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Introduction Lesson 1 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 1: Topic1A, 1B, 1C, February 17, 2011 09:40PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Late starter but I have studied Topic 1A, 1B and 1C. Happy to finally be filling in some knowledge gaps Lesson 2 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic A (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 20, 2011 09:18PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Completed! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic B (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 21, 2011 07:21PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Completed! My router at home is perfect for the 3 permanently connected PC's in the house and even caters for "guests" who bring along laptops. It would come nowhere near satisfying the needs of even a small company, let alone the International Corporate I work for, where downtime brings manufacturing, sales and distribution to a standstill and costs millions. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2C-1 February 22, 2011 04:58PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [] To uniquely identify each computer on a network segment. [] 195.135.host.host Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2C-2 February 22, 2011 05:11PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] A host address of 0 is not permitted as TCP/IP interprets the address as identifying the network. [2] Yes. It is a class B network. [3] Yes. It is a class A network. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2C-3 February 22, 2011 05:30PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Class A. Any number of hosts over 65, 534 requires a Class A network. [2] Network 127 is reserved. Messages are not transmitted out but back to the transmitting machine. It is a short way for a host to refer to itself. [3] You would need to register an IP address. You can get an IP address from an ISP or, if you need a large block of addresses, you could apply to either APNIC, ARIN or RIPE NCC. The registry then assigns the network portion of the IP address to the company. [4] 255 is reserved for broadcasts. Neither the network address or the host may be 255. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2C-4 February 22, 2011 06:21PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] The webmaster could acquire a domain name from an ISP or a domain name registrar. The address may then be something like www.lostmine.com [2] [www.africaregistry.com] - .CO price for $15 per year and .za at $47 per year. [www.cozahost.com] - Cozahost domain name registration is R 249.00 for initial registration and the setup of your home page. Annual renewal is R 175.00 per year after the first year, ie starting in 2012. The central domain name authorities charge a fixed and constant price for domain name registration. This means that there is a flat fee payable for .co.za domain registrations, and a flat fee for .com domain name registrations, and so on. [www.marblehost.com] - Marble Host offers free domain name registration. You will get a free domain with any web hosting plan! [3] The least expensive option would be to have your web hosting company register your domain name as many offer this as a free service when you host with them. The most expensive option would be through the registrar. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2D-1 February 22, 2011 07:35PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] A satellite connection would be ideal in this situation. The dish antenna is small enough to be portable to the various locations she has to go to and no cabling would be required. [2] The web developer would do well with a cable connection. He has cable TV already and the connection speed would suit his needs. [3] I would recommend DSL for the small office consultant. With DSL you have both the voice and data and are connected 24/7. The consultant could select the line speed and upgrade when/if required, at a later stage. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Task 2D-2 February 22, 2011 07:58PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [www.afrihost.com] - Entry Level Hosting R9 per month for 300MB storage, which more than covers the 21MB storage required. Additional benefits include free setup, 5 email accounts, spam and virus filters, online organizer and cPanel, plus 24/7 support. No contracts! Servers hosted locally for faster connections. With this low cost option there is no database, but you can upgrade instantly, at an additional cost, of course. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 2: Lesson Review February 22, 2011 08:19PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [2A] Routers pass packets of data to other routers on other networks. The data is broken into smaller packets of data and sent via various paths. The packets of data are reassembled into the original data once they reach their destination. [2B] TCP protocol governs how packets are assembled and disassembled, and how they are verified as intact by the receiver. IP is responsible for getting packets to their correct destination. [2C] The first two numbers of an IP address identify the network on which the host resides and the numbers thereafter identify the host itself. [2D] Hardware, including modems, cables etc. Software, including a TCP/IP stack, web browser or FTP client. Addresses, network accounts or both, valid IP addresses for the gateway, domain name server and a network address for the computer you are going to connect. Lesson 3 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 3: Topic A (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 22, 2011 08:42PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 3: Task 3B-1 February 22, 2011 09:14PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response img = image src = source width = how wide the image is height = the height of the image style = this particular style excludes a border - 0, however you could use dotted, dashed, solid, ridge, set a border-color and width alt = text that would be displayed in place of an image when it cannot be rendered. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 3: Topic B (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 22, 2011 09:26PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response Many of the facebook games eg. Farmville, are run on shockwave flash. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 3: Task 3D-1 February 23, 2011 06:59PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response The browser first displays any text on the page and then displays the hits. This is usually based on "best fit" first, so Wikipedia is the very first hit. There were about 37000 results for Vannevar Bush hypertext, and it took 23 seconds to display. During this time, the search engine sent out crawlers to find matches to the search request and, as the results were returned, so they displayed on the page. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 3: Task 3D-1 February 23, 2011 06:59PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response The browser first displays any text on the page and then displays the hits. This is usually based on "best fit" first, so Wikipedia is the very first hit. There were about 37000 results for Vannevar Bush hypertext, and it took 23 seconds to display. During this time, the search engine sent out crawlers to find matches to the search request and, as the results were returned, so they displayed on the page. