Due Today @ end of class: Blog 3 – 2 Peer Comments / Begin P1 Development
For Today: Review Finish Warmup 5 / Studio for P1
Project 1 Timeline: tr3.31Final Project Due Date
Final Project 1: Typographic Storytelling Due Date P1: Final Project 1 Due Date Entire site due. Upload published link to Project 1 through D2L. (2% off per 24 hours late).
P1 Development Resources: There is a lot here to help you develop. Some of these are new, but many are reposted. Please skim through these and make note of any pages you’d like to reference in your design.
- Box Sizing Property (Prevent Unexpected Layout Issues) CSS Box Sizing Guide – Avoid layout shifts by controlling how padding and borders are calculated.
- CSS Centering Guide (All Methods Explained) CSS Tricks: Complete Centering Guide – A must-have reference for centering elements in different scenarios.
- CSS Centering Guide 2
- ✮ Webflow: QuickStack Overview (Highly Recommended) – Learn Quick Stack for responsive layouts in Webflow.
- How to Use Full-Page Background Images Webflow Guide: Background Styles – Learn to use cover, contain, and position to scale background images properly. This resource includes all background properties.
- Full Page Background Image
- CSS3 Generator
- Transparency that doesn’t affect children
- Create a Seamless Background Image in Photoshop
- Parallax Scrolling
- 27 Ways to Pimp your Footer
- Adobe Typekit to Webflow Setup & API Link
P1 Points to Consider:
- Remember to cite all content retrieved from another source. Use links AND sources @ bottom of each page.
- Set up a unique title tag (name of page).
- Did you optimize all of your images (appropriate file size, format and image quality)? You can now do this right within Webflow.
- Style the hyperlinks on your pages. Get rid of the underline with a text-decoration: none; and try a border-bottom instead.
- Make your headings stand out from your paragraphs. Also, consider making them a different color. Refine the typographic hierarchy.
- Create clear moments of prominence (easy to scan)
- User proper file naming (descriptive without spaces).
- Images: When to insert images through an HTML image tag <img> or through a CSS background image? Rule-of-thumb: If your images displays content in any way, place it as an <img> in the content. If it is decorative or doesn’t make up the content, it can be a background image. Never include large blocks of text in any image. Also, break up multiple series of images into different images. By inserting images using the <img> tag, you can insert a descriptive ALT tag, to describe the content of your image.
- Test all of your links and site responsiveness.
- Remember to set up your alt text before exporting and uploading.
CSS Grid + Column Resources:
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- ✮ Webflow: QuickStack Overview
- ✮ Webflow: Columns
- ✮ Webflow: Flexbox vs CSS Grid
- ✮ Setting up a CSS Grid Website in Webflow
- References: CSS Grid Files
- CSS Grid: Justification and Alignment
- display: flex; Guide
- References: Flexbox Guide
- How to Order and Align Items in the CSS Grid
- Review: CSS Grid Tricks
- Review: CSS Grid on W3Schools
- CSS Grid – Responsive layouts and components
Due Next Class: Progress on P1 Dev + Warmup 5