WEBT 143 Web Standards

CLASS 15 :: 12-06-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Open Lab. I will be in the lab at 6:00 PM to answer questions about the final project. If you want help, this is the time to get it.

To reiterate the e-mail I sent last week (and procedure described in the last class) for our final meeting: please arrive on time. The presentations will begin PROMPTLY at 6:00 PM. In order to facilitate a smooth evening, your work MUST be posted and linked from your student index page. Each person will have 7 minutes to present their topic and answer questions.

Once all the presentations are complete, we will adjourn and I will submit grades that evening.

CLASS 14 :: 11-29-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• XML
• AJAX example one
• AJAX example two
• extra credit (if interested, you need to e-mail me this evening).

Lab / Homework:

• XML Lab
• Continue working on the final project

CLASS 13 :: 11-22-2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

CLASS 12 :: 11-15-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Return Test 2
• Usability, SDL
• Accessibility
• 508 and Bobby
• Individual meetings about final project and any unfinished business

Lab / Homework:

• Continue working on the final project
• Have a great, safe holiday

CLASS 11 :: 11-08-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Test 2
• Assign the final project
• Form validation
• DOM, events Scripting and using frameworks[1,2, 3,4]
• Firebug

Lab / Homework:

• Begin research on the final project
• Look through this material

CLASS 10 :: 11-01-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Forms
• Discussion points
• sample, another sample and e-mailer
• Forms, time permitting

Lab / Homework:

1. Complete the forms lab and post it to your student site. Due by the beginning of the next class.
2. There is a test next week coving the box model, tables, forms, some CSS and anything else we may have discussed. It will be very similar to the last test, but with slightly different questions.

CLASS 9 :: 10-25-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Tables
• Discussion points
• Good reading
• Forms, time permitting

Lab / Homework:

1. Complete the tables lab and post it to your student site. Due by the beginning of the next class. The resume project is due by the end of this class.
2. Read chapters 8 & 9 in the DOG book

CLASS 8 :: 10-18-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Continue exploring positioning
• Positioning examples:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
• Other resources:
  • brainjar
  • W3 Schools
  • ALA

Lab / Homework:

1. Complete the resume project by the end of the next class.
2. E-mail me 3 CSS positioning tutorial/references that you find useful - and don't send me the links I've listed here

CLASS 7 :: 10-11-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Continue exploring the box model
• Here are the Jellyfish files (the last version) from class.
• Positioning examples:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

Lab / Homework:

1. Complete the soup lab before the start of the next class.
2. Read Chapter 16 in Web Standards Book.

CLASS 6 :: 10-03-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Working with lists
• Check out About.com's list write up
• Examples

Lab / Homework:

1. Post your list experiment from class to your student server space before you leave, and link it from your index page. I will give credit when I grade lab 3.
2. Read chapter 5 of the HTML dog book.

CLASS 5 :: 09-27-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Test
• images stripe gif, stripe jpg, squid, decks
• Working with lists
• Check out About.com's list write up
• Examples

Lab / Homework:

1. Post your list experiment from class to your student server space before you leave, and link it from your index page. I will give credit when I grade lab 2.
2. Read chapter 4 and chapter 6 of the HTML dog book.
3. Read this article about list solutions to common problems - http://alistapart.com/articles/taminglists/ May have some advanced techniques.

CLASS 4 :: 09-20-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Discussion
• Test next week
• CSS as it related to text
• anchors

Lab / Homework:

Complete Lab 2 using the CSS concepts that we discussed in class.

Read Chapter 3 of the HTML dog book.

CLASS 3 :: 09-13-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Review what we've done so far
• xhtml text tags
• css text rules
• the theory of absolute relativity
• conventional wisdom

Lab / Homework:

Complete Lab 1 using the text mark-up tags we discussed in class (chapter two of the HTML dog book).

Read Chapter 3 of the HTML dog book.

CLASS 2 :: 09-06-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Connect to our FTP accounts (WS_FTP screen shot)
• Begin working with XHTML - review the rules
• Begin working with CSS
• WiLS original site
• WiLS redesign with Web Standards
• WiLS usability redesign

Lab:

Bio assignment, posted here

Homework:

Read this.

Read...

CLASS 1 :: 08-30-2007

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

• Review the syllabus
• Introduce ourselves
• Find out why we are here
• User Accounts
• Class overview: Ben Franklin, Web 2.0 and the magic box
• Text Editors vs WYSIWYG editors vs browsers
• Creating a file and viewing it locally

Homework: Before the start of the next class, please E-mail me from the account with which we will be corresponding this semester. If your identity is not readily apparent, please include your name (GiantRobot666@hackerthreat.com doesn't tell me who you are).

Briefly answer the following questions:

1. Is there anything that you want me to know, as your instructor, this semester?
2. Your unix account username (URL if we have it)
3. Visit CSS zengarden – what’s that all about? Let me know what you think.