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 3: Task 3E-1 (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 23, 2011 07:22PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 [mylife.unisa.ac.za] - as well as the outlook web application used to correspond with UNISA [www.bmwfanatics.co.za] [webmail.gmail.co.za] [www.picknpay.co.za Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 3: Task 3E-2 February 23, 2011 07:49PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [2] Network security may be compromised, Excess network traffic, Version control, Maintenance [3] Provide download option for users as is the case with acrobat reader and the option to download an update, as in the case of flash. Some browsers make these updates automatically. [4] Server applications enable a web server to interact with clients and perform processing on behalf of clients. [5] If your application server goes down, your user cannot interact with the application. Slow connection speed depending on number of users and server location. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 3: Lesson Review February 23, 2011 08:11PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [3A] The browser transmits the URL over the internet using HTTP protocol. The web server examines the URL and searches for the web page or file that was requested by the browser. When the server finds the requested item/s it sends them back to the host running the browser that made the request. [3B] Web pages can contain text, images, buttons, sound, animation, text entry boxes and video, although web pages are just plain text files. [3C] The browser downloads the file from its storage location and caches it on the users local storage. The browser reads the file from cache into memory and, based on the HTML instructions, creates a model in memory of how the page will look. The model is called a document object. The browser determines what additional files need to be downloaded to display the page and begins downloading these files into cache. (eg. images, applets). The browser notes any special content that may affect how the age behaves, formatting tags, image sizes, scrips, plug-ins or applets. If any scripts need to run before the page is displayed, the browser runs them. The browser begins to display the page contents once the scripts have finished running. [3D] If the request is for a web page to be downloaded,the server retrieves the file and formats it as an http response. If the request is for a server application to run, the server runs the application. [3E] As software processes that run as server extensions to the server software and as applications or server-side scripts that use CGI to communicate with web clients. Lesson 4 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 4: Topic A (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 24, 2011 06:11PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 4: Topic B (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 24, 2011 06:22PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 4: Task 4C-1 February 24, 2011 06:53PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] One of my all time favourite really crappy sites is [webpagesthatsuck.smugmug.com] and yes, Vincent Flanders has been publishing Web Pages that Suck for many years. Another absolute pearler is [anselme.homestead.com]. There was a site dedicated to religion that I seen unable to track down again that was so colourful it made my eyes hurt to try and look at it. [2] The problems with all these sites is "total overkill" [3] The negative impact is that users are simply overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, not to mention distracted by everything flashing, blinking and moving. [4] I don't think there is any salvation to be had for either of the sites listed above, not without starting from scratch and choosing cleaner looking sites and limiting content substantially. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 4: Task 4D-1 February 24, 2011 08:47PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] My connection is fairly fast and when I click on search items immediately start to load. Once again wikipedia hits load first with other search results, I assume in order of % relevance, afterwards. The client site simply starts to display the hits as they are found. [2] Viewing the source code gives a fair sample of what was happening on the server side. It appears that many servers are involved. There can be delays for many reasons. Recalling a few months ago when our seacom cable went down being a prime example. International browsing slowed to a crawl, if it was available at all. [3] The client side only displays what the user needs to see. Your order is sent to the server which records your purchases in a database. It is entirely possible that more than one server is involved, especially when there is an exchange of money, for security and privacy reasons, if nothing else. Delays in placement of an order could be as a result of the server busy and/or the server validating you and ensuring the order is being assigned to the correct client. [4] Shockwave flash files are run on the client side, the server checks to make sure you have the plug-in installed. If you do not, you receive an advisory suggesting you download it, usually with a direct link to download. If the plug-in is already installed, the file starts to run. In the case of webcam sites, the webcam is set to display in a block on a webpage with a refresh rate defined by the webmaster. On the MP3 site, the client makes the choice on whether they wish to view video/music. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 4: Task 4E-1 February 24, 2011 09:06PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response Web site administrators are responsible for maintaining the stability and security of web servers, as well as general administration tasks like setting up user permissions and access, group and user accounts. They are responsible for backing up the data on the server and maintaining the server hardware. In short, they take responsibility for ensuring the server is accessible and safe. Our web site administrators use analysis tools to check performance issues or problems and servers are backed up daily after close of business. