Chapter 4 Resources

Part One: A Solid HTML Foundation

Chapter 4

This page contains all the files you’ll need to complete the homework for Chapter 4 in addition to any reference files and links to resources related to the chapter.

Homework

The Gordo text file and King Kong reference web page are linked to below. Use ‘View Source’ at our King Kong web page to refer to our markup when building your Gordo web page.

• Gordo Text File
• King Kong Reference Web Page

Reference Files

Use ‘View Source’ (as covered in Chapter 2) to look at our example files’ source code. Where helpful we have included comments inline within the markup to give additional guidance.

• An Unordered List
• An Ordered List
• A Nested List
• A Definition List - Example 1
• A Definition List - Example 2
• A Definition List - Example 3
• A Definition List - Example 4
• A Simple Three Column Table
• A Simple Three Row, Four Column Table
• A More Accessible Three Column Table
• A Blockquote
• The Cite Attribute in Action
• A Blockquote with a Cite Element
• A Cite Element in a Paragraph
• Inline Quotations
• Abbreviation and Acronym Elements
• A Horizontal Rule
• An Inline Code Element
• A Pre Element
• Code and Pre Elements Combined
• The Del and Ins Elements
• Some Superscript Examples
• Some Subscript Examples

Resources

• HTML Dog

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