So I have survived yet another week of my Multimedia Production Skills Class. That means we've only got another 2-3 weeks to go? I'm not sure. Anyways, the focus for this week was HTML and CSS. Excited? You should be!
There are two kinds of addresses/links -- absolute and relative. An absolute link is a link in which there is only one way to get to that site where you are. The relative link is based on your present location in a site. An example of an absolute link would be www.american.edu/admissions and a relative link would just be visits.html.
Today's focus in class was mainly on CSS. There are three types of CSS:
Again, I propose a question -- Why is CSS important? Why does it exist?
The good news is I actually have a legitimate answer for you. HTML has limited design capabilities; it can't really handle what CSS can do. Also, CSS separates design from content. That's the key right there. I personally think it is important to separate design from content when creating a web page. It makes the process of creating a web page a whole lot easier because you don't need to worry about the two at the same time. I guess the one thing I'm still a little skeptical about is why anyone would create a style sheet for the "little things" like a paragraph of text. I know it's because HTML has limited design capabilities, but I think maybe we should start working on a new technology for creating web pages where the content and design are not separated. A new way to do these things easily without have to worry about all of these codes and style sheets. I don't know. What do you think?
I think that a lot of things are changing in the internet...I'm just glad that I am not the one coming up with all of these new fancy ideas, as I am definitely no computer scientist! As Professor Hatch said in class, the important thing is that we understand the basics of how HTML and CSS works and how they work together, as you described really well! It is weird thinking about all the HTML and CSS that goes in to making this very website...so many words and codes to make something that we take for granted every day!
ReplyDeleteAgain, great post! You managed to give an excellent summary of the class! And I loved the cartoon! Also about why would anyone create a style sheet for the "little things"...I'm not too entirely sure too. Seems like a lot of work. But that might be because you want a specific part of your page to look unique from the rest...? Like a flash document that needs a separate folder...? No idea. lol.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's why platforms like blogger.com exist. Here you have the option of formatting your text without being obliged to do using complicated CSS- or HTML-language.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree with Alexandra, this was a good post. An accurate summary of what we learned with a bit of your own insights into the foreign world of Web designing. One thing that might be useful for you (or maybe not) is that when words are emphasized in a blog, be sure not to trick the viewer into thinking they're hyperlinks. I clicked on several of your pink-highlighted words thinking they would take me to other sites. The readings mentioned this and suggested ways to avoid such confusion.
There's definitely a lot going on behind the scenes on the internet, and I think having a separating the design from the content simplifies things a little bit. Like you said, I'm not sure why anyone would create a style sheet for the little things, but I guess some people just like the small details to be there.
ReplyDeletep.s. I'm glad you summarized some of the things we talked about, I missed Friday's class so it really helped me out! :]
Excellent cartoon. I may have to use that for future classes! Well done and very astute summary.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure that design should be so separated from content. After all, doesn't the way content is presented (through design) greatly influence how somebody reads that content? So does design become part of content itself?
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