Monday, Jan. 25: Tutorials and Quiz Guide

By class Monday, Jan. 25:

View CSS for Designers, Chapters 1-7.

Take notes, as you watch, and be prepared to answer questions such as these:

Sample questions:

from Ch. 1: Web Standards and CSS

1. True or False? The Web was originally designed with graphic design in mind. (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
2. The organization charged with developing specifications and guidelines for the Web is _______? (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
3. Define "presentational HTML." (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
4. What was "table-based layout"? (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
5. What year did CSS 1 come out? (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
6. What year did CSS 2 come out, including CSS components for website layout, making tableless design possible? (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")
7. What is the purpose of the Web Standards Project? (see the top of its homepage) What is its URL? (1 – "Web Standards and CSS")

from Ch. 1: CSS Goes Mainstream

1. What does the CSS Zen Garden demonstrate about CSS? (1 – "CSS Goes Mainstream")
2. What does a site like CSS Vault have to offer web designers? (See also CSSbeauty.com and CSSdrive.com) (1 – "CSS Goes Mainstream")

from Ch. 1: The Evolution of CSS Design

1. What browser has been a source of difficulty for designers seeking to accomplish compatibility across browsers? (1 – "The Evolution of CSS Design")
2. What does "progressive enhancement" mean? (1 – "The Evolution of CSS Design")
3. Briefly describe an example of progressive enhancement. What might an advanced browser get? What might the less advanced browsers get? (1 – "The Evolution of CSS Design")

The above questions indicate the kinds of questions you may be asked over any and all of the videos in this week’s assignment.

A few more sample questions:

from Chapter 2: Adding Semantic Elements

1. It is important to choose (X)HTML tags:
   1. for their visual appearance
   2. for their semantic meaning
2. What does "semantic meaning" mean?