Web Development
Copyright & Use Glossary
As you gather media assets like images, videos, sound effects or music for your project, it’s important to understand the rules and regulations for use of material that is not your own. This glossary is a guide to help you understand the basic terminology of copyright and use. Copyright: The exclusive legal right, given to…
Read MoreHow To Build A Basic Webpage In HTML
Intro to HTML This page describes how to build a basic HTML webpage with no styling. It’s important to remember that HTML is about marking up the content of the page, not about design. Design comes later with CSS. Download a Plain Text Editor In order to code HTML pages, you will need to have a “plain text”.…
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JavaScript for Journalists
Introduction JavaScript is a coding language used in webpages. It enables you to do things like add interactivity to a website, build applications, and retrieve data from other sites. This tutorial is used as a reference guide to a class taught at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism on coding for journalists. It is…
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Start with a basic HTML page Use the index.html page from the HTML tutorial as a starting point. We will make one small change to your file: Just after the opening <body> tag, we will add a <div id=”container”> tag, which will wrap your entire page. Just before the closing </body> tag, add a closing </div> tag as well. If you’re uncertain if your project from the…
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