I've been working on the midterm and was using the Validator. It doesn't seem to like my use of frames. Are we allowed to use frames on our websites?
I also found out that when trying to position objects on a site, IE and Netscape come out looking completely different. It's hard to get both looking the way I want.
Stephanie
WebReview.com: StyleSheet Reference Guide by Eric A. Meyer
This seemed like a good resource on cross-browsers compatibility with CSS. It tells you what features will work on which browser - whether it be on IE, Netscape, Opera, and on different systems such as Mac and PC.
-Jennifer
Can someone tell me how to change the blog's links on the side of the page? I can't figure out what to edit. Thanks.
~Eliza~
This is for those who don't know anything about CSS. It talks about what kind of tags one can use in CSS. For example, what kind of font tags can be used in CSS. Usage of same tags in different ways, gives examples of how to write code in CSS.
Check out the CSS Properties tab for reference on what kind of choices in definining tags. Such as background, font, text properties.
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/ie_style.html#if
-Jennifer
This week, Jonathon Delacour is reviewing Joe Clark's book Building Accessible Websites, which I mentioned in class. He's also interviewing Joe about the book and accessibility in general. Along with Jonathon's excellent posts, you can find comments by people like Mark Pilgrim, whom I also mentioned in class.
We'll "dive into accessibility" in more depth after the break, but these are great "bite-sized" pieces of content for you to chew on until then.
If we have any web developers out there, we might have an interest in this site. I think it's an excellent reference if nothing else. the information is top notch, and is updated often.
Let everyone know what you think.
Both articles on typography talk about visual differences in the presentation of html code accross multiple browsers and platforms. This is a great resource that gives all the specs on sizes accross browsers and provides useful hints on how you can make everything look the same or at least close on the Mac and PC.
-Ryan
Went to Borders bookstore the other day. Decided to check out the books on blogging. There were only three books available on blogging. One of each. One of the books was "Essential Blogging."
I thumbed through it, and discovered that other than the information about blogging, it also had tips on how to set up and use blogging with Blogger, Radio Userland, and Moveable Type.
Of course, one can attempt to change the look of blog, blog configuration, archiving options by trial and error, or learn it in class. :)
Jennifer
I was just wondering if you can post images on /in a blog .. or do you have to link to them at a differnt spot to view? Anyway .. no hurry on the responce you could answer that in class if you want. Thanks
ES
Does anyone else have personal blogs? I just run my mouth off about my daily activities & occasionally toss up a picture or joke. I wouldn't mind seeing how others have gone about it, and for what purpose.
Post your blogs in the comments!
In googling around...I discovered more of David Weinberger's interesting opinions related to our discussion on What is the Web? Take a look here.
The Web is a masterful product of human creation and David explains that it became that way through human passion and caring. He goes on to explain that the characteristics of a utopia are the same characteristics the Web has, which "enable us to imperfectly perfect our imperfect human nature." I agree that our lives are complimented by the Web. It has become a necessity to millions. Some possibly would find it easier to quit smoking than cope without their high-speed internet connection. The Wonderful World of Web has been inherently stapled to the twenty-first century.
To the sticklers, yes the Web is technically not a place. But this is an opportunity to use a little imagination. Happy surfing.
Use the comments feature of this blog to post a brief (no more than 100 words) description of what you think a blog is.
Trackback example: This is a link to Professor Lawley's recent weblog entry.
Hi all, I have another semi-random book title that you all might enjoy. Considering that we have so many designers in the class I thought I should tell you about a book that I read over Thanksgiving break.... YES I DO READ FOR FUN... Anyway, the book I think is great for everybody but really fits for designers the most. BUT I do encourage all of the IT people out there to pick it up to because you do design also (and it gives you a glimps into our strange design world). The book is about a kid in his first two semesters at college. He is in art school there and it goes through crazy teachers and projects its a really fun read and man... things dont change much from when the book was set in the 1950's and now here in 2002 ANYWAY the book is called Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters... by Chip Kidd anyway hope you will check it out... It's a really fast read and and should be a required read for every serious designer.
ES
ps. You can read a bit of the book on Amazon
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that I found a great website called "Standards Compliant XHTML" and it has a lot of great examples of how to code using XHTML and CSS. It has information on writing the basics of XHTML and CSS and then information on validating both of them. It's very easy to understand for a beginner like me and was very helpful for me to use.
http://www.sizefactory.com/xhtml/
Kristen
After reading an article on the web being a place (http://www.smallpieces.com/), I feel like I've added to my opinions many different perspectives about the web. Weinberger's example of the professor and the underpaid graduate student was brilliant. He pointed out that we are the ones that go to the information on the web, but in reality the information comes to us. Is the web a place? I think I am confused now. Why do we use "go to" and "leave" when we use the Internet? Where did these terms come from? The web has no space or distance because everything is in one place. Weinberger's ideas really made me think.
Weblogs sound like a great way to have many people easily participate in the construction and updatng of particular websites. Creating a list of ethics which is mentioned in the site http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html
may be a good idea, but may not be neccessary. If users of a particular Weblog are taught the proper sighting and crediting policies when it comes to publishing and are trusted members of the business or organization then content problems shouldn't occur. I agree that the writer should point out if they are stating opinion or ideas of uncertainty. Facts on the web should be accurate since the Internet is such a widely used source of information today.
Any works used should be cited and content should be appropriate to the business.
As stated in the source http://www.webreview.com/2002/02_04/designers/index01.shtml
it is much easier to use Weblogs when others need to add content to a site instead of passing around an HTML file in which inexperienced coders may hurt the site while adding their information. Weblogs sound like they have a simple interface in which other people can easily add content without having to change around HTML code. Instead simple text boxes are available which automatically add the inserted content into the code of the page. This can help many businesses and even groups or clubs in which there are many members who may need to post announcements or constantly share ideas about upcoming events. Weblogs can make updating websites much more simple and efficient.
-Jeff Soyk
I just wanted to let everyone know, that I looked through the Webmaster in a Nutshell book and it has a lot of in-depth information about XHTML, CSS, PHP, CGI, and much more. I being unfamiliar with any of that, am actually able to understand a lot of the basic concepts. The CSS part has helped me set up my webpage for this class. Just wanted to let everyone know that it's a very helpful and easy to understand book, and it has a lot of good information in it!.
I just wanted to comment in general about the article entitled "99.9% of Websites are Obsolete." I read this entire article and I agree with the fact that everyone should be developing using web standards. The author makes point to show how convoluted the html on yahoo.com is. He also comments on another site where someone misspelled the font tag and forgot to put a space between the javascript value and the src attribute.
I could be under the wrong impression here, but I thought that businesses use development tools in order to layout their pages exactly how they want them. Someone did not just sit down with notepad and make yahoo.com, they probably used some graphical WYSIWYG tool. Then that tool is what produced all the html. Admittedly, I am sure that there was some tweaking of the html or even some businesses that do not use these tools and code everything themselves, but more than likely most of that html was produced by some tool.
What I think that this author should be commenting on, is making all the tools out there produce standards compliant html.
Hi all, I took your advise professor and got the Eric Meyer on CSS book that you recomended. The book arrived today and is really well designed and from what I read so far the information is also pretty useful. Being that I know nothing about CSS I think this will be good for me to learn alittle before we touch on it in class. Anyway just wanted to say great recomendaton.
ES