with all me heart :)
Thursday, May 22, 2003
maLAYsia, oooh what a hot place!
heyo cute boy! here are some links for your project.
Tourism Malaysia, in english >> you can search this site, might be useful for stuff like location, population, and industries.
Malaysia Home Page >> according to it, it rules or something. :)
Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations Malaysia >> looks really worthwhile!
Institute of Strategic and International Studies >> maybe?
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific >> an academic journal with papers :)
Documents Relating to South-East Asia >> just a list of articles, could be something cool!
Search results on National Geographic for Malaysia >> pretty good reading probably. :)
i love you! good luckle. :)
heyo cute boy! here are some links for your project.
Tourism Malaysia, in english >> you can search this site, might be useful for stuff like location, population, and industries.
Malaysia Home Page >> according to it, it rules or something. :)
Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations Malaysia >> looks really worthwhile!
Institute of Strategic and International Studies >> maybe?
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific >> an academic journal with papers :)
Documents Relating to South-East Asia >> just a list of articles, could be something cool!
Search results on National Geographic for Malaysia >> pretty good reading probably. :)
i love you! good luckle. :)
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
all right mr. cute, one more thing for now :)
i might as well give you the image stuff too :)
to put a picture in, just type
(img src="http://addressofpicture.jpg")
it has to be in quotes, with a proper file name, and you don't close image tags, so it's pretty easy. :)
i might as well give you the image stuff too :)
to put a picture in, just type
(img src="http://addressofpicture.jpg")
it has to be in quotes, with a proper file name, and you don't close image tags, so it's pretty easy. :)
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
more tags, that you can actually do things with! wheee!
good evening travis! i thought i'd begin tonight's lesson with a little more about the (body) tag. if you wanted, you could just put (body) and leave it at that, but that wouldn't be as much fun as setting up properties that will apply to your whole document. so, summing up, so far on your new html file you should have:
(html)
(title)it is a good idea to write organized code ; 0(/title)
(body)
(/body)
(/html)
wow, it kind of sucks so far :P anyway, as part of the (body) tag, you are going to want to do the following:
the colour stuff is done using hexidecimal code, or you can cheat :) i tend to cheat unless i want a really specific colour.
normal:
(body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#FF6600" vlink="#3399FF" alink="#555555")
cheating:
(body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="skyblue" vlink="orange" alink="red")
with normal, the use of a pound sign tells the browser that hexidecimal is going to be used. the pound sign is then followed by six letters (from a to f i think, could be wrong) and/or numbers, that indicate a different shade between white and black. "#000000" is black and "#ffffff" is white, but the rest of the numbers up there in normal probably don't correspond with the cheating way...there are so many (256 possible combinations, hence 256 colours needed to run most games) that it would be impossible to memorize. most people use a chart, there are lots out there that can be very easily found.
(chart is just like that, but larger:) ANYWAY hmm so, bgcolor stands for background color, vlink is for visited link, and alink is for active link.
after you've set all that crap, you can start with some actual content. :) this is the easy part with a lot less code. there are only a few things you'll have to know. i think tonight i'll start you on text modification :)
(p) and (/p) : every time you want to start a new paragraph in an html document, you have to put (p) in front of it...pressing enter won't do anything. you don't need to put (/p) because when a brower comes across a new (p), it assumes the old (p) has ended :)
(i) and (/i): italicize things! don't forget to close the tag...
(b) and (/b): bold-ize things! again...
(u) and (/u): underline things! but this gets annoying because people think they're links.
(blink) and (/blink):
(marquee) and (/marquee):
anyway, that's enough for you to play with, should last you a few days i think! just in case, here's a sample if you can't get your own to work.
(html)
(title)travy is pretty damn hot(/title)
(body bgcolor="skyblue" text="black")
(p)hey! i think you're hot. (b)really(/b) hot. ;)
(/body)
(/html)
good evening travis! i thought i'd begin tonight's lesson with a little more about the (body) tag. if you wanted, you could just put (body) and leave it at that, but that wouldn't be as much fun as setting up properties that will apply to your whole document. so, summing up, so far on your new html file you should have:
(html)
(title)it is a good idea to write organized code ; 0(/title)
(body)
(/body)
(/html)
wow, it kind of sucks so far :P anyway, as part of the (body) tag, you are going to want to do the following:
- set a background colour or image for your page
- tell the browser whether or not the background image should scroll with the page or stay in one place (optional, default is scroll with)
- set the default colour for all plain text on your page
- set the default colours for links: when they're just there, when they've already been clicked, and when they're being clicked on at the moment
the colour stuff is done using hexidecimal code, or you can cheat :) i tend to cheat unless i want a really specific colour.
normal:
(body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#FF6600" vlink="#3399FF" alink="#555555")
cheating:
(body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="skyblue" vlink="orange" alink="red")
with normal, the use of a pound sign tells the browser that hexidecimal is going to be used. the pound sign is then followed by six letters (from a to f i think, could be wrong) and/or numbers, that indicate a different shade between white and black. "#000000" is black and "#ffffff" is white, but the rest of the numbers up there in normal probably don't correspond with the cheating way...there are so many (256 possible combinations, hence 256 colours needed to run most games) that it would be impossible to memorize. most people use a chart, there are lots out there that can be very easily found.
