Blog #4

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CSS

CSS is a Cascading Style Sheet. As we all have learned in class it is what creates the beauty of our html. We have learned that it can control things such as typography, backgrounds and overall layout. Information was obtained at Wikipedia.

We will also be utilizing a lot of the semantic structure that we are creating now to give structure to our CSS. For instance, we will use the <div> and <span> tags to identify or class our semantic structure so that a style can be applied to it. This helps to save time because it can be applied throughout your entire document, which could be several pages.

Here is a photo of my future coffee mug (before applying the style sheet of course).

Tid Bits

• Photos must be on the web in order for you to create a link for the image(s).


• Style is one of the tags we will use when we get into CSS.


• Practice is a great tool for beginning web designers. I am learning that the more I try to insert a new tag or character the easier it is to remember.


• Quote to live by "You can't regret what you have done, only what you have haven't."

Useful Web Sites

• Throughout my posting process I am constantly researching and coming across many links that are helpful and even some that are not. However, I always learn something about the web in general. Lesson #1: You are gonna get what you click for. This week during my research for CSS image files I came across This Site. Now at first glance it seems to be a help site for beginners but the further I inquired the more I found it to be a kind of a mish mosh of sorts. On the upside they did provide some links to other CSS style sites that are quite interesting and provide even more links to other helpful sites. I have learned that it is pretty much never ending. As a matter of fact I just went to check this last site link and it is now totally revamped with all new info and images. I will still leave it for you to check out.


• Two that I liked (out of the 6 they initially provided) are CSS Beauty because they have other useful links and info, and CSS Leak because they had links to other freebie sites that may be useful.

In Other Graphic Design News

I came across a site that will create a cartoon of your self image. Just visit My web face. I thought this could be a fun and entertaining project for kids or entertaining friends and family. The picture below is an example of what I envision the finished product would be; for this little lady anyways.

Another site that could be extremely useful in your job search as a designer is coroflot. This site is worldwide and allows you to search for jobs and post your portfolio. There are several different design careers to choose from and a great collection of portfolio examples for each avenue. I completed the initial sign up and it was free. I've posted a picture of their upcoming convention flyer. Be sure to check it out!