We’ll talk a lot today about margins and padding, which are, respectively, just ‘margins’ and ‘internal margins.’ That’s the easy part! We can specify where borders, margins and padding go by explicitly declaring where they go: instead of ‘border: 1px solid black,’ we now know we can do ‘border-bottom: 1px solid black.’ Well, you can also do ‘border-top,’ ‘border-left,’ and … Continue Reading →

Some Color Combination sites: The (legitimate) Adobe one: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/ The (less legit) one: http://www.colorcombos.com/

A Checklist. Basics Have you saved both files? Have you refreshed the browser? Now, the harder stuff:  Are your files in the exact same directory on your hard drive? Are you sure? Are you actually viewing those files in Brackets, or is it perhaps a file with the same name located elsewhere? Are either of your documents actually on a server? … Continue Reading →

First of all, let’s remember what we’ve learned regarding Web programming: Code can be broken into three general areas: Markup (HTML/CSS), Scripting languages (JavaScript), and Programming Languages (Perl, Java, C++, etc.) HTML is used for structure, CSS is used primarily for style. JavaScript is used to add interactivity. HTML used ‘tags,’ which are wrapped in ‘carats’ (the greater-than / less-than symbols). The … Continue Reading →

To connect to the Quicksilver server in the Microsoft Windows environment, do the following: Find the ‘Computer’ or ‘My Computer’ icon on your desktop, and double-click it. In the ‘Tools’ drop-down menu, choose ‘Map Networked Drive…’ In the blank text field, enter ‘\\quicksilver\walsh’ (or ‘\\quicksilver\server, where ‘server’ is the name of the quicksilver server you’re trying to connect to) If/when … Continue Reading →

Good news: your FTP settings are so easy, you can write them down once, and be good to go. You can also create a bookmark in Cyberduck so you never have to type them in again! All FTP programs require three bits of information to work: the host (or server, same thing), username, and password. For all FTP programs, these settings will work … Continue Reading →

HTML is written in a kind of broken English – more similar to teenage texting grammar than anything else, I’d say – which make it much easier to learn and understand. ‘img’ = ‘image.’ That’s somewhat straightforward. Here’s a few other examples: ‘h1’ = ‘headline text: largest size’ ‘h2’ = ‘headline text – second-largest size’ ‘p’ = ‘paragraph’ Of course, … Continue Reading →

We’ve created a YouTube screencast video that walks you through the basics of how to connect to your student server, as well as how to edit its contents. I’ve also attached a document to this post that describes the process in a shorter, more straightforward way. Please Note that in order to get this to work, your FTP program (Cyberduck, … Continue Reading →

As you know, you’ll be expected to understand the fundamentals of the Web beyond just what you learn in class – specifically, you will be expected to understand and write basic Web pages yourself. While we’ll cover the basics of how to do this in class, an absolutely invaluable resource will be Lynda.com. Here’s a perfect Lynda course that fits … Continue Reading →