html & css: a printer's primer
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HTML & CSS: A Printer’s PrimerMichael M. Grant, PhDfor Mrs. Nancy Leininger’s GC 310
Michael M. Grant 2010
Michael M.
Grant
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What’s on tap …
What’s happening on the Web today
HTML
CSS
Sites that are implementing templates
Content management
What’s this all mean for printing technologies
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE WEB?
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Top 5 Visited Sites on the Planet
INTERNET STATISTICS
by Alexa rankings
Total Number of Hostnames for Websites
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/03/17/march_2010_web_server_survey.html
INTERNET STATISTICS
World Population
The World’s Population
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=336#
Internet Users 2007
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=336#
HTML, CIRCA 1994
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CASCADING STYLESHEETS Offers ways to improve productivity, experimentation, and reuse.
CSS ALLOWS FOR CONTROL OF FORMATTING & PAGE STRUCTURE.
You get 2 for the price of 1!
USING CSS TO CONTROL FORMATTING IS SIMILAR TO STYLES IN WORD & INDESIGN.
Let’s start with the easy one …
CSS ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIFIC ELEMENTS ON YOUR WEB PAGE.
This is specific to the Web …
WHO’S GOT QUESTIONS SO FAR?
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CSS CAN ALSO CONTROL THE STRUCTURE OF A PAGE.
And now the other way to use CSS …
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HTML
CSS
CSS Zen Garden
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
CSS Zen
3 WAYS TO IMPLEMENT CSS ON YOUR WEBSITE
External CSS
Embedded/Internal CSS
Inline styles
A NUMBER OF SITES WILL IMPLEMENT A TEMPLATE FOR YOU.
Just add content.
NOW WHO’S GOT QUESTIONS?
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HELLO, CONTENT MANAGEMENT.
Maintaining a site with lots of folks contributing is difficult. Homegrown sites work well for 1 or 2 people
CMSContent Creators
IT Professionals& Web Developers
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CMS Examples
Luminis
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WEB FOR PRINTING
Is print dead?
Multiple Mediums ≠ Multimedia
Print Web Mobile
BRANDINGREUSE V. REPURPOSE
What does this mean for printing technologies?
Print Web Mobile
WHAT ABOUT NOW?
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