(chart is just like that, but larger:) ANYWAY hmm so, bgcolor stands for background color, vlink is for visited link, and alink is for active link.
after you've set all that crap, you can start with some actual content. :) this is the easy part with a lot less code. there are only a few things you'll have to know. i think tonight i'll start you on text modification :)
(p) and (/p) : every time you want to start a new paragraph in an html document, you have to put (p) in front of it...pressing enter won't do anything. you don't need to put (/p) because when a brower comes across a new (p), it assumes the old (p) has ended :)
(i) and (/i): italicize things! don't forget to close the tag...
(b) and (/b): bold-ize things! again...
(u) and (/u): underline things! but this gets annoying because people think they're links.
(blink) and (/blink):
(marquee) and (/marquee):
anyway, that's enough for you to play with, should last you a few days i think! just in case, here's a sample if you can't get your own to work.
(html)
(title)travy is pretty damn hot(/title)
(body bgcolor="skyblue" text="black")
(p)hey! i think you're hot. (b)really(/b) hot. ;)
(/body)
(/html)
Monday, May 12, 2003
a list of tags and what they mean in english
Okay, since i'm using html to show you html, i can't use the proper code or else you won't get to see it. so i'll use round brackets instead of "<", and you'll just have to use those when you're doing it for real :)
(html) and (/html): these appear at the beginning and end of your document, all other tags are enclosed within them.
(title) and (/title): often the next tag to appear in a document, what is contained between these two parameters ends up being the title displayed in the blue bar at the top of the brower :) don't use other tags in between (title) and (/title) because they won't work...
(body properties): this gets a little confusing...the (body) tag is opened right after the title, but not closed until right before the (html) tag is closed. in the opening (body) tag, you will configure what you want for colours and background picture and stuff.
Okay, since i'm using html to show you html, i can't use the proper code or else you won't get to see it. so i'll use round brackets instead of "<", and you'll just have to use those when you're doing it for real :)
(html) and (/html): these appear at the beginning and end of your document, all other tags are enclosed within them.
(title) and (/title): often the next tag to appear in a document, what is contained between these two parameters ends up being the title displayed in the blue bar at the top of the brower :) don't use other tags in between (title) and (/title) because they won't work...
(body properties): this gets a little confusing...the (body) tag is opened right after the title, but not closed until right before the (html) tag is closed. in the opening (body) tag, you will configure what you want for colours and background picture and stuff.
Sunday, May 11, 2003
hey Trav! I'm experimenting with a new form of blogger and figured that this would be as good a place as any to start teaching you HTML. :)
*ahem* so...today's lesson class...(aka...one really hot student!)...the general ideas behind HTML!
HTML, or Hyper-Text Markup Language, is, surprise, a language! When you write in it and upload it to a server, browers (by various companies and on various platforms) get the file and interpret the raw text to display images and other fun things on your screen. HTML is supposed to be standard...but, some browers and some operating systems interpret things slightly, hence the little disclaimers on some sites stating that they are "best viewed with netscape at 800 x 600" or what not...usually that just means that that's the resolution of the screen it was designed on.
ANYWAY, hmm...what to say about it...it's actually not that powerful (in terms of creating like pretty and interactive things), although i have found it suits my needs and has left me with plenty more to learn. The most common things you will be doing with HTML are manipulating text, linking to other sites or parts of your own site, displaying 
images, and i think that's about it!
