Assignment 7: Add some CSS

This is where we really begin to dive into CSS. Chapters 3 and 4 are the scope of CSS we are working with in this class, so be sure to refer back to those chapters and my notes.

First, choose which website you would like to style: either the constitution or your wikipedia article.
If you choose the wikipedia article, be sure to flesh it out so you have decent content and page lengths to work with. I am not going to check for accuracy – I just want you to have some decent, realistic content to work with.
You can pretty much dive right in. I didn’t discuss web design strategy or any advanced topics because you should really just play with CSS for a while to get the hang of it. Maybe get creative with the header? Two columns vs. one column? But learn CSS first, make it look good second.
Use a reset stylesheet. A reset style sheet will completely strip all native browser formatting, so you can truly start from scratch. There are a number of reset style sheets out there with via a google search, or you can use this CSS reset stylesheet. One way to use this is to have two external CSS files and two <link> elements in your <head> section. Be sure to call the reset stylesheet first! Stylesheets and scripts are always read in order.
Inspiration: The CSS Zen Garden project. Designers from all over the world take the same, single HTML file and apply CSS. This is a great place to see what CSS is capable of and to dissect code, ask me if you are interested.
Please ask me questions! Feel free to email. I can look over your code and help you fix it. Bring questions to class.