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XHTML Week 5 Review Questions and Answers

1. If you are linking to a page on another server (not your own site), which type of URL do you use?

1. When linking to another website from your website, use an absolute URL.

2. If linking to another page on your site, which type of URL do you use?

1. When linking to a web page within your current website, use a relative URL.
   
   

3. In Intra-page linking you need an anchor and a target. How do you make the target compatible with older browsers and the newer standards?

1. You would specify an "ID" as well as the depreciated "name" identifier. (e.g., <a id="foo" name="foo">...</a>).
   
   

4. What attribute and values are necessary to create text flowing around an image (floating text)?

• ...some text... <img src="anypic.gif" align="left" hspace="20" vspace="30"> ...some more text...

5. Two questions about the alt attribute in an <img> element.

1. From an accessibility standpoint, what is an appropriate text equivalent (alt text ... alt=" ") for an image on a Web page?
   
   
   • Anything that accuratly describes the image or any information about the image. Also can be displayed in an external file to better describe a longer definition or information about the image.
     
     
2. Provide an example by inserting an image in your review question answers page and including appropriate equivalent text in the alt attribute value.
   
   
   It was the Winter of 1978 and it was a normal winter for Indiana for the most part. I (Tim) was around 15 years old when my Dad bought a Snowmobile. Back at that time, Snowmobiles were all the craze along with CB Radio's. One winter day the snow started falling and seemed to never stop, and by the end of the storm, it was declared that this was the BLIZZARD of 78'. I (Tim) had so much fun with my Snowmobile in all the drifts and new snow, but, there were circumstances getting ready to happen that I had not planned. Living in a small country town at the time, our little town set between another small town and a very large town where people commuted to work everyday. This presented a problem when people were trying to get home coming through our little town to get to their town a few miles away. So, being that I had an awesome mode of transportation, I volunteered to take people home to their families who eagerly awaited the return of their loved ones. It was a great year for me and I felt so good that I was actually able to help people out.
   
   If I ever have the chance to do something like that again, I won't hesitate.
   
   
   

6. What elements would you use to create complex data tables?

1. caption, colgroup, col, th, thead, tbody, tfoot

7. If one was using tables for document layout, what are the only elements that should be used?

1. The very basics of table structure: <table>, <tr>, <td>.

XHTML Week 5 Transitional Project Assignment with multiple link examples.

XHTML Week 5 Project Assignment Complex data table layout