ryanSmithART.com/courses/388/2014

- week 3 -

- MONDAY -
*Check Homework
review div tags:
<div id="name">
CSS
<link href="388.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
using an external style sheet

CSS3:

html{
font-size:12px;
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
height:100%;
overflow-y: scroll;

background: url(images/bg.gif) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}

Center divs using CSS:
#wrap{
text-align:left;
max-width:1000px;
min-width:600px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
width:60%;
background-color:white;
padding:10px;
}

ID vs. Classes

How the Web Works

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Uploading to a Server

FUGU (FTP) Free Download
Step by step FUGU instructions (UMBC)

1) Save your homework as index.html, then save it in a 388 folder in a umbc directory
2) Upload the 388 folder (with your images, and index.html page) to UMBC's server
3) Check to make sure it worked: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~username/388/index.html
*4) Email me a link to the URL address (now), and if you can't get it uploaded email me your photo, and your HTML code
ryansmithstudent@aol.com

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- assign "Project A"

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- WEDNESDAY -

talk more about "Project A"

Project A Examples:
- Beatriz Martin Vidal
- Jenny Saville
- William Belt

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* Let's build a website

CSS Syntax
<link href="388.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
using an external style sheet

Google fonts

.gif vs. .jpg

More with CSS:

<!-- comments --> and /* comments */


* CSS styles can be applied to general page elements, CSS Classes, and specific items:

img { border: 0px; }
this applies to every image tag in the HTML document

.classy { color: red; }
this applies to a CSS class called classy.
<span class="classy" > Example of classy red text </span>

#about { background-color: #ccc; }
This rule applies to just the specific element that has an ID value of about:

changing the background with CSS

Example of good CSS positioning
Here's the CSS code
by Larry Ullman

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HOME WORK (due at the beginning of class, Monday, next week)

this week:
-familiarize yourself with HTML & start planning the website- for "Project A"
-pick an artist
-do some research
-get (or make) digital images of artwork
*complete 2 webpages with at least 1 image and a working link