John Keston Classes

Week 2

Session 1: Today we will be covering the details of the World project and I’ll be demonstrating some more XHTML and CSS basics. I’ll also be re-demonstrating techniques for using text editors and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Full Webiste Project – “The World” Website
Due Date – Session 2, Week 6
Total Points – 40

For the “The World” project requirements, download the assignment sheet in MS Word format.

Word Project Resources:
Wikipedia.org
The CIA World Factbook
Getty Images Login Information

This weeks reading:
Speaking in Styles – Chapters 2, 3, and 4 (Pages 17 – 88)

Resources:
Tutorials and Documentation at W3 Schools

Session 2: Let’s look carefully at ways to organize content on a computer screen using XHTML and CSS. Knowing more about the XHTML language will help you understand how your website works. It will also help you understand how to fix technical problems when they arise, such as bad links, broken images and alignment issues.

Topics Covered:
DIV tags
Box Model
CSS positioning
Web Dimensions

World Project Milestone 1 Due Session 2, Week 3
Have a mostly complete design of one page in XHTML. Dimensions, colors, fonts and typesetting should be adjusted. A complete navigation scheme should be applied to your design.

Next week’s reading:
Speaking in Styles – Chapters 5 and 6 (Pages 89 – 175)
Brainjar CSS Positioning article