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 4: Lesson Review February 24, 2011 09:26PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Content Authoring - developing and modifying content for publication and deciding how it will be organised. Graphic Design - creating illustrations and defining look and feel of a site. Programming - development of software, scripting, testing and debugging web apps. Web Server Administration - installing and maintaining server software, network connections, monitoring server and network performance, managing security and backing up. [2] Web Authors are concerned with developing coherent, consistent organizational schemes for web content, designing content to make best use of the delivery medium, providing text documents for users to print for offline reference, testing content for usability and on multiple browser types, breaking up large chunks of text into smaller bits, ensuring that copyrights are not violated, knowing the audience and designing content appropriately, using emphasis carefully, avoiding duplication of other web content, providing appropriate links in moderation. [3] Web designers are concerned with minimizing download time, enabling colors to display correctly, sizing graphics to display well on different monitors, designing attractive and useful navigation, using frames wisely, balancing style with usability, using graphics that are universal. [4] Web Programmers are concerned with server-side applications and scripts, compiled languages, scripting languages, client applications and scripts and embedded objects. [5] Web administrators are concerned with server software, site logs and analysis tools, backup utilities, mirroring software, publishing/data conversion tools and search engines. Lesson 5 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 5: Task 5A-1 February 24, 2011 09:48PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Domain served by the mail server, IP address, how users are granted access, limits on message sizes, spam and how mail should be routed. [2] Privacy, confidentiality, inappropriate email Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 5: Task 5B-1 February 24, 2011 10:22PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response I used ftp.microsoft.com user name: anonymous password: i just pressed enter dir cd developr dir get readme.txt successful download quit Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 5: Task 5C-1 February 27, 2011 10:50AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response This took me a while. I had to get my ISP to give me the NNTP server to log onto. I got more than 100 000 results, some of which look rather dodgy. Some of the "safer" looking options include: microsoft.public.access.internet google.news.software netscape.public symantec.customerservice.general Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 5: Task 5D-1 February 27, 2011 11:11AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Enterprise business applications like accounting software, payroll management and inventory tracking. Specialist or vertical market applications like medical or scientific information searches and engineering applications. Access to applications that may be too expensive otherwise, like estimatics software. Office applications which do not need to be installed on the end users computers. [2] In many large companies workers are given the option to work from home and, in many cases, encouraged to do so. "Hotdesking" means less money has to be spent on equipping offices for workers and "working from home" is more suitable for some people. [3] ASPs, blogging, social networking, online shopping, banking, to name just a few. [4] The future is now. Already there is a move towards cloud computing and 3D computing. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 5: Lesson Review February 27, 2011 11:27AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [5A] Email address, address of the server to which outgoing mail is sent (including server port number - typically 25 for smtp), address of the server from which you will receive incoming mail (including the server port for POP3 which is generally 110), email account name on the incoming server and password on the incoming mail server. [5B] PC must have FTP and be attached to a network, the remote host to which you are attaching must also have FTP and be attached to a network that is accessible from your network, the domain name or IP address of the remote host, account name and password on the remote host, unless it is anonymous, in which case you use anonymous and use your email address as the password. [5C] comp, news, rec, sci, soc, talk, misc, alt [5D] Enterprise business applications, specialist or vertical market applications, office applications, access to applications that might otherwise be too expensive. Lesson 6 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 6: Task6A-1 February 27, 2011 01:01PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] How to become a hacker, Hack this site, Cracking Forum [2] [] PCHelps Network Tracer, Trojan, Backdoor.IRC.ColdLife.30, John The Ripper 1.0, NMap Win 1.2.12 [] Firewalls, antivirus software [] Not that I condone hacking or cracking, but I would hate to see internet censorship. The fact that this information is so freely available and easy to find means that those in the job of preventing hacking also have access to it and therefore their job is made easier. [] Absolutely, yes! For the reason as stated in the bullet point above. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 6: Task 6A-2 February 27, 2011 01:17PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] Don't download illegal software, avoid going to sites where you are warned of a potential threat, be alert when transferring files from one PC to another eg. on a memory stick. [2] Allow your antivirus program to remove the threat detection. For those who suspect a virus but without antivirus software installed, there are some sites that offer free scans and will let you know if viruses have been detected. [3] Never open files or attachments from someone you don't know or are not expecting something from. Install antivirus software and keep it up to date! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic B (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 27, 2011 01:30PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic C (Accidentally posted to wrong subject) February 27, 2011 02:13PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Introduction: Lesson 6: Lesson Review February 27, 2011 02:31PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [6A] Break-ins and eavesdropping: Intruders can use various techniques to gain access to account names and passwords. Once the door is open, intruders can gain access to the network, copying or damaging confidential files and performing other nefarious acts. Denial of Service: The goal of a DoS attack is to take the server down, rendering it incapable of providing service to its valid users. IP Spoofing: An intruder transmits messages to another computer, modifying the messages so that they appear to be coming from a trusted location, and then modifies his own packets so that they appear to originate from the trusted address. [6B] Authentication and authorization, firewalls, proxy servers, anti-virus software. [6C] SSL involves the user of a special key sequence of numbers and characters to encrypt messages that are communicated. Only hosts that are using the same key can translate the encrypted messages. SET is not subject to the same export restrictions as SSL, which means SET can be used world-wide. SET can only be used to encrypt financial data and not other details of the transaction, such as the customers name and address. HTML Lesson 1 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic A1 - 1 February 27, 2011 03:32PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] The internet is a world-wide network of computers. [2] No. The world wide web consists of vast numbers of web pages and is a segment of the internet. [3] No. You use a browser to view content on the world wide web Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic A1 - 2 February 27, 2011 03:39PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] False [2] No. There are two closing tags, instead of an opening and closing tag. [3] There is an extra opening after the head and this is incorrect. