Exercises

Exercise Three

Take the résumé you made last chapter, and, using the tags you learned this chapter, add formatting to make the résumé look as good as you possibly can. For example, you might choose to center or right-align your address or section headings, or you might choose to italicize the names of schools or companies, or you might choose to use horizontal rules in places. The formatting is up to you, however I do expect you to show what you've learned, so please use a variety of formatting tags.

When your résumé is completed, please upload your resume to your directory on the class web server. (I will be making accounts for you on the server throughout Week Three, first the Monday class, then on through the rest of the week to the Friday class. If you are turning this in early, your account may not be ready yet. Please wait until after your Week Three class to upload this assignment.)

I will take time in Week Three's class to explain how to use your class web server account. If you cannot be in class Week Three, you need to e-mail me to find out what to do. Basically, you will be using an FTP program such as WS_FTP, CuteFtp, Fetch, or Anarchie to log in to your web account, with a login and password that I'll give you in class. Then you will go into your directory, and use the ftp program to upload your homework.

About saving your file

Do not use Word to write your code, as Word tends to make it difficult to save as plain text, and if you try to save as HTML, Word will actually change your code. If you use CodeEdit or BBEdit, your file will automatically be saved in the right format. Your files need to be saved as plain text -- not rtf, Word, binary, etc.

You must name this file as follows: Your first initial, followed by your middle initial, followed by your last name, followed by "resume", followed by ".html" with NO SPACES ANYWHERE in the file name, and all lower-case.

So, if I were doing this assignment, I would name my file wadunlapresume.html. If your name was Bob L. Smith, you would name your file blsmithresume.html. Don't forget to name your file correctly! Following directions is part of what you are graded on!

This assignment is due, uploaded to the web server, by the beginning of class, Week Four.

Questions for review

  1. What is the difference between logical and physical tags?
  2. What is preformatted text?
  3. Is the horizontal rule tag (HR) a container tag?
  4. What happens if a browser sees a tag it cannot display (such as a browser that cannot display boldface seeing a B tag)?
  5. What is the BR tag used for?
  6. What is the ALIGN attribute used for in the P tag?
  7. What tag and attribute are used to change the size of type?
  8. Which is the largest font size, 1 or 7?

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