the difference between visual and nonvisual components in HTML5 forms?
What is the function of the value
attribute in a 'submit' input element?
What is the function of the value
attribute in a 'submit' input element?
What is the specific function of a 'reset' input element in HTML5 forms?
What is the specific function of a 'reset' input element in HTML5 forms?
What attributes are used to specify the size of a <textarea>
element?
What attributes are used to specify the size of a <textarea>
element?
What is the function of the password
input type?
What is the function of the password
input type?
In context of HTML5 forms, what is a key behavior of radio
buttons?
In context of HTML5 forms, what is a key behavior of radio
buttons?
What is the purpose of the select
element in HTML5 forms?
What is the purpose of the select
element in HTML5 forms?
How can you link to a specific section within the same HTML5 document?
How can you link to a specific section within the same HTML5 document?
What is the primary purpose of meta elements in HTML5?
What is the primary purpose of meta elements in HTML5?
Where meta elements should be located?
Where meta elements should be located?
Flashcards
What is HTML5?
What is HTML5?
A markup language that specifies the structure and content of documents displayed in web browsers.
What do web servers do?
What do web servers do?
Store HTML5 documents.
What do clients do?
What do clients do?
Request resources such as HTML5 documents from web servers.
What is the document type declaration (DOCTYPE)?
What is the document type declaration (DOCTYPE)?
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What is the role of comments?
What is the role of comments?
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What is the role of start and end tags?
What is the role of start and end tags?
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What is the role of attributes?
What is the role of attributes?
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What does the html element do?
What does the html element do?
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What does the head section contain?
What does the head section contain?
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What does the body section contain?
What does the body section contain?
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What is the title element?
What is the title element?
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What is the paragraph element?
What is the paragraph element?
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What is the purpose of validation services?
What is the purpose of validation services?
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What are headings?
What are headings?
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What is a hyperlink?
What is a hyperlink?
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What is the href attribute?
What is the href attribute?
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What does mailto: do?
What does mailto: do?
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What is the src attribute?
What is the src attribute?
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What is the alt attribute?
What is the alt attribute?
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What are void elements?
What are void elements?
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Character entity references
Character entity references
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Unordered list element
Unordered list element
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Ordered-list element
Ordered-list element
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Element th
Element th
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Td Element
Td Element
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forms
forms
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Attribute method
Attribute method
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Action attribute
Action attribute
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hidden inputs
hidden inputs
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text input
text input
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reset input
reset input
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textarea
textarea
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checkbox input
checkbox input
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radio buttons
radio buttons
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select input
select input
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password input
password input
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Internal Linking
Internal Linking
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meta elements
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Study Notes
Introduction to HTML5
- HTML5 is a markup language specifying document structure and content for web browsers.
- More sophisticated HTML5 techniques include tables, forms, linking and meta elements.
- Tables are useful for structuring information from databases.
- Forms help collect information from web-page visitors.
- Internal linking helps with easier page navigation.
- Meta elements specify document information.
Editing HTML5
- Typing HTML5 markup text in a text editor creates HTML5 documents and should be saved with a
.html
or.htm
filename extension. - Web servers store HTML5 documents.
- Clients, such as web browsers on computers or smartphones, request specific resources like HTML5 documents from web servers.
Document Type Declaration
- The document type declaration (DOCTYPE) is required in HTML5 documents for browsers to render the page in standards mode.
- Some browsers use "quirks mode" for backwards compatibility with older web pages.
Comments
- HTML5 markup includes comments to improve readability and describe the document.
- Browsers ignore comments when rendering a document.
- Comments start with
<!--
and end with-->
.
HTML, Head and Body Elements
<html>
encloses thehead
andbody
sections.<head>
contains document information: character set (UTF-8 is popular), title, and instructions, like CSS3 style sheets and client-side scripts for dynamic web pages.<body>
contains the page's content that the browser displays.
Start Tags and End Tags
- HTML5 documents primarily delimit elements via start and end tags.
- A start tag is an element name within angle brackets, such as
<html>
. - An end tag has a forward slash before the element name within angle brackets, such as
</html>
. - Void elements don't have end tags.
- Start tags can have attributes with additional element information used by browsers for processing and have a name and value that are separated by the equals sign
=
.
Title Element
- The
<title>
element is a nested element within the<head>
, describing the web page. - The title appears in the browser's title bar, tab and is used for bookmarks.
- Search engines index the title for search results.
Paragraph Element
- Text placed between
<p>
and</p>
tags creates a single paragraph.
HTML5 Validation Service
- Syntactically correct HTML5 documents render properly.
- HTML5 documents can have syntax errors that will not display properly.
- Validation services that include
validator.w3.org/#validate-by-upload
ensure HTML5 document syntax correctness.
