Crossing the Finish Line

Phew, I made it. Somehow, I have managed to cross the LIS 2600 finish line even when things were looking grim. It's been a bumpy ride tackling these new technologies this semester, but I am so excited about everything that I have learned. I would definitely be remiss if I didn't thank those who took time out of their busy schedules to post helpful hints/directions on the class discussion board. So, THANK YOU ALL - I would have never made it without the help.

Signing off until next term...

Portfolio - DONE :)

Here is the link to the portfolio of all of my work in LIS 2600. If there was ever a need for an emoticon, it would be now - :)

http://Yazmine.Albarran.googlepages.com/portfolio_albarran

Thoreau Fragment 2 - DONE :)

After adding a navigation menu, hover text, and a text effect, here is what my Thoreau Fragment 2 assignment looks like:

http://www.pitt.edu/~yma3/thoreau_fragment_2.html

And here is its externally-linked CSS stylesheet:

http://www.pitt.edu/~yma3/thoreau.css

I AM a Techie!

It's official - I am graduating to the realms of techie-hood. Not content with how my annotated hyperlinks were set up on my Thoreau Fragment 2 assignment, I started searching the Web for ideas on how to edit the HTML code so that the annotations would appear as "hover text". Two days later and I have actually managed to insert code that results in changes when the mouse hovers over the hyperlink. Specifically, the link changes to another color (red) and the annotations pop-up in a small text box. I consider this a huge victory and am weirdly excited to go further with these skills. I kind of enjoyed reading about pseudo-classes and SPAN tags and I can't believe that HTML code is finally making sense to me.

Move Over, Wikipedia?

Uh-oh. Looks like Google has decided to step all over Wikipedia's toes with the creation of their latest service, Knol. Knol is just like Wikipedia except its articles are written by a combo of individuals and experts - not the anonymous masses that contribute to the articles in Wikipedia. A little healthy competition never hurt anyone, right? Maybe so, but there is buzz that Knol may just be a Wikipedia killer. Gasp.

For more info, check out::
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/wikipedia-meet-knol/index.html?ref=technology

A CSS Tutorial That Works

I finally have some good news to report. I found a CSS tutorial that is actually written in layman's terms! I googled "simple CSS stylesheet" and the second hit was for this site:

http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss

It is the perfect tutorial for the non-techie like me. It was short, sweet, and simple - exactly what I was looking for and I could follow along with ease. I am astounded at the result of the web page that I was able to create with this tutorial and am almost ready to post my Thoreau Fragment 2 assignment. I am literally brimming with happiness :)

Running around in circles...

I just keep going around and around when it comes to this Thoreau Fragment 2 assignment. I have tried every which way to get the code for the internal stylesheet (of my KompoZer-generated web page) exported to a CSS file - and it is not happening. After 2 WHOLE DAYS of this, I am ready to accept defeat and move on to another beast - modifying and linking a pre-existing stylesheet. Raise the white flag.