Web237 Learning Team Project Paper

Web237 Learning Team Project Paper
WEB/237
October 27, 2011

Web237 Learning Team Project Paper
The purpose of this section is to identify the basic XHTML tags and attributes utilized in the creation of Awesome iPhone Sales’ new website. This website uses basic XHTML tags and attributes which are consistent with the current XHTML standard with some HTML5 elements. This section will look at each tag and attribute in fairly linear fashion from beginning of the coding to the end of the coding.
Basic Elements
Starting with the essential formatting information portion of the document, the standard <head></head> tags with associated <meta> and <title> tags are present. This portion of the code is invisible on the web pages however the information contained in this section aids not only web browsers in formatting the pages but assists search engines in categorizing and locating them as well. A bit of light javascript following the title tag to enable the contact form is also present following the meta and title tags. One of the most important features of the coding presents next enabling HTML5 for Internet Explorer browsers. This line of code literally enables Internet Explorer to utilize HTML5 within the browser. In subsequent sections, the importance of this feature will be highlighted further.
Moving to the body of the page, there is a litany of critical tags whose attributes are necessary to support the overall look and feel of the site. Using basic <header> tags, the headers for the title of the page on the page provide some style. <li> tags form the basis of the hyperlinked menu/navigation. Section and article tags create the basic content sections including <div> tags to format them. Images are Hyperlinked using the <a href> tags. Unordered list tags, <ul><li> provide the attributes of the item description. Ecommerce elements are included following each product for sale in the form of an...