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic B1 - 4 February 27, 2011 04:07PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] There is no way of knowing which bookmark will take you to the right page because the labels are not specific. [2] You could include book-store2u, Winter Owl and Joanna Sanders [3] book-store2u: Joanna Sanders: Winter Owl Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic B1 - 5 February 27, 2011 04:15PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] The bookmark would be "Product Page" [2] It is useless as a title because at a later stage the customer will have no idea what company or product the bookmark represents. [3] Page title d would be most appropriate. J & M Coffee: Kibotan Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic B1 - 6 February 27, 2011 04:21PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler I like the page title as it is. It is short, descriptive and serves the purpose adequately. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic C1 - 7 February 27, 2011 04:37PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] Black text [2] White background [3] Blue headings [4] Red table background [5] #ff0300 is not web-safe because the 03 defining the amount of green does not contain an identical pair of digits. Either 00 or 33 would have made the colour web safe. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson1 Topic C1 - 8 February 27, 2011 04:55PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 1: Activity 1-9 February 27, 2011 05:04PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] client.html opened [2] There are no longer three paragraphs. The text contains no formatting. [3] Opened in text editor Microsoft WebMatrix. [4] There are no paragraph breaks and the page itself has not been defined as an html file. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 1: Activity 1-10 February 27, 2011 05:46PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 1: Activity 1-11 February 27, 2011 05:42PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 1: Activity 1-12 February 28, 2011 04:04PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] JPEG [2] 72ppi [3] True [4] True Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 1: Follow-up February 28, 2011 04:22PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler [1] A company [2] Images as links with no text - so you have to roll-over the image to find out where it is going to take you. Over-use of animation. Over bright or "busy" backgrounds. Pages with too much content. Pages with little or no content are just as bad. I never want to see an "under construction" sign on any page EVER. If the page is not ready, remove the link to it until such time as it is. Lesson 2 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 2: Topic A February 28, 2011 04:56PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 2: Topic B February 28, 2011 05:12PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Show spoiler You would list the antique shops as an unordered list because they are not steps in a process and all are of equal importance in this context. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 2: Topic C February 28, 2011 05:19PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 2: Topic D February 28, 2011 05:48PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 2: Topic E February 28, 2011 05:57PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Lesson 3 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 3: Topic A February 28, 2011 07:12PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 My Previous post was meant to be for the Introduction, so this has now officially been done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 3: Topic B February 28, 2011 07:21PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 One again, my previous response referred to the Introduction. This is now officially done! Response The advantage of having a new window open is that users may not come back or even remember that they were at your site to begin with. The disadvantage of this is that users tend to rely on "back" button to navigate but when a new window opens, there is no history for the browser to go back to. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 3: Topic C February 28, 2011 07:33PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! For Tim-72967781 Response I added a paragraph break and used the align in there so my code looks like this .... Language: HTML<p align="center"><a href="http://www.danielsfurniture.com" target="_blank"><img src="graphics/dfbanner.gif" width="468px" height="60px" border="0" alt="Daniels Furniture"></a></p> Hope that helps. Lesson 4 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 4: Topic A March 01, 2011 04:54PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 4: Topic B March 01, 2011 05:26PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 4: Follow-up March 01, 2011 05:33PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Image maps could be used on organisational charts - linking to a particular persons profile, process flows, maps, in fact any image that may logically need to link to somewhere else. [] All of them. An image map used on an organisational chart could easily link to a persons profile from where an email link may be required. Lesson 5* Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 5: Topic A March 01, 2011 05:41PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 5: Topic B March 01, 2011 05:51PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 5: Follow up March 01, 2011 05:55PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Not that we have got to style sheets yet, but css is the much better alternative. Changes to formatting are then global within the site, rather than having to edit each page individually. Not a lot of fun when you have a 100 page website Lesson 6 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic A March 01, 2011 06:36PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic B March 01, 2011 06:54PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic C March 01, 2011 07:04PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic D March 01, 2011 07:15PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 6: Topic E March 01, 2011 07:33PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 6: Follow up March 01, 2011 07:46PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Using shades of colour makes readability easier and gives a more pleasant look to an otherwise boring list. Tables can be used to divide one composite image into many parts and realign them as image maps, as well as to lay out webpages. The more recent use of divs for webpage layout is far better, even if a bit more fiddly. Lesson 7 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 7: Topic A March 02, 2011 05:27PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 7: Follow up March 02, 2011 05:32PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 [www.bignosebird.com] At some time or other I would probably use all