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Summary - Media gallery

HTML course · Beginner · Lesson 40/68

Combine images, figcaption and video elements into a gallery page.

Media gallery

In this group you learned to add images, sound and video to the page. <img> is a void element that takes src for the address and alt for the description. <figure> and <figcaption> group an image with its caption.

width and height prevent layout shift. <audio> and <video> work with controls; <source> offers different formats. Now you will combine them on a gallery page.

Exercise Add a captioned image to the gallery

Add a <figure> element to body. Inside it, place an <img> with src, alt, width and height, and a <figcaption> with a short caption.

Show example solution 
<body>
  <figure>
    <img src="https://example.com/gallery/plateau.jpg" alt="Plateau view" width="800" height="600">
    <figcaption>Morning hours on the plateau</figcaption>
  </figure>
</body>

Exercise Add a video to the gallery

The figure is already in the starting code. Add a <video> element to body (with controls). Inside it, place at least two <source> elements with type on each.

Show example solution 
<body>
  <figure>
    <img src="https://example.com/gallery/plateau.jpg" alt="Plateau view" width="800" height="600">
    <figcaption>Morning hours on the plateau</figcaption>
  </figure>
  <video controls>
    <source src="https://example.com/documentary/plateau.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    <source src="https://example.com/documentary/plateau.webm" type="video/webm">
  </video>
</body>

Test yourself

  1. Match all media concepts

    img
    Image (void)
    figure
    Captioned content group
    audio
    Plays sound
    video
    Plays video
    source
    Alternative source

All lessons in Beginner

1 Document basics

  1. What is HTML?
  2. The document skeleton
  3. Head and meta tags
  4. Title and language
  5. Comments and readability
  6. Summary - My first HTML page

2 Text content

  1. Headings: h1–h6
  2. Paragraphs
  3. Line break and horizontal rule
  4. Emphasis and important text
  5. Quotations and sources
  6. Summary - Article page

3 Project: About me page

  1. Project: About me page
  2. Skeleton and title
  3. Introductory text
  4. Emphasis and separation
  5. Project final - About me

4 Links and navigation

  1. Anchor links
  2. Absolute and relative URLs
  3. In-page links
  4. Link targets
  5. Email and phone links
  6. Summary - Navigation menu

5 Lists

  1. Unordered lists
  2. Ordered lists
  3. Description lists
  4. Nested lists
  5. Links in list items
  6. Summary - Table of contents

6 Project: Business card page

  1. Project: Business card page
  2. Name and title
  3. Contact list
  4. Skills and links
  5. Project final - Business card

7 Images and media

  1. Adding images
  2. Image dimensions
  3. Figure and figcaption
  4. Audio and video
  5. Alternative sources
  6. Summary - Media gallery

8 Intro to tables

  1. Table skeleton
  2. Header cells
  3. Table sections
  4. Caption and title
  5. Cell spanning
  6. Summary - Class schedule table

9 Project: Recipe page

  1. Project: Recipe page
  2. Recipe title and summary
  3. Ingredient list
  4. Steps and baking table
  5. Project final - Recipe page

10 Intro to forms

  1. Form skeleton
  2. Labelled input
  3. Input types
  4. Textarea and button
  5. Selection fields
  6. Summary - Feedback form

11 Intro to semantic tags

  1. Why semantic tags matter
  2. Header and footer
  3. Nav and main
  4. Article and section
  5. Aside and address
  6. Summary - Semantic blog skeleton

12 Beginner final

  1. Challenge - Document skeleton
  2. Challenge - Text and links
  3. Challenge - Lists and tables
  4. Challenge - Form and semantic structure
  5. Challenge - Beginner capstone