Posted by: jennykeyte on: October 9, 2009
Posted by: jennykeyte on: October 9, 2009
I have learnt several things with CSS by using the site W3School
The features I have learnt by using CSS are to change background colours, add images as backgrounds. Change the font type, size and colour and how to position the text on a webpage. This can be illustrated on my website here.
This is the CSS for my content for example.
#content {
margin:0 270px 0 0;
background:#333
font-size:120%;
padding:20px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
As you can see, the background colour is grey by using the CSS code:
background:#333;
The font size for example varies, and example of some of the CSS that I have used for the font can be seen here:
font-size:120%;
The image on the right hand side has been positioned there by using CSS. It uses div tags to seperate text etc. This can be demonstrated with this CSS
#sidebar {
width:270px;
height:415px;
float:right;
background:url(butterflyy.png);
margin:1px 0 0 0;
}
Posted by: jennykeyte on: October 9, 2009
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Posted by: jennykeyte on: October 9, 2009
This is a simple webpage using CSS which can be viewed here
Posted by: jennykeyte on: October 5, 2009
This is a link to my wiki showing a simple web page.
Posted by: jennykeyte on: September 28, 2009
Below are some features of ‘good web design’ that were discussed in my group.
I then did some research by myself, including looking at Robin Williams artical called ‘Good Web Design Features’.
He identifies some very important features such :
Text: He identifies that it the background must not clash with the text and that it must be hierachy in the text.
Navigation: Bars and tabs must be easy to idenify and to use, they must also be consistent. Also if it is a large website it must have a site map.
Links: They must be underlined and they must match the colour of the page.
Graphics: Grapbics must have an alt label and they must have a matching text link.
General Design: Pages must download quickly, be consistent and must fit into an 800 x 600 pixel space.
After the discussion with my group and my further research, I have concluded that though there are many important design features to consider when designing a website, the most important is ‘Navigation’. You could have the nicest looking website with the perfect text, graphics that have alt label etcs, links that are underlined and match the colour of the page. However, if you cannot navigate your way through a website with ease then the website can be considered as useless. Therefore, I think that Naviagation is the most important design feature and then general design features like text, graphics, links etc follow.
Posted by: jennykeyte on: September 28, 2009
This is my blog for Advanced Web Design 2009
