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'''Main learning goals''' | '''Main learning goals''' | ||
* Be able to include CSS in an HTML document: external files, internal style sheets, @import, inline | * Be able to include CSS in an HTML document: external files, internal style sheets, @import, inline | ||
* Understand | * Understand CSS rules: Selectors and properties | ||
* Be able to format longer text | |||
* Be able to use HTML elements made for CSS (div and span) | * Be able to use HTML elements made for CSS (div and span) | ||
* Use of text/HTML/CSS editors | * Use of text/HTML/CSS editors | ||
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'''HTML principles''' | '''HTML principles''' | ||
* The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5) | * The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5), a short introduction | ||
* The div and span tags | * The (X)HTML div and span tags | ||
'''Selectors''' | '''Selectors''' | ||
* | * tags, position of tages, pseudo-tags | ||
'''CSS properties for formatting text''' | |||
'''Classroom activities''' | |||
(1) Find a long text you want to work on. HTML must be clean and simple. Suggestions: | |||
* http://www.gutenberg.org/ | |||
(2) Start working on homework 1, i.e. create a layout that is both visually pleasing and "readable" | |||
=== Wednesday === | === Wednesday === | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 30 October 2011
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COAP 3120 Week 1 program
Main learning goals
- Be able to include CSS in an HTML document: external files, internal style sheets, @import, inline
- Understand CSS rules: Selectors and properties
- Be able to format longer text
- Be able to use HTML elements made for CSS (div and span)
- Use of text/HTML/CSS editors
- Use browser extensions for checking HTML and CSS validity, and analyzing pages
- Think about good style and good visual style
Monday
HTML principles
- The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5), a short introduction
- The (X)HTML div and span tags
Selectors
- tags, position of tages, pseudo-tags
CSS properties for formatting text
Classroom activities
(1) Find a long text you want to work on. HTML must be clean and simple. Suggestions:
(2) Start working on homework 1, i.e. create a layout that is both visually pleasing and "readable"
Wednesday
Homework 1
- Styling of a text document, details TBA
Reading
- Chapter 2, The Bits that make up a Style Sheet
- Chapter 3, Selectors (only pp 39-49)
- Chapter 5, Applying Font Faces (only 73-82)
- Chapter 6, Manipulating the Display of Text (only: “Line height” section)
- Chapter 8, The Box Model (only: Margins section)