WEEK 3

(Tuesday) February 15
- Weather forecast Towson : Partly Cloudy, 38°F - 27°F 


*CHECK HOMEWORK*


If you have not yet downloaded - BB Edit or Brackets, please do

NOTE: Let's open up Adobe Dreamweaver & Photoshop

What's WeTransfer ?

(Review) CSS basics:

*PLEASE, DO NOT USE HTML STYLES

-Example #1: (W3 schools)

-CSS Syntax

***External Style Sheets

<link href="365.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" >

an example of a CSS page

body{background-color:black;}

styling links

a:link {color:#FF0000;}

h1{
background-color:#CC0;
padding:.5em;
text-align:center;
}

/*this is a comment in CSS code */

File formats:

. jpg, gif, png, pdf, txt, html

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Assign Project #1

Some examples:
- Chuck Close
- Loish
- Beatriz Martin Vidal

Artist/portfolio Websites:
- SamLacombe.com
- Alex Heilner
- Rafaël Rozendaal
- BzSullivan.com
- ReneTrevino.com

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Hexadecimal System

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More CSS:

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;
}

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****changing the background with CSS 

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....... CSS3:

html{
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;
}

* Google fonts * 

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ID vs. Classes
* htmldog.com


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

img { border: solid #000 10px; }
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:

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HOMEWORK:

Get started on "PROJECT #1" 

Due next week:
- familiarize yourself with HTML & CSS, start planning the website
- pick an artist
- do some research 
- find 10 digital images of the artist's artwork
- complete 2 webpages with at least 1 image 
- create a working link between those 2 pages  


Project due date: Tuesday, March 8

- Put all of your images, HTML page, and CSS in 1 folder
- You can compress it into a .zip file
help: How to ZIP files, Mac
help: How to ZIP files, Windows