of the features examined. Lesson 8 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 8: Topic B March 02, 2011 06:45PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 8: Topic B March 02, 2011 06:45PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 8: Topic C March 02, 2011 06:51PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 8: Topic D March 02, 2011 07:01PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 8: Follow up March 02, 2011 07:29PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Select options for product lists or regions, radio buttons for either/or male/female, permanent/contractor and request feedback. It is quite difficult to say but ... Although each form may require all elements to be used, I would think the most commonly used element is radio buttons. In any form where you have a set of perhaps 20 questions that require you to select one - eg never, sometimes, often, always - there will be 20 sets of buttons. Many companies send out electronic surveys to staff and customers in this format. Lesson 9 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 9: Topic A March 02, 2011 08:04PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 9: Topic B March 02, 2011 08:24PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response Users can break the site completely if given the liberty to be able to resize your frames. I cannot think of any scenario where this might be beneficial to the user, assuming the frames have been set up correctly. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 9: Topic B March 02, 2011 08:35PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Forgot to comment on the last part of B Response [1] No, I am not particularly happy with page layout as it is. [2] I would have centered the whole lot, probably within another frame and added a background colour for the containing frame.I would also have added some kind of division between the navigation pane and the content to its right. Either a very light background on one or the other, or a faint line .... something. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson 9: Topic C March 02, 2011 08:41PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] HTML: Lesson 9: Follow up March 02, 2011 08:47PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] Yes I have and no I don't like frames. Framed pages are impossible for users to bookmark. Users get "stuck in frames" and don't know how to get out. [2] No. There is a movement away from the use of frames by using master pages instead. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: HTML: Lesson Labs March 03, 2011 08:09PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Lindy I battled a bit with the image map in Lesson 4 Lab 1 as well, and for the same reason, simply nowhere to put it, until I remembered that I have photoshop and imageready - imageready kindly supplied me with the coords in the response below. So if anyone else is battling - here they are. Response Language: HTML<img src="images/elliotco.gif" width="369" height="410" border="0" alt="" usemap="#elliotco_Map"> <map name="elliotco_Map"> <area shape="poly" alt="" coords="315,274, 315,323, 259,388, 161,373, 204,255, 306,255, 301,263" href="#"> <area shape="poly" alt="" coords="12,235, 116,363, 161,373, 204,255, 174,193, 23,193" href="#"> <area shape="poly" alt="" coords="292,52, 315,163, 339,218, 339,268, 305,255, 204,255, 174,198, 169,52" href="#"> <area shape="poly" alt="" coords="52,72, 88,52, 169,52, 174,193, 23,193" href="#"> </map> CSS Lesson 1 Even although the link is showing that I commented on this, the comment does not appear. Luckily I made the screenshot below. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 1: Topic B March 04, 2011 06:36PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 1: Topic C March 04, 2011 06:45PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! The comments make it far easier for someone else, or myself, to identify at a later date. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 1: Topic D March 05, 2011 09:52AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 1: Topic E March 05, 2011 11:02AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 1: Topic F March 05, 2011 11:05AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] CSS Lesson 1 - Follow Up March 05, 2011 11:42AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [www.rodcdavis.com] just simply has to be an example of one of the worst websites I have ever seen. There is no standard navigation and when you view the code, there are no type styles. Each and every single page has different backgrounds, navigation and fonts. My favourite .... the entry page is not called Rod C Davis - it is called index ... #fail. I find it quite fascinating that so many "religious" sites are simply this bad. I would probably start from scratch with a brand new style sheet to at least keep the font styles and background consistent. There is so much work that needs to be done here that it defies belief. Lesson 2 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic A March 05, 2011 02:44PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response Activity 2-1 The paragraph with the class="nav" will display orange because p.div has a specificity of 11 whereas p only has a specificity of 1. The elements display orange because the class="main" has been applied to them. The row containing class="head" will display in darker gray. Activity 2-2 The styles are the same for both subheadings because they are both defined by element. To change the the style for "Nothing New" without affecting the styles for the "Other News" heading you would create a style; eg. h2.somename and add the class="somename" to the heading Nothing New. Yes, the two subheadings do display different styles. Newsparrot displays in orange because the class="parrot" overrides the existing rule for The individual names will only display in orange if we apply the same class to them. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic B March 05, 2011 03:33PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! I see that I pasted an earlier reponse to something in the introduction here by accident as well - :/ Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic C March 05, 2011 03:51PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response I can't think of any disadvantages to using contextual styles over classes. It might be prudent to include comments on your contextual styles. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic D March 05, 2011 04:11PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic E March 06, 2011 07:52AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [1] You would use embedded style sheets. [2] Embedded style sheets. [3] Both. You would use the embedded style sheet for the background color and the linked style sheet for the letter spacing. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic F March 06, 2011 08:28AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response The imported style is considered more local than the linked style sheet because it is an embedded style. The style in the linked style sheet would display because it takes precedence over the rule imported from within the linked style sheet. