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lisa007 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Hi Tess,

I went thru all of session one and did the homework. I compared it to the sample page and it looks like it all matches except one small problem. ALL the text looks bold. I've gone thru all the steps, repeated them, rechecked the tags to make sure I did them right, but I can't seem to get rid of the bold??

What do you think?

Thanks,

Tess · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Hi Lisa

Can you post your own code here in reply so I can take a look at it for you?
Thank you!!

lisa007 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Here it is: I probably don't have something right, but can't "see" it...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<h1>HTML CSS Session</h1>
<title><h3>Chapter 1</h3>
</head>

<body>
<h5>In chapter one we made our first HTML document and we learned how a web browser interprests HTML code.</h5>

<h5>We also learned how to make a piece of text <strong>bold,</strong><em> italicized</em> or <strong><em>bold and italicized</em></strong> at the same time.<h5>

<h5><em>We also learned that HTML tags can appear within HTML tags.</em><h5>

<h5>In the next session, we are going to learn about more advanced topics such as adding hyperlinks and images to our documents.</h5>

<h5>You practice for this session is to make a page exactly like the one you are reading now

</h5>

<h5>Good luck and see you again in two weeks for session two!</h5>
</body>
</html>

Tess · #4 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Hi again

Thanks for the info - I see two things here:

<title><h3>Chapter 1</h3>

Not sure why you have a <title> opening tag here - you'll want to have the title of the page set up between the <head></head> tags and your <h> tags you want to have in the <body></body> section.

<h5><em>We also learned that HTML tags can appear within HTML tags.</em><h5>
Check your closing </h5> tag in the line I copied above - you haven't closed it with /

Try editing those and let me know!

lisa007 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Thank you so much. I put the title tag cause I thought it was suppose to be there. I saw it in the template. I went in and made those changes, but it didn't change the bold. It all still looks bold

Tess · #6 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Oops, Lisa, I didn't really answer your true question before, sorry! Header tags WILL bold your text, so that's why the font is like that - you will want to use <p></p> tags for your paragraphs. That is, you only need to use <h5></h5> *once* - and it shouldn't really encapsulate a paragraph - H TAGS are for headings - so you would want to use them at the start of a paragraph or text section (but perhaps you were using them here just for practice, which is always a good thing!

)

I also missed another <h5> tag that is supposed to be closed (</h5>) - take a look at all of your closing <h5></h5> tags (at the end of the sentence) and you'll find the culprit!

And bear in mind, this is a really common mistake, especially when you're just starting out - I STILL forget to close my tags sometimes!

Please check your code again for that last tag I mentioned, try using the <p></p> tags instead of <h5> and then post back here with the corrected version once you've got it. If you need more help just post back!

lisa007 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008

On no problem! I'm just so grateful for your help & support

okay not sure what I did..but I think I got it...lol when I entered the <p>'s it took off the bold. that seems funny too me?? why does it do it that way?? I thought it had something to do with entering <strong>??

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<h1>HTML CSS Session</h1>
<h3>Chapter 1</h3>
</head>
<body>
<p>In chapter one we made our first HTML document and we learned how a web browser interprests HTML code.</h5>

<p>We also learned how to make a piece of text <strong>bold, </strong><em> italicized</em> or <strong><em>bold and italicized</em></strong> at the same time.

<p><strong><em>We also learned that HTML tags can appear</strong> within HTML tags.</em>

<p>In the next session, we are going to learn about more advanced topics such as adding hyperlinks and images to our documents.

<p>You practice for this session is to make a page exactly like the one you are reading now

<p>Good luck and see you again in two weeks for session two!</h5></p>
</body>
</html>

Tess · #8 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008

Ah, <strong> IS a bold tag, you're right about that - but the <h> tags also have the effect of bolding text - however shouldn't be used for that purpose - they are intended to create 'headings' specifically - I guess you could think of the bolding effect as a fringe benefit

One quick note - you only need one <p> at the start of your paragraph and one </p> tag at the end of your paragraph - otherwise, how did it turn out for you? Did it look the same as the homework?

Great job sticking with it, I know it can feel like a real pain!

lisa007 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008

Oh no wonder. Thank you, that's one thing I'm getting mixed up on is putting the <p> on every line, like the font sizes <4>. I was thinking they are suppose to be on every line, but no they don't. I'm getting it

It turned out right after I made all those changes. Now it matches the homework Yipee!
yeah it is a pain, but "worth" the learning for sure!!