_design_for_the_WWW

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Notes:

PROJECT #4
"net art" is due after Thanksgiving break

see index page for more dates


Week #12




- talk about "PROJECT #4" ( net art )

- Look at examples of "net art"

- Look at "Self-Expression"

- Look at "Me3"

Things to study for the test/quiz :

File management:
What should you save the first page of your website as?
What's a server?
What's a directory?
What's an IP Address?
What's a DNS?
What's FTP?
In the following URL, what's the domain name, and what's the file name?
http://ryansmithart.com/photos/other/Philly.html

What's the difference between a web browser & a search engine?

HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title> my title </title>
</head>
<body>
stuff
</body>
</html>

Paragraph tags

Line Breaks
Emphasis tags
Strong tags


What's "z-index" ?

Inserting an image
<img src="images/flower.jpg" />

How to create a link
<a href="http://www.npr.org"> NPR News </a>

CSS:
CSS Syntax
p {color:red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; }

How to Change the color of your links
a:link {text-decoration: underline; color: #000;}
a:visited {text-decoration: underline; color: #000;}
a:hover {text-decoration: none; color: #FFF; background-color:#0F0}
a:active {text-decoration: none; color: #000;}

CSS styles can be applied to:
general page elements, CSS Classes, and specific items (ID values).

How do you code them?
p{color:red; }
.title{font-family:Arial Black; background-color:#CCC; }
#footy{height:20px; position:fixed; bottom:0px; width:100%;}

<span class="title"> This is the title </span>
<p>Red Text</p>
<div id="footy"> Footer </div>

other web design stuff:

What's a favicon?

What's the hexadecimal code for:
red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan, white, black, light & dark grey


JavaScript:

Another jQuery Slideshow

<div id="fadeshow1"></div>

fadeshow1 :






Homework :



- Make some "net art" & study for quiz