Website Review of DWUser.com
(Article,"Introduction to the HTML5 Structual Elements"
This is a really neat website. Not only does it use HTML5 Structural elements, its “Education Center” is largely about HTML5 Structural elements. Under the logo in the header are the words, “Empowering Web Creativity”. The site is slightly dated, it does not look like it has any new blog posts since 2016, which, I can imagine, for web development, can seem like a century, but overall, I feel that this is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about web design and HTML5.
The products sold on this website are add-ons for web designers who use software like Dreamweaver, WordPress, and others. As I was browsing through them, it made me want to start designing a website just to try out a few of their products! The only downside to choosing this website for this lesson’s review is that it has sent me on a scavenger hunt of sorts, learning more and more about the tools used by web developers. I had no idea that all computer gurus didn’t code everything from scratch. The “Education Center” is where my time really got used up. Some of the articles are simple explanations and others are full on workbooks, with image downloads and step by step tutorials (similar to our textbook) instructing users in recreating a project in the lesson. I have completed the very helpful and informative lesson “An Introduction to the HTML5 Structural Elements” (linked above), and I’m planning on finishing the “Creating Keyframe Animations with CSS3” lesson when I get some free time. This website has definitely made it into my bookmarks!
Overall, the structure of the website works great on my MacBook Pro, though it doesn’t wrap when going into a narrow screen view making horizontal scrolling is necessary. Using a Mac trackpad helps this to be less bothersome. I didn’t try the website on my iPad (not available at the moment), but it worked just as it should on my phone. Interestingly, the logo at the top left of the page is not a link, however the main navigation just below remains consistent throughout all the pages. The footer is laid out as we have come to expect in HTML5 and is also consistent throughout all the pages.
In conclusion, I am thankful for this particular assignment in that I believe I have stumbled across a wonderful website to help me to better understand HTML5, CSS, and Website Coding in general. I would recommend this resource to anyone else with similar goals.