week#3

- assign "Project A"

Project A Examples:

- Alex Grey
- Beatriz Martin Vidal
- Krzysztof Nowak
- Andy Ristaino

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*Check Homework

Review some CSS:

<!-- this is a comment in HTML -->
/*this is a comment in CSS code */

div tags:
<div id="name">

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

using an external style sheet

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;
}

Hexadecimal System(RGB)

.gif & .jpg What's the difference??


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;
}

....... 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

ID vs. Classes

* 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

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How the Web Works

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Uploading to a Server (we might do this next week)

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

1) Save your homework as index.html, then save it in a 365 folder in a Towson directory
2) Upload the 365 folder (with your images, and index.html page) to Towson's server
3) Check to make sure it worked: http://tiger.towson.edu/~username/365/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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HOME WORK (due at the beginning of class, next week)

START WORKING ON "PROJECT A"

this week:
-familiarize yourself with HTML & start planning the website
-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

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