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 2: Topic G March 06, 2011 09:42AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response Disadvantages to using inline styles is that they defeat the purpose of using style sheets, changes mean you have to go and edit each HTML document separately, slows the page loading down. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] CSS: Lesson 2: Follow-up March 06, 2011 09:58AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response I would use the cascade in situations where perhaps a department wants/needs a different style to the global style. The type of style sheet I would use most often is the global style sheet because this would be used in every project. The selectors that would be used most often would be classes, IDs and contextual selectors as these are all that is required, for the most part, to empower the style sheets. Lesson 3 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 3: Topic A March 06, 2011 11:37AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 3: Topic B March 06, 2011 11:53AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 3: Topic C March 06, 2011 12:07PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 3: Topic D March 06, 2011 12:35PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 3: Topic E March 06, 2011 12:37PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] CSS: Lesson 3: Follow-up March 06, 2011 01:20PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response [www.gordonwaynewatts.com] So there is just about everything wrong with this site that you could imagine but, sticking with the subject of box properties, the least they could have done was use some padding and margins! This page is simply way too busy and doesn't have much in the way of white space anywhere, apart from at the top, which only serves to make an already long page even longer :-( Lesson 4 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic A March 06, 2011 04:21PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic B March 06, 2011 05:22PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic C March 06, 2011 05:24PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic D March 06, 2011 05:54PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic E March 06, 2011 07:07PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson 4: Topic F March 06, 2011 07:20PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] CSS: Lesson 4: Follow-up March 06, 2011 07:31PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! Response You would use both, but positioning allows you to create more complex precise layouts. The use of fixed or fluid layout will be dependent upon the project under development. Personally I prefer fluid layouts because of the differences in browser sizes and I hate horizontal scrollbars! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: CSS: Lesson Labs March 10, 2011 06:42PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Done! General Group Assistance Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Free Webhosting Area - registration Febr /uary 28, 2011 08:03PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Ahmed I tried to visit your site but the link is not correct. I notice there is a space between // and the a in ahmed, so the link won't work. However, I removed the space and managed to get there. Whenever you want to copy a URL I always copy it from the address bar at the top, rather than trying to type it out, and then paste it wherever. In any event, that aside .... I see that your background image is also missing. Have you uploaded the pictures and did you upload them into the same folder as your index.html page? If you created an images folder (as I did) then you would need to reference the images within that folder and as per the example below: Language: HTML<img src= "images/DSCF1305.JPG" width="200" height="200"> mac has also posted assistance with regard to images under the topic images on the forum Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Assignment 1: error sending URL Febr /uary 28, 2011 08:27PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Phoenix An email address never has http:// in it. Email from your mylife.unisa.ac.za email account which you should have set up. How you do this is in your first tutorial letter Number 5 - right at the end. This is a copy/paste. 5. Regarding a mylife email address for all Unisa students To use myUnisa (the official Learning Management system for Unisa) you have to register ‘Join myUnisa’, see [my.unisa.ac.za] After activation of your mylife account, you may re-direct it to your trusted/old/known email address. Take note - When Unisa communicates via email, it only happens via the mylife email address. This is a nonnegotiable Unisa rule. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Free Webhosting Area - registration March 02, 2011 07:36PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 My pleasure Ahmed. Perhaps you would like to rename your page to index.html. That will load the webs page, instead of the index page Like this one >>> [rowena.eu5.org] Most servers are set up so that index.html is automatically the first page that opens. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Free Webhosting Area - registration March 04, 2011 07:08PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Lesego you may have uploaded your html page using your HTML editor but it did not upload the picture. It isn't there. Using firefox, if you right click on the page and go to page info and click on media, you will see that it shows size and dimensions as 0. Usually that window would also display the image. It doesn't. If you have uploaded the image and put it into a different folder than the root, that would be another reason it is not displaying. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio March 09, 2011 09:10PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Content for a website should be easy enough to find. There is enough online. I would be very careful though to use ONLY the content. When you are given a web project to do, your client would need to provide you with the content for it so I don't think the focus is that, as long as you include what you are required to show. Having said that, depending on the subject, your graphics should be suitable. eg. you would never redo the Ceres website, for example, in black and white. Ceres being fruit juice, I would imagine would be fruity happy colours. Just my thoughts. Ask around and you will find plenty of people with "something" that they have been meaning to put online and never got around to doing. I have the basic structure for my portfolio now in place, been sweating over that for a few days! On to the rest of the Lessons! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Free Webhosting Area - registration March 15, 2011 02:11PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Nomfezeko-73038881 you have a few hours to update your page and get it right. The deadline date has changed to today, being 15th March. Your code for the page above is 512 lines long because it has been written in word, which has added loads of garbage to the code. If you go to [rowena.eu5.org] and click on View - Source, you will see that mine is only 10 lines long. You cannot write html using a word processor. You should use notepad or Mac's suggestion, Web Matrix, which is what I am using. Your image is not showing because it is trying to reference a file still sitting on your PC >>>>> index_files/image002.jpg. Unless you have a folder on the server called index_files and have uploaded image002.jpg to that folder, your picture will not load. