Entering the Rest of the Text

The remaining text on the home page consists of a couple of paragraphs, a heading, and an unordered list. If you’d like to practice entering and formatting body text, follow these steps:

1.      In the index.html file, click after the </blockquote> end tag you created in the preceding section, and press ENTER twice.

2.      Type the following paragraph tags and text:

<p>The net can show you where to go in life, but you have to hit the road to live it. </p>

 

3.      Press ENTER twice, press TAB, and then type the following heading tags and heading text:

<h2>Older Than the Hills…</h2>

 

4.      Press ENTER twice, and then type the following paragraph:

<p>Many roadside attractions have been around longer than most of the roads that lead to them. Take a drive to find old-timey national treasures, such as:</p>

 

5.      Press ENTER twice, press TAB, and create the following bulleted (unordered) list:

<ul>

     <li>The prehistoric shark fossil in the Pacific Northwest</li>

     <li>The ancient cursed Octopi Forest near the Virginia coastline</li>

     <li>A monument to the great Jackalope-Dinosaur Wars in the plains of Montana</li>

     <li>The petrified building-block Display of the Gods in Arizona</li>

     <li>The mystical Egyptian beehive colony frozen in time in New Mexico</li>

     <li>and so very much more...</li>

</ul>

 

6.      To finish the page, press ENTER twice, press TAB, and type the final paragraph, which includes some boldfaced (strong) text:

<p>Pick your states and create your own trail, or check back next week to see our recommended <strong>Older Than the Hills National Tour.</strong></p>

 

7.      Save your work.

8.      Preview index.html in your browser window.

Great job! Now return to Chapter 8 in the Easy Web Design book to complete the walkthrough and learn how you can use the roadside site as a template.