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Education on the Internet

Instructor ~ David Donica
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CSCI 28A ~ Web Publishing I ~ Fall 2008  

Weekly Exercise 15: - pdf version for printing
  1. Open the document you created in Exercise 13 (exercise13.htm) and save it as exercise15.htm. Make sure you do not delete exercise13.htm.
  2. Open the style sheet you created in Exercise 13 (yourname.css) and save it as yourname_print.css. Make sure you do not delete your exercise 13 style sheet.
  3. Make the following changes to the style sheet to make it print-friendly.
    1. Make all font characters Verdana
    2. Make all font characters black
    3. Make the body margin-left and margin-right .5 inches
    4. Remove the parchment gif from the body background
    5. Make the paragraph margin-left and margin-right .75 inches
    6. Make the h1 font 16pt
    7. Make the h1 line-height 18pt
    8. Make the h2 font 14pt
    9. Make the h2 line-height 16pt
    10. Make all anchor text black
    11. Make sure the footnotes font is Verdana
    12. Change all comments to clarify all the changes made to the style sheet.
    13. Change the date in the "edited by" comment to 12/4/07
    14. Save the style sheet and upload it to your exercise folder.
  4. Make the following changes to the exercise15.htm document.
    1. Change the <link /> tag to include media="all"
    2. Add a new <link /> tag to include your new print style sheet.
    3. Save the new document and upload it to your exercise folder.
  5. View the print preview for Exercise 15 and compare it to the print preview for Exercise 13.

Helpful Thoughts & Ideas:

  • How can you use this exercise to help with your project?
  • What other changes could you make to this style sheet?
  • Did you remember to change the link href for your new style sheet?
  • Here is a link to a completed version of exercise15.htm
  • Here is a link to a completed version of donica_print.css
 
 

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