possible uses for HTML for girls
possible uses for HTML for guys
I have used HTML in the past for mostly personal stuff.. dorky 13 year old sites about star wars, squaresoft, sailormoon, david beckham, and our lady peace, which i hope to god you never come across. ;) later, for publishing writing and poems and stuff (which i also, hope to god you will never come across, hahaha). other than that, i've helped with the MV website, and made a few for the school like grad committee and a formal date page, and of course the Trueman site, which i love and should get working on. :P
possible uses you might find would be a way of posting pictures of drunken glory to keep nic and/or your high school friends somewhat up to date with your life. one thing that was cool among my friends is that almost a dozen of us have blogs by now, and even though we didn't take much time to call or write each other this year, we went to each other's sites almost daily and i really felt informed of what was going on in their lives. also, it keeps you from having to tell the same story to all your friends cause they can just go to your site. :)
a Mt. A rugby site might be useful too? list of players and contact info, game info, pictures, stuff like that...they're neat for special occasions too, such as maybe a bunch of embarrassing pictures put online for april fool's day. ;) hmm why didn't i think of that last month? may have met with greater success than congratulations! you have no undergarments! ;)
how to get started
well i figure i should probably give you some sort of solid information in your first lesson - this isn't a university, syllabus-only-on-the-first-day course, after all. ;)
you are going to want to make use of at least two programs while learning HTML - 1.) Browser of your choice 2.) text or html editor. What you do is this: write your code in the text editor (i use notepad on windows...not sure what to use on a mac). When you go to save it, there should be an option in the drop-down menu to save it as an HTML file. (if not, just save it as whatever.html instead of whatever.txt). next, open that file with your browser, and examine your work! then, you can usually edit from your browser by going to "View" and then "Source" (on IE anyway, i forget about netscape), which will be your HTML file in notepad. You can edit in there and save it, and then hit "refresh" to see your changes :)
One thing about HTML is that you can do it on a computer without the internet...other people just can't access it while it's local. Also, if you see something on someone elses' site that you are curious about, going to View Source allows you full access to their code. Mmm, wonders of the internet :)
Next time on, "little lessons for Travy"...
I will actually put some code on here for you!
Same bat time, same bat channel...
;)
love, your teacher,
Kat
*ahem* so...today's lesson class...(aka...one really hot student!)...the general ideas behind HTML!
HTML, or Hyper-Text Markup Language, is, surprise, a language! When you write in it and upload it to a server, browers (by various companies and on various platforms) get the file and interpret the raw text to display images and other fun things on your screen. HTML is supposed to be standard...but, some browers and some operating systems interpret things slightly, hence the little disclaimers on some sites stating that they are "best viewed with netscape at 800 x 600" or what not...usually that just means that that's the resolution of the screen it was designed on.
ANYWAY, hmm...what to say about it...it's actually not that powerful (in terms of creating like pretty and interactive things), although i have found it suits my needs and has left me with plenty more to learn. The most common things you will be doing with HTML are manipul
images, and i think that's about it!
possible uses for HTML for girls
- "this is my bf, we have been going out for 3 weeks now, almost 4!!!~~~ LOL~ isn't he hot?"
- "i am 14 and i love piercings and dying my hair black...here is my depressing poetry...scroll down for more..."
- "i LOVE beanie babiez!! HeRe ArE sOmE pix...i love cats too, links links links to cat pages! i love daniel johns, silverchair rox!!"
possible uses for HTML for guys
- "porno"
- "video games"
- "i am a desperate man in his late 30s - will you marry me?"
- "odd porno"
I have used HTML in the past for mostly personal stuff.. dorky 13 year old sites about star wars, squaresoft, sailormoon, david beckham, and our lady peace, which i hope to god you never come across. ;) later, for publishing writing and poems and stuff (which i also, hope to god you will never come across, hahaha). other than that, i've helped with the MV website, and made a few for the school like grad committee and a formal date page, and of course the Trueman site, which i love and should get working on. :P
possible uses you might find would be a way of posting pictures of drunken glory to keep nic and/or your high school friends somewhat up to date with your life. one thing that was cool among my friends is that almost a dozen of us have blogs by now, and even though we didn't take much time to call or write each other this year, we went to each other's sites almost daily and i really felt informed of what was going on in their lives. also, it keeps you from having to tell the same story to all your friends cause they can just go to your site. :)
a Mt. A rugby site might be useful too? list of players and contact info, game info, pictures, stuff like that...they're neat for special occasions too, such as maybe a bunch of embarrassing pictures put online for april fool's day. ;) hmm why didn't i think of that last month? may have met with greater success than congratulations! you have no undergarments! ;)
how to get started
well i figure i should probably give you some sort of solid information in your first lesson - this isn't a university, syllabus-only-on-the-first-day course, after all. ;)
you are going to want to make use of at least two programs while learning HTML - 1.) Browser of your choice 2.) text or html editor. What you do is this: write your code in the text editor (i use notepad on windows...not sure what to use on a mac). When you go to save it, there should be an option in the drop-down menu to save it as an HTML file. (if not, just save it as whatever.html instead of whatever.txt). next, open that file with your browser, and examine your work! then, you can usually edit from your browser by going to "View" and then "Source" (on IE anyway, i forget about netscape), which will be your HTML file in notepad. You can edit in there and save it, and then hit "refresh" to see your changes :)
One thing about HTML is that you can do it on a computer without the internet...other people just can't access it while it's local. Also, if you see something on someone elses' site that you are curious about, going to View Source allows you full access to their code. Mmm, wonders of the internet :)
Next time on, "little lessons for Travy"...
I will actually put some code on here for you!
Same bat time, same bat channel...
;)
love, your teacher,
Kat
