Pre-Lab Assignment: Grids

Please see the course blog for information about the grid that is due at the beginning of your lab period. The prelab assignment is designed by Michael and should be handed in to Ben.

Lab 7: Cascading Style Sheets

Purpose

This lab is based on the CSS lecture material from February 26th and March 3rd. The purpose is to give you hands-on experience with Cascading Style Sheets.

Partners

Everyone should work with one partner on this assignment. Submit one solution with both of your names on it.

Assignment

This assignment is designed by John.

1. Take the body source code from this page and place it in KompoZer in the body section. Name this file lab7.
2. Modify the head section of the lab7 html file such that it uses a CSS named lab7.css
3. Create a CSS named lab7.css using either KompoZer or an editor of your choice such as Notepad or Wordpad.
4. Spend the rest of the lab period modifying lab7.css to make the lab7 html file look as good as possible. Do not modify the lab7 html file at all.

Grading - 10 points

• 2 points. Aesthetics - the lab7 html file looks better than 2/3 of your classmates' submissions. If it looks better than 1/3 of your classmate's submissions, you will earn 1 point.
• 1 point. At least 1 color and 1 background-color property is used.
• 1 point. At least 1 font property is used.
• 1 point. At least 1 text property is used.
• 1 point. At least 1 link property is used.
• 2 points. The lab7.css file contains at least 10 property/value combinations.
• 2 points. lab7.css validates.

Submission

E-mail just the CSS file, lab7.css, to Sindhu at sindhupriya.karanam@cs.montana.edu. To receive credit, this e-mail must be received before your lab period ends.