{"id":689,"date":"2015-09-14T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endlesshybrids.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2015-09-14T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T12:35:34","slug":"the-simplicity-of-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endlesshybrids.com\/digital-humanities\/the-simplicity-of-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"The simplicity of the web"},"content":{"rendered":"
The second class of multimedia storytelling design<\/a> is focused on what I call the simplicity of the web. My advancing age, almost 50, gives me the advantage of having witnessed the evolution of the web from a text-based browser to the apparent complexity of modern web sites. I encourage those learning the web to break down the complexity and focus first on the simple, foundational aspects.<\/p>\n For our text in this course we’re using Jon Duckett’s HTML & CSS: design and build websites<\/a>. Written for beginners, this book presents the basics in an engaging manner (with beautiful page layouts). I did choose, however, not to assign all the chapters in the same order as in\u00a0the book. For the first class, we’re focusing on chapters 1, 2, & 5. Throughout this class we’ll be using the example of NY Times Snow Fall<\/a>. It’s a complex piece but useful for these (mostly) journalism students to know how it was constructed.<\/p>\n Here are some of the questions (and occasional commentary) guiding discussion in this two-hour class:<\/p>\n In the view source of Snow Fall, (finally) around line 827, you’ll find:<\/p>\n <h1>Snow <span>F<\/span>all<\/h1>Structure<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<h2>The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek<\/h2><\/p>\n