html Images

html Lesson

Working on source development locally.

The above image is HTML source for the 2nd image below after it has been converted to a document readable on a browser.

Types of Source

Combining Source

Reference Libraries

Including DOM's with backward compatability

DOM also known as the Document Object Model is defined by W3C as of 13 November 2000: "The Document Object Model (DOM) is an application programming interface (API) for valid HTML and well-formed XML documents. It defines the logical structure of documents and the way a document is accessed and manipulated." The link describes the model or tree structure much better than anything I could attempt.

As I attempt to learn source, so far, there are three rules I am trying to keep in mind. First to write in a structure that my computer understands and other people can understand how to read what I have written. My computer needs to understand what I have written as well as other "people" needing to be able to read what is written. This is why we all have taken courses in English... to enable cross communication amongst one another. Secondly, I will need to keep in mind the prior versions of Windows that are in use and to enable the prior versions to understand this version of source. HTML is living and as such it grows and changes. The older models of computers are not living;static machinery does not grow nor learn. Therefore, source must be legible to the older versions while still being readable to the current versions of computers. Finally, and probably the most important factor is accessibility for everyone which I am just beginning to learn. Blind folks have machine readers that need to understand my source as they read my posts. And I am sure not all of the blind can type. Speakers of languages different from my American-English, have translation software to change my writing to their native tongues.

New Studies V

Use W3C Resources

This morning I have been looking at a new channel on YouTube. I can not Emphasize enough to check videos on YouTube. Look at, and examine the written material provided by W3schools, but videos are a lot more fun. This new channel I have connected with is great. Have viewed at least 10 -15 of his videos more than once. An excellent video instructor. Am beginning to think, because of the way this information is being shared and being taught that "transitional" really does apply because there is html 4.01,html5 (new elements for a/v), xhtml 1.0 (which is older) and CSS 2.0. Am thinking I have found the correct page to learn and read the current W3C "All Standards and Drafts" articles. Am going to start reading these myself, and for instance, there are articles on the best practices to use when authoring stuff.

Have decided to eat. Might fall asleep. Anyway, Do not have much more to say today except with emphasis Use your W3C resources. This is not easy yet using the resources makes this very fun... and to be honest, I do not see much of that except when capturing images and playing around on the computer (which is good actually). As I was just texting that statement, the thought of less fortunate hungry folks in Africa with HIV and AIDS with no money and no access to clean water popped into my head. So photography, computer work, and clean drinking water... isn't so boring after all. As far as the emphasis on resources... here is some trivia. In order to memorize something, it only has to be done 22 times while focused. And if the task is used once in a while to re-inforce the memory... we do not forget it. Simple trivia. Have added a link or two over to the side for W3Schools. Their site is very helpful and have noticed that color schemes hold a lot of importance to will be looking for a site that can help.

New Studies IV

List Of My Cacti

The next phase of the tutorial videos available on You Tube (wiki) are teaching list creation and list usage inside webpages. Am going to list my cactus species inside this post in order to learn the list elements of html. Was having difficulty trying to build and to develop a webpage to exhibit what is being taught. Not anymore!! Am an avid gardener. Around the apartment I call home, both inside and outside, there are quite a few specimens to list in keeping with the theme, "New Studies." Am going to do some footwork. Will return to this blog in a few minutes.

Have decided to feature my cacti in this post because there are quite a few varieties and they are interesting to read about. And will be able to use the list elements, properties, and rules that I have been learning to use with css and will be able to use html also. While outside looking, noticed that the plants need a bit of TLC. To repeat myself will BRB. Sheesh. Sweeping the front porch did me for a loop. The heat outside is around 114 degrees F. Was just barely moving and am pouring sweat. Will start noting the time as I come back to the log.(1715hrs PDT). Did some yard work outside to prepare my cactus for this blog: have decided to use images that have already been captured. When I wake up from my nap (1750hrs).

My Cactus

• Peanut Cactus



Added a unordered list and an image that was re-sized smaller to this post. Looking very amateur, so need to continue from where I left off last night. Woke up at 1100hrs. The area of "New Studies" to get a better grip: Adding images and creating lists. Figured it out... the videos are teach style and to create the lists the way I would like am going to study deeper into just plain hypertext markup language.

Captured a few images of this species yesterday on Monday, 29 August 2016. I have two huge containers out front. Anyway, here below are two new images.



These are two of the best macro images I have captured of Echinopsis chamaecereus


• Thimble Cactus



Just uploaded this second image. Might be making this either a bit more complicated than it should be or might not know what I am talking about. Will just continue onward 0130hours. Time sure flies when having fun. This image above is showing the first blooms ever by one of my peanut cactus. The Summer season heat is really tearing up my garden.

• Bunny Ear Opuntia Cactus- White Polka Dot Prickly Pear



Have kept at least one specimen of this cactus in my garden since the beginning. The cactus is so easy to grow with almost no special care. Have never had a flower because my plants have never gotten old enough to bloom. Where there would normally be spines this cactus has glochids...tiny almost microscopic pricklers (dangerous to the eyes and lungs).

