- http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/27/css-specificity-things-you-should-know/ -- An excellent article about CSS specificity. This is something that is the root of many bugs so I encourage you to take a look at it. If you don't want to read the whole thing, then scroll down to the Star Wars section.
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE -- An interesting video about Web 2.0.
Friday, July 27, 2007
A couple links
Thursday, July 19, 2007
MYT 2007: Week3
Unfortunately, Abe and I will be gone this Friday. Tom Wang will be teaching about CMS systems (ezPublish). For week 4, we will continue talking about front-end development. Please check out the links that Abe posted in the previous entry. Here are some more links for you to look at:
* has RSS feed
For HW (due next week - 7/27):
Finish the in-class assignment from last week. You don't have to follow Abe's example exactly, but do make sure you have a sidebar (hint: use the width and float properties). Don't worry about implementing the horizontal nav bar if you don't have time, we'll go over that in class. Go ahead and try it if you're up for a challenge though. It has to do with floating and block/inline elements.
Make sure you install and play around with Firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com/), you can use it to analyze other web sites to see how they do things.
- http://www.csszengarden.com/
- * http://www.cssbeauty.com/
- http://www.developersnippets.com/2007/07/15/css-show-wonders-in-designers-life/
- * http://www.alistapart.com/
- http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp (bookmark this)
* has RSS feed
For HW (due next week - 7/27):
Finish the in-class assignment from last week. You don't have to follow Abe's example exactly, but do make sure you have a sidebar (hint: use the width and float properties). Don't worry about implementing the horizontal nav bar if you don't have time, we'll go over that in class. Go ahead and try it if you're up for a challenge though. It has to do with floating and block/inline elements.
Make sure you install and play around with Firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com/), you can use it to analyze other web sites to see how they do things.
Friday, July 13, 2007
MYT 2007: Week 2
Please create an account at del.icio.us (if you don't already have one), a social bookmarking service. Once you've done so, please grab the delicious Firefox extension. Now, you're able to go to any page and directly bookmark it to your delicious page!
First task
Please bookmark the Gracepoint website and your ministry website (to your delicious account, of course), if there is one... sorry Praxis. Hopefully, you guys know the urls for those two websites by now. Also, play around with the tagging component on delicious.
Second task
Please bookmark the following sites:
Why delicious
Having an account online is especially useful if you use more than one computer (eg, a workstation and a home computer, or if you're using someone else's laptop at class). However, even if you only use one computer, this is still beneficial. For instance, when you need to test out different browsers (and as a web jock, I guarantee that you will experience this) or if you're at a friend's house and would like to show him/her something from your bookmarks.
First task
Please bookmark the Gracepoint website and your ministry website (to your delicious account, of course), if there is one... sorry Praxis. Hopefully, you guys know the urls for those two websites by now. Also, play around with the tagging component on delicious.
Second task
Please bookmark the following sites:
- HTMLDog's Intermediate CSS Guide
- Box model
- CSS Layouts
- CSS Shorthand guide
- Clearfix (clearing float containers)
Why delicious
Having an account online is especially useful if you use more than one computer (eg, a workstation and a home computer, or if you're using someone else's laptop at class). However, even if you only use one computer, this is still beneficial. For instance, when you need to test out different browsers (and as a web jock, I guarantee that you will experience this) or if you're at a friend's house and would like to show him/her something from your bookmarks.
Firefox & Extensions
For those who haven't done so already (eg, those who weren't here last week), please install the latest build of Firefox and these extensions:
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Resources
Text Editors
Here are some text editors that we've found to be useful:
MYT class lecture notes can be found here. If you missed the first day of class -- or if you thought it was a bit too fast-paced -- then I would strongly advise you to check out HTML Dog. Please look at both the beginner html and beginner css tutorials.
Here are some text editors that we've found to be useful:
- Textwrangler (free for mac)
- Notepad++ (free for pc)
- Textmate (~$50 for mac)
MYT class lecture notes can be found here. If you missed the first day of class -- or if you thought it was a bit too fast-paced -- then I would strongly advise you to check out HTML Dog. Please look at both the beginner html and beginner css tutorials.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
MYT 2007: Week 1 HW
Part 1
Ahoy, web jock grasshoppers! Since you are expert view sourcers and professional firebug inspectors, there is a secret way to find this week's homework. The homework is as follows:1. Create an account at www.blogger.com
2. After you've created one, post the url of your blog (eg, http://webjocks.blogger.com) to the comment section of this very post
3. In your "About Me" section, make sure to put a link back to our Gracepoint website (similar to what we've done here)
4. Play around with blogger!
5. Failure to do so will result in an F in the course. =D
That's it for part 1!
Part 2
Download an RSS reader, or use Google Reader.Add the following links to your reader:
- Smashing Magazine: http://feeds.feedburner.com/SmashingMagazine
- Design Meltdown: http://feeds.feedburner.com/designmeltdown/uecD
- Pastor Ed's Notebook: http://feeds.feedburner.com/gracepoint_notebook
- Web Jocks (of course): http://feeds.feedburner.com/webjocks
Hopefully, this week's homework isn't too tough!