HTML

As part of my undergrad education I had to take a class on web design and learned the basics of HTML, although we didn't really use HTML. We mostly used CSS in Dreamweaver. HTML is interesting. You have to be very exact because one little misplacement of a / and your web page is not going to look like you want it. Likewise, it can be frustrating when you cannot get the exact code as you want it. It is interesting to look at the HTML of a particular web page because it is quite complex. I liked the wired.com cheat sheet. It definitely seems like a handy bit of info of all the typical coding. Luckily in my classes we didn't have to worry too much about writing HTML because I think it would have driven me crazy otherwise. I am not tedious enough to do so.

Notes on the article:
Content management systems collect, manage and publish content. Anyone can make a guide. These guides allow people who want to contribute content to a web page to do so without having to know HTML. With CMS content can be a variety of things, such as resource links, images or PDFs. Once the submitted object is in the database it can be used over and over again. Although some websites decide to use CMS to censor what is being submitted, they also just make it easier to add content to websites. Content can be customized so it lets people be creative, as well. In this article FrontPage was the web development software used, mostly because it was free. After the CMS was developed it was tested out and eventually switched over. The system was proven to be beneficial for managing their research guides. The appearance of the guides stayed consistent. The CMS model has not been something that all libraries have taken on yet, but if they do they should take their time transitioning.