• A hybrid Opuntia



This is one of the plants I use as a barrier. The pears are literally covered in mean aggressive thorns. Take a close look and you will see for yourself.

• Cow's Tongue Opuntia



Am making certain to have a current photo of my cactus collection in flickr. Cactaceae Opuntia engelmannii. Have quite a few photos of this prickly pear cactus in the album "Plants- Cactus, Yucca, and Succulents." This particular pad was found at the same location and it had been shed by one of the plants. So I picked it up, put it in my backpack, brought it to my new apartment and planted it into the soil. Believe it was planted some time in October or November 2014 and this "pear" has just recently sprouted these buds on the side. Am not sure if the buds are going to be flowers or new paddles. Do know the flowers are bright yellow and very attractive to bees as you can see in the other album if you are interested.This cactus is three to four months growing in my garden. It has started a third generation of paddles as you can see. Am going to locate some more images of this plants parent.

• Bunny Ear Opuntia Cactus- Red Polka Dot Prickly Pear

New Studies III

Third Post In A Row

Am learning just how much the creation of the World Wide Web actually altered our lives. For me, am in front of a computer most of the time every day! The link above connects to Wikipedia.org which shows just the languages in order to move further into their knowledge base. Available in English, there are well over 5 million individual articles. Pure knowledge. A huge library at my fingertips.

Today, I have spent quite a bit of time just setting the text in this post into html. The time is 1900 hrs, and am planning to spend the rest of the evening studying. Am learning the importance, and convenience also, of software written just so people would not need to learn html to share their knowledge. It is very difficult for me to fathom how incredible it is for me to have access to this knowledge. Even, this Blogger site is set up so that folks can share. Am off to study, it was important to text the format of this post, even though tedious. Over and over and over... this is what I have learned today during my "New Studies." Looks as though this blog may end up as a sort of diary?? Am getting hungry and will remember to share an image of breakfast.

Photography and an ability to share my images in a proper fashion, is the benchmark of this whole series, "New Studies," and, "Going Native."

New Studies I

New Studies - Opened Doors

Have just begun watching videos using my browser to learn Hypertext Markup Language. This is my very first attempt to use this new knowledge. Am learning how to do this by watching This video. The advertisement is for a site writing program. Blogger is one of these. Blogger is free and is by Google which I really enjoy. My social media is Google Plus (not FB) and I have met some very nice folks there. Am watching many videos, yet this video has taken me further along in my "New Studies". Something one needs to watch carefully?... always, always close quotation marks when texting html. Pay particular attention to correct opening and closing elements to the syntax of hypertext markup language. Sheesh. Don't forget! The first thing I noticed while texting this paragraph is there is some type of dynamic sentence wrap included in Blogger which will make it much easier to learn how to develop this new found knowledge. The second thing that comes into my mind is excitement. Because learning this type of communication will enable me to get more involved with the Internet.

This morning, I read a small amount inside the W3C site. "Wow! This is so huge my head could explode," just like in the cartoons. I am texting this post and entry using the HTML toggle button located up to the left of the text-editing box. Normally, I would just put this up using the "Compose" toggle button. Photography being my passion that it is,... learning html will allow me to present my images in a more pleasing manner. Looked at a video about setting up an image gallery using Photoshop and another fine Adobe product named, "Dreamweaver," uploaded by Elias Sarantopoulos. What is really neat, I left a comment for him and he was kind enough to respond, so I have put these links into this post so that in the future, when ready, I will be able to find the information needed to further my studies. This is why these new studies are so very important: if I can stay focused and proceed on a step-by-step basis, in an organised fashion I will become a authentic member of Cyberspace.

Over time, I have learned by reading that it is wise to blog each and every day. Am going to try to put that into my daily regimen, kind of like a part-time job. Am at home, inside, most of the time. This should be an easy task. Yaaaay!! Am going to try. Spent a few minutes reminding myself how to "Style-It." This is kind of funny because one of the photography communities in Google Plus where I was a member was named "Style-It." Quite interesting. Am sure the owner of the community was playing with words (because she is a very intelligent woman: it took my studying html to learn for myself. Ha!

There is also Cascading Style Sheets that can add elements to a page. I did not create a new sheet, yet added some style by centering the heading of this post, indenting the paragraphs, and adding some space between the lines of text in the paragraphs. Am getting hungry, so will cook up some eggs and toast. I will add an image to keep with the theme of this blog

Just woke up. Had closed this for the night and when I came back there had been a computer generated re-write of my html tags and a re-positioning of my tags compared to text. This re-writing messed up the format that I spent so much time setting up. The styling. Added an image of my meal. Noticed that I need to buy a new glass to use in images. The glass in this image is quite scarred from use. Am viewing the href attributes of my anchor 'a' tag for the image. Will need to practice adding images by hand more often because that code looks like mumbo jumbo to me at this point in my new studies.