HTML5 Headings
- HTML5 has six heading elements,
<h1>
through<h6>
, that specify the relative importance of information. <h1>
is the most significant heading, rendered in the largest font.- Headings
<h2>
,<h3>
, etc., are successively smaller.
Linking
- Hyperlinks reference other resources such as HTML5 documents and images.
- Web browsers underline text hyperlinks and color them blue by default.
Strong Element
- The
strong
element indicates high importance, and browsers typically render it in a bold font.
Anchor Element
- Links are created using the
a
or anchor element.
Hypertext Reference Attribute
- The
href
or hypertext reference attribute specifies the location of the resource, such as a web page, file, or e-mail address. - If the URL does not indicate a document, the web server returns a default web page: often called index.html, but can be configured to use any file.
- If the web server can't locate a requested document, it returns an error, known as a 404 error.
Hyperlinking to an E-Mail Address
- Anchors can link to an email address using a
mailto:
URL. - A user that clicks an anchored link is able to launch the default email program e.g. Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.
- This enables a user to write an email message to the linked address.
Images
- PNG and JPEG are the most popular formats for web developers.
- Users create images with software such as Adobe Photoshop Express.
- The
src
attribute specifies an image's location.
Alt Attribute
- Every
img
element must have analt
attribute. - The
alt
attribute contains text displayed if the image fails to render. - Width and height are optional attributes that if omitted, use the image’s actual data and are measured in pixels.
Using Images as Hyperlinks
- Using images as hyperlinks creates graphical web pages that link to other resources.
- Clicking an image sends the user to the linked web page.
Character Entity References
- HTML5 provides character entity references in the form
&code;
for special characters that cannot otherwise be rendered. - An example of codes include word abbreviations, numbers, decimal and hexidecimal.
Unordered List Element
- An unordered list element displays items with a bullet symbol, typically a disc.
Nested Lists
- Lists can be nested to represent hierarchical relationships like a multi-level outline.
- The ordered-list element creates a list with numbered items.
Tables
- Tables organize data into rows and columns.
- The
<table>
element defines an HTML5 table. - The
summary
attribute describes the contents, aiding users with visual impairments via speech devices. - The
<caption>
element specifies the table's title. - It is good practice to include in an HTML5 table elements that make web pages more accessible to users and disabled.
Table Sections
- Tables are split into three sections:
head
,body
,foot
. - Head is indicated via
thead
elements, table titles and column headers. - Body is indicated via
tbody
elements and primary table data. - Foot is indicated by
tfoot
elements, calculation results, footnotes but displays the at the bottom of the table.
Table Row and Data
- The
tr
element defines individual table rows. - The
th
element defines a header cell. - The
Td
element contains table data elements.
Rowspan and Colspan
- Rowspan and Colspan allows construction of more complex tables.
- The values ​​of these attributes specify the number of rows or columns occupied by a cell in a table.
- These can be placed inside any data cell or table header cell.
- The
br
element renders as a line break. - Legacy formatting elements, such as
hr
andbr
, should be avoided in favor of CSS.
HTML5 Forms
- HTML5 provides forms to collect information from users.
- A form can send data to a web server for processing.
Method Attribute
- The
method
attribute specifies how form data is sent. - Method "post" appends form data to the browser request, containing the protocol (HTTP) and the resource's URL.
- Method "get" appends form data directly to the script's URL and is visible to users.
Action Attribute
- The action attribute specifies the script to which form data is sent.
- Input elements describe the data sent to the script, known as the form handler.
- The "type" attribute determines an input element's type.
- Forms can contain visual such as buttons that are clickable by users or non-visual components.
- Nonvisual or hidden inputs store any data such as email addresses and HTML5 names that act as links.
Password Input
- password input inserts a password box into a form so users can enter sensitive information such as credit card numbers and passwords by masking the input with asterisks.
- Actual value input is sent not the asterisks.
Select and Checkbox Inputs
- The checkbox input element enables users to select options.
- If selected, a check mark is in the checkbox; otherwise, empty.
- Checkboxes can be used individually or in groups and share the same name.
- Radio buttons are similar to checkboxes but only one radio button in a group can be selected at a time.
- Radio buttons must also share the same name with different attribute values.
- The select input element display a drop-down list of items and name attribute identifies the list.
- The option element adds items to the drop-down list.
Internal Linking
- The
a
tag is used to link to another section within the same document. - To link internally to an element that is on the same page, the
ids
are set and linked using the syntax#id
.
Meta Elements
- Search engines catalog pages by reviewing the content found in Meta elements.
- The name attribute identifies the meta element type.
- The content attribute provides a list of keywords that describes a page and provides search engines to compare against words in search requests.
- Description meta provides a three to four line description of a site in sentence form and is used by search engines to catalog your site.
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