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Class Goals
- Review basic markup concepts from previous class
- Introduce CSS and give a tutorial on basic CSS
- Students create at least one CSS page (a basic one) for reference
Contents
Due
Review Markup
What is the connection between XML, XHTML and CSS?
What is the basic syntax form?
"Open" tags vs. "closed" tags
Block level vs. inline
Introduction to CSS
There are four ways to use stylesheets:
1. In-line 2. Embedded 3. Linked (External) 4. Import*
In class we will discuss the first three methods and create an example of the third. The fourth method, import, will not be covered in class because there is sketchy support for it (which actually turns out to be a plus if you want a specific style sheet that some browsers won't be able to see or use).
Style Rules
- Selector
- Declaration
CSS Properties and Values
See also Appendix B in your XHTML text (pages 440-446)
Class Assignment
Create an experimental CSS file that does the following:
* Use a div * Use a span * Use at least one class * Use at least one ID * Change the background color of a div, and the text color * Change the background color of a span, and the text color
Homework
Reading
XHTML: Chapter 24, pages 394-404; Chapter 8, pages 133-146; Chapter 9, pages 148-149
ZEN: Chapter 1, pages 9-33
Online Article: Peter Morville's Strange Connections
Online Article: Dan Willis's Classic IA Tools
Quiz
Resources
- Helpful links:
- <a href="http://www.pixy.cz/apps/barvy/index-en.html">Color Scheme</a> (color scheme generator)
- <a href="http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html">Color Schemer</a> (color scheme generator)
- <a href="http://colormatch.dk/">Color Match 5k</a> (color scheme generator)
- <a href="http://archive.devx.com/projectcool/developer/gzone/color/color_symbolism02.html">Color Symbolism</a> (devx.com article)
- <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/SchHome.html">Color Use Guidelines for Mapping and Visualization</a>
- Web Graphics for Non-Designers Excerpt <a href="http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/color/nondesigners/chap2/">Chapter 2: Using Color</a>
- <a href="http://webdesign.about.com/cs/color/a/aacolorharmony.htm">Color Harmony</a> (about.com article)
- <a href="http://colormatters.com/colortheory.html">Basic Color Theory</a> (color matters.com article)
- <a href="http://www.colormatters.com/chameleon.html">Color, the Chameleon of the Web</a> (color matters.com article)
- <a href="http://colormatters.com/des_ecom.html">Color and E-Commerce</a> (color matters.com article)
- <a href="http://webdesign.about.com/cs/color/ht/htrgbhexwindows.htm">How To Convert From RGB to Hex on a Windows Computer</a> (about.com article)
- <a href="http://www.colordream.net/research/eresult.htm">Study of color preferences in Japan</a>
- <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorBrewerBeta.html">Color Brewer</a> (color scheme tool)