Week 4
Monday * Jan. 29
TOPICS Color, site design, navigation and CSS
DUE 9 a.m. (via e-mail): Exercise 3
READ Holzschlag, Chapter 10
READ White, pp. 65 - 67 (be sure to read and study p. 66)
EXAMINE these three examples:
- More Eric Meyer on CSS
- Listmatic
- BrainJar.com (see also demo); if BrainJar is offline, then see this page about CSS tabbed navigation instead
Be prepared to discuss the navigation used in each example. Note: That means you will see questions about the navigation on today's quiz. So read Holzschlag, look at the examples above, and think about how they did what they did with the navigation and how they did it.
Extra Goodness * * *
Handout from class (PDF, 109 KB)
Palette file from class (PSD, 241 KB)
Understanding Color * * *
Skillful use of color improves a Web site in a huge way. This site provides a full tutorial on how color works:
Color, Contrast and Domension in News Design
Specifying color in CSS is discussed in Holzschlag, Chapter 8.