This is feedback on activity 1 in which you:
- Plan the design of a simple web page;
- work out what XML styles you will need to produce this page;
Write the page in XML; - develop a CSS to style your XML;
- Put the two together and produce the styled web page;
- Comment here on what you have learnt as a consequence of doing this activity.
pasting the code into dreamweaver posed a problem because dreamweaver tried changing the XML to HTML to deal with the code, which in turn did not display the page correctly. when copying and pasting XML into dreamweaver you need to keep this in mind.
Sarah
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:33 am
The most important thing I have learnt about this task, is to remember to link the .css file to the .xml file.
Paul C
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:34 am
A very useful excercise.
The only problem I had was when I put an ‘&’ inside a header. This caused the browser to fail parsing the file.
Otherwise, all good!!!
Brendon
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:35 am
I have learnt that you need to link the files correctly so that they work properly.
Zoe
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:36 am
From using XML in today’s session I have learnt that you have to make sure that the link to your style sheet is correct otherwise it will not work. Files also need to be saved in the same folder.
Ryan
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:37 am
Had to make sure you view the file in the right browser, as it appears differently in Firefox to Internet Explorer. Also had to remember to link the CSS to the XML.
Kerrie
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:37 am
I find these exercises useful when we can copy the code and modify it ourselves because it helps me to understand the code and I cna see what code changes what features,
Christine
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:38 am
See the page below for the work I have completed for activity 1.
http://webct.worc.ac.uk/COMP3092/student_pres/Sharon%20Wilson/session8/example1.xml
WebCT is viewing the page differently to dreamweaver and firefox but hey doesn’t look that bad…….
Comment by comp3092student — March 31, 2006 @ 9:39 am
Have mangaed to get rowland site working within my user area.
Had trouble has i hadn’t used the source for the XML file, extra characters had been used on hthe activity page to get it to display.
also found out today that you can had extra broszers for previewing page in dreamweaver by going to “edit browser list”
Also had trouble with the site setup, I was using a testing server which should have been set to “None”
Simon B
Comment by comp3092 — March 31, 2006 @ 9:40 am
Modifying the code further helped me to recognize the code elements more.
Zerrin
Comment by comp3092 — March 31, 2006 @ 10:06 am