1)Lists. Go
over ordered lists and unordered lists
(bullets) and definition lists- and remind the that you use a number
when things have a sequence or levels of importance, but you use
bullets when items are all equally important, so that rank is not
implied.
<ol>
<li> item 1</li>
<li> item 2</li>
</ol>
It should look like this:
item 1
item 2
use <ul> instead of ol for bullets and it will look like:
item 1
item 2
Definition Lists: used for a list of terms and their definitions.
<dl>
<dt>word1 here</dt>
<dd> definition for word1 here
</dd>
<dt> word2 here </dt>
<dd> definition for word 2 here
</dd>
</dl>
It will look like:
word1 here
definition for word1 here
word2 here
definition for word 2 here
(*NOTE:
Definition lists aren't in the text)
2)
Optimizing for search engines: meta tags.
Meta tags go inside the <head> tags.
Examples:
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials on HTML, CSS,
XML, and XHTML"> Is sometimes used as the text that
shows up beneath your webpage in search engine results.
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XHTML,
JavaScript, VBScript"> Not heavily used by search engines
these days, but it can't hurt.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5"> Refreshed page
every five seconds- only useful of course if you have frequently
updated content, like perhaps news sites or a non-javascript clock, or
a on-site forum.
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW"> search engine spiders may follow the links from the page, but may not record the page in their database.
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="en-GB"> Says that the page is written in English... more specifically, Great Britain (GB) English.
And there are meta tags for many, many other things.
Also, try to view some other websites' meta tags and try to incorporate it
into your own website!
3) Do use a <title> inside your <head> tag. Use your
keywords in your webpage (but don't repeat them like 'Apples Apples
Apples Apples Apples' - Search Engines approve of good orginization,
disapprove of attempts at 'cheating'. Use Headlines to distinguish the sections of your page. Use comments in your page, and include keywords in your comments.
4) Before you leave, make sure to let the TA know who is in your project groups before you leave!! You should break up into 5 groups (maybe about 4-5 people per group) and let the TA know.
