- Create a
headerincluding navigation and branding. - Nest HTML elements to create well-organized, structured content.
In this lab, you're tasked with extending that well-formed HTML document structure we have learned, adding in a navigation header and some HTML nested tags. Nesting HTML elements are part of building a good page layout in HTML, and is essential for keeping parts and sections of a web page separated and organized. We'll be starting from scratch with a blank HTML file, so feel free to refer back to the lab on well-formed document structure if you've forgotten the specific syntax.
We're going to be using some newer HTML5 tags, nav and header. They act
just like normal HTML tags.. their names are for our desire to keep HTML
organized.
The nav tag should contain a page's navigation, such as links to
other parts of the site.
The header tag is ideal for containing the nav as
well as any page logos, brandnames or titles. For example, Facebook's blue bar
at the top of the page, would be a good candidate for using a header section -
its got their logo, links and your status notifications.
- Open
index.htmlin your text editor - Write a well-formed HTML document structure, starting with the
doctype. Make sure to include<html>opening and closing tags, along withheadand abodytags - Add a set of
headertags inside the documentbodyto enclose the site navigation and branding. - Inside the
header, add two things:- a
navto house our site navigation links (<nav></nav>) - an
h3to serve as the branding for our site.
- a
- After creating opening and closing
navtags, inside those, create anunorderedlist. - Inside the
ul, add a pair of nestedlist elements to represent the other pages of the site. - Finally, below the
nav(but still inside theheader), add anh3containing the site's name, which can be whatever you like!
You can run the tests with this lab via learn. Make sure you save the file
before running the test suite. Failing tests will provide helpful error
messages that you can use to debug your code — read them closely for hints!
While working through these assignments, your general workflow should center on writing code in the text editor and periodically running the test suite in the terminal to check your work.
Another great way to track your progress is to open up the HTML document in your browser and watch how each change you make in the text editor affects the visual layout in the browser. If you're using a local development environment, you can open the HTML file directly in your browser. If you're coding in the Learn IDE, check out this Help Center article that explains how to spin up and connect to a simple remote server.
Once you have the HTML document open in your browser, you can make changes to it in the text editor, save the file, refresh the page in the browser, and see the changes instantly.
KWK-T1 Navigation and Nested Elements HTML Lab