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Assignment 1 March 15, 2011 02:52PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 ElizabethMcL I am not sure what happened with your page but when I looked at the source code I found it is missing everything. It is not defined as an html page. It has no head, title or body tags and no image reference. If you click on View - source, in the browser on your page, you will see what I mean. Then go to my page at [rowena.eu5.org] and do the same. Compare the two and you will see why your page is not displaying properly. You have a few hours still to fix it because the deadline has changed to today, 15th March. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio March 22, 2011 10:35AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Richard I got permission from a friend of mine to use the content from her site. I am treating her like a client and expect feedback from her. I have to reuse certain images eg the logo and include all the content that it currently features. I have no doubt that since you will be doing "something for nothing" for your employer that they will most likely be delighted. If you can get their buy in on your project, you could find out from them what they require to be included, what you can toss and so on. Good Luck! Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Free Webhosting Area - registration March 24, 2011 09:42PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Roelof I am not sure if I am understanding you correctly but if you have a folder called index_files it means you are trying to write code in word. It doesn't work. Word automatically creates a folder for images (usually something_files) and adds hundreds of lines of garbage. You have to use a text editor like notepad or the one that Mac suggested in the sticky titled "New Editor" to write html. If your image is in the folder images on the server then your code is wrong because it is trying to find the image in a folder on your PC. There are loads of posts about this on the forum. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Colour Assistance March 27, 2011 11:08AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 For anyone who might be battling with what colours to use for their site, and what colours work together, you can find some ideas at [www.colourlovers.com] Just select Web Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Javascript Help March 27, 2011 11:23AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 If you looking for javascript examples and help, [www.javascriptkit.com] is the place to go Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] CSS March 27, 2011 07:47PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 You might find these sites useful if you are battling with CSS. [www.w3schools.com] [webdesign.about.com] << Properties for CSS1 CSS2 and CSS3 [csshowto.com] Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: FYI - Adobe Creative Suite 5 - Master Collection for Students March 31, 2011 09:09AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Ashiya If you go to learning curve at [www.learningcurve.co.za] you can get the same thing for R2400.00. You have to supply your student number etc and there is a process but well worth it at half the Incredible Connection price. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio April 05, 2011 10:25AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Fulu The image should change when you roll your mouse over it. If you go to my portfolio (still in development) at [rowena.eu5.org] you will see that if you rollover the links at the top, they change, as does the green image below it on the page. It was not clear whether we were to use javascript or if we could use only CSS so I have used both. The links along the top are CSS, whilst the green image below on the page is javascript. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Portfolio - Need some Clarity April 07, 2011 08:01PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi wmbt In the brief it says Quote at least 8 pages and then goes on to say Quote add an extra page and link to it for your Active Participation. From the above, I would imagine that the 8 pages, plus one for your Active Participation, is the absolute minimum requirement. Technically, as I read it, you should then have a minimum of at least 9 pages. I know that mine is more and am assuming that is fine. I was more concerned over fitting all of my active participation on one page and questioned this. Mac ignored me so I realised I must have missed something and re-read the brief. It states quite clearly that we should use a numbered list or what I now am assuming is Language: HTML<ol></ol> to show this. I haven't quite finished that page yet, but since I had already saved mine as screenshots, edited them and saved them as .gif I am trying to find the most logical way to put it together. At the moment they are css popups on rollover but I am not sure that I like how it displays...... Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: FYI - Adobe Creative Suite 5 - Master Collection for Students April 08, 2011 04:09PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hahahahaha! So glad I am not the only person who calls Incredible - Incredible Corruption! LOL. For anyone wanting to buy PCs, rather use PC International. Their prices are often way better. [www.pcinternational.co.za] You just have to watch for specials and shop around. Incredible do actually have those from time to time. I bought a 1T external HDD recently at R500 from them when the cheapest at PC International was R935.00. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio April 11, 2011 06:00PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Matomet The alternative would be to use divs, which is how I have done it for the same effect. I see that you have used divs on the page but your active participation - for example - is not sitting at the bottom. You might need to clear: left or right or both on your footer div and set the position of your profile div so that it sits in the middle, under the menu. Divs, however, can be tricksy little buggers. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio April 12, 2011 05:49PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Matomet Okay this is not that easy to explain but let me try. I will not use my own entry page as an example as I am using multiple divs to make them sit side by side and in a specific order. I can only show how I would do it differently... I have stripped as much of my own code out here and left you with the basics. You will get the idea. The menu will not work as it is because, in order to simplify, I have taken the css out that drives the menu but you can change the menu to include yours. You will see that my menu is based on an ordered list, although I did change the links to yours If you examine the css carefully you will see that you need to use clear: on the footer id and well as main id. This is the very basic html to center it all: Language: HTML<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title></title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/portfolio.css"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <div id="header"> <!