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style_system2011-04-11 07:17 pm
Style Class, Session #1: Class Intro
Welcome to the DW Styles Class! From the number of people answering the poll, this is going to be a fairly large class, even if a lot of you can't make it. Lurking is, of course, okay! I do want to encourage lurkers to ask questions if they have them, however--you don't have to stay out of sight.
This class is geared around learning by doing. The main project of the class is to create a style of your own! The lessons are tools to help you along the way, so the syllabus is subject to change if I feel we're going over a subject too fast and people need more time to adjust. At the end, I'll have treats for people who share layouts with others at dreamwidthlayouts.
Your mentors are, in no particular order: afuna, ninetydegrees, liv, seleneheart, monarchist, exor674, and, well, me. Mentors are here to help me review lesson plans before they go live and help answer student questions--some are CSS only, others know S2. But! If you know the answer to another student's question, please feel free to help them. We all can work together to learn things.
This class is split up into three "tracks" for different experience levels and goals.
- Simplified CSS
- Designed for people who want an easier introduction in CSS. It involves making style changes to an existing layout with the base CSS included.
- CSS only
- Designed for people who want to make a layout from scratch based on existing layout HTML--you can do a lot with just CSS. People might need help with an S2 override or two in order to achieve the effect they really want, but overall the goal is to work with CSS.
- S2/CSS
- Designed for people who want to be experts in changing both the HTML and CSS of their layout, or building in interesting behaviors. S2 is a programming language and once you know it you'll have few limitations (no JS, some CSS cleaning) in making a style exactly the way you want.
My class track will be:
I'm interested in this class because:
I want to customize my own style
114 (79.2%)
I want to make styles I can share with others
76 (52.8%)
I want to be able to help others with their styles
56 (38.9%)
It's a good way to learn skills I'm interested in, like HTML/CSS or basic programming concepts.
108 (75.0%)
If you have another interest in this class, what is it?
CSS Experience
HTML Experience
None or very little
13 (8.6%)
Beginner
51 (33.8%)
Experienced
69 (45.7%)
Advanced
18 (11.9%)
S2 experience:
Browsers I use or have access to:
Chrome
91 (60.3%)
Firefox 3.x
90 (59.6%)
Firefox 4.x
80 (53.0%)
IE6
10 (6.6%)
IE7
12 (7.9%)
IE8
40 (26.5%)
IE9
38 (25.2%)
Opera
54 (35.8%)
Safari
62 (41.1%)
Mobile browsers/devices
66 (43.7%)
Other
13 (8.6%)
My main browser is:
Chrome
26 (17.2%)
Firefox 3.x
56 (37.1%)
Firefox 4.x
44 (29.1%)
IE6
0 (0.0%)
IE7
0 (0.0%)
IE8
1 (0.7%)
IE9
1 (0.7%)
Opera
9 (6.0%)
Safari
9 (6.0%)
Mobile browsers/devices
2 (1.3%)
Other
3 (2.0%)
If you answered "Other" for any of the browser questions, what browser(s)?
Alright students, as your first exercise I would like you to:
- Say hi, and greet others! Also ask any questions you would like to know before Friday's class on "S2 Background and the Customization Wizard".
- Fill out this poll--it will help me know who has what experience level, and the different reasons people are taking the course for.
- Think about what you want your style to look like, if you'll be making a style for the course!
And now, I'm going through and checking to make sure that all people who answered the original interest poll and don't already subscribe get a reminder to watch this community (unless they have different methods of keeping track)! Hope to hear from you all!
Previous: Syllabus
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I learned my first programming language in 1979 (on punch cards) and fell in love with it. After college I did programming for the Navy (not on punch cards). The last time I looked at any serious code was in 1991 when I had my first child. I have no programming experience with anything to do with the internet but have been able to tweek things. I think many times my antique computer knowledge handicaps me when I am trying to learn something new because I assume I will instantly understand it. Also, when I don't need to do something by a deadline, I just keep procrastinating.
By learning with a class, a group, I will have the self-perceived peer-pressure and a weekly deadline to motivate myself to learn.
So to recap: I am old, a procrastinator, and lack motivation. I also believe I can fool myself into overcoming those traits.
Anyway, I am looking forward to learning and hopeful contributing to this class.
Thank you for taking the time to do this,
Stephenie
PS - If you think that you know me through fandom please send me a private message. My boss has access to this profile.
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I know it will be much easier to learn when a whole group is working on the same part at the same time. I learned about all kinds of stuff online. The problem is when you have a question, who do you ask? With this group of instructors/mentors and students there will be plenty of people to ask.
Stephenie
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