Advanced Web Design: AD650

COURSE CALENDAR | WEEK 02 CLASS OUTLINE | Homework | Quiz

  1. Take the quiz during the first 15 minutes of class.
  2. Review Entrance Exam | Results
  3. Download this Template HTML and Prototype Stylesheet
  4. Web Standards Workshop
  5. STRUCTURE REVIEW:
    1. XHTML Beginner Tutorial, XHTHL Intermediate Tutorial
    2. Understanding STRUCTURE vs. PRESENTATION
    3. Using Meaningful (Semantic) Markup
    4. Logical Structure using Meaningful Elements (examples)
    5. Additional Structure using divs and spans with meaningful, structural IDs and class names.
    6. Validation
    7. Document types, DOCTYPE switching, browser modes
  6. PRESENTATION REVIEW:
    1. CSS Beginner Tutorial, CSS Intermediate Tutorial
    2. The Document Tree
    3. Selectors
    4. Cascade, Specificity and Inheritance
    5. Planning, organizing, and maintaining stylesheets
  7. CSS Style Guides:
    1. http://www.kevo.com/styleGuide.html
    2. http://sandbox.didcoe.id.au/styleguide/
    3. http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/typography/
  8. Creating a complete Style Guide for your client site
    1. CSS Mastery: Sample Style Guide
    2. NY Public Library Style Guide
    3. University of Guelph Style Guide
    4. University of Pennsylvania Style Guide

Homework | Week 2

For next class:

CLIENT WORK

TECHNICAL PREPARATION