-- Top Menu --> <div class="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html"><img src="images/Homeo.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></li> <li><a href="contacts.html"><img src="images/Contactso.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></a></li> <li><a href="advertising.html"><img src="images/Products.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></a></li> <li><a href="guide.html"><img src="images/Guideo.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></a></li> <li><a href="missionvision.html"><img src="images/Miso.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></a></li> <li><a href="clients.html"><img src="images/Clientso.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></a></li> <li><a href="email.html"><img src="images/Emailso.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></li> <li><a href="ouroffice.html"><img src="images/Ouroffice.jpg" width="80" height="25" border="0px"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="main"> <div class="maincontent"> <table align="center" style="width: 750px;"> <tr> <td>This is the main content area. Just some text to test<br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer"><p>This is the footer. Just some text to test</p></div> </div> </div> </body> </html> This is the basic css you need to drive it. You will no doubt want to change widths etc as it is probably using mostly my CSS Language: CSS#wrap { min-height: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: auto; } #header { margin: auto; background-color:#134c11; width: 760px; height: 100px; } #main { margin: 0; background-color:white; width:100%; clear: both; } .maincontent { margin: auto; min-height: 550px; width:760px; } #footer { width: 100%; height: 27px; position: relative; clear: both; color: Black; text-align:center; z-index:0; } Hope this helps. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Creating Frames in the body section of an html document April 23, 2011 02:27PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Phoenix You can create an inline frame, so yes you can. The following is the code you would need. You can adjust the height and width. Language: HTML<iframe name="I1" id="I1"> </iframe> Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: How should I present the Home page of my portfolio? April 23, 2011 02:34PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Ashiya In another post someone asked if they could delete the page used for Assignment 1 and use it as the home page for their portfolio and Mac answered yes. I have only kept mine because it gives the link for the site I am redoing. (I want it to be clear that I have not simply copied the existing site) The answer to your question then would be that you don't have to even keep the page designed for the first assignment. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio May 05, 2011 08:48AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi Euwen I have only just seen Mac's post re the date for portfolio being 13th May, after sending email with my portfolio address to UNISA earlier this morning. Will teach me for not checking here first. Euwen, why don't you upload what you have done in the meantime? Then all you would have to do is upload changes on the weekend. I found it is better to do it that way because you can pick up any problems earlier and deal with them. eg. I found that in a few cases some of my images contained CAPs and in my code they were not caps and didn't display on the site, although when I tested on my PC they worked fine. Just a thought... Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio May 08, 2011 12:05PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 lindy it is because you have created a subfolder within your site and put your pages in there. The entry page needs to be in the root of the site but instead it is inside a folder called Assignment 2 Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio May 09, 2011 08:06AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 149 Hi lindy You should still have separate folders for css, javascript and image files but your index.html - at least - should be in the root of the site. This means that you still need to keep all your images in a folder called images and change your code to point to the images within the images folder. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Some advice on screen size? Please May 11, 2011 10:46AM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 153 Hi Ashiya You could try this for your page. Use it exactly as it is below, including the auto !important; Language: CSS min-height: 100%; height: auto !important; height: 100%; Yes, I have used mostly percentages for my page layout, but exact values for things like images. I can't help you any more until I get home after work tonight. I don't have my sites code at work unfortunately. Try the above in the meantime for the height. Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio May 11, 2011 06:26PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 156 Hi Krystle I reread the tut letter. One page. I then saw Mac posted as one of his replies to copy and paste and keep in notepad to add to the page, so I have sat for two nights now redoing my entire Active Participation page so that it is text and not images. I had originally used screenshots. If you have one page, then it is right Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: Some advice on screen size? Please May 11, 2011 06:38PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 154 Hi Ashiya It is quite difficult to try and work out what might be wrong without looking at the code and css myself, but if the height option I posted above does not work you can also try and use the overflow in your css. eg: Language: CSS overflow:scroll; or Language: CSS overflow-y:scroll; if you only want it to scroll vertically. Depending on what other values have been set in the CSS, a few things could affect the way it is being displayed. In terms of 3 column layout, Mac suggested a URL for assistance with this in another post at [osprey.unisa.ac.za] Ashiya you might also be having difficulty because of the footer. Don't forget to clear. You can quickly check by adding a break and setting the clear:both on the break, in your html code, just before your footer. In other words, add this just before your footer ... Language: HTML <br style="clear:both"> Not a terribly elegant way to fix it, but it should work. Remember that floating divs fall outside of the normal flow of the page so the page doesn't know how long they are, so you need to clear them before the footer. Another way to do it might be to add another div just before the footer Language: HTML <div class="clear"></div> With this in the stylesheet: Language: CSS .clear {clear: both;} Rowena-72906189 [ PM ] Re: portfolio May 12, 2011 08:45PM Registered: 2 months ago Posts: 156 Good Luck Everyone!!! and Thanks Mac!!! Apart from learning loads, I have had a LOT of fun taking this course ... thoroughly enjoyed it ... so much so that I have been trying to see what I can study next, assuming I pass both the courses I have just finished, that is!

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