Navigation Assignment Explained
Listed below are the steps you need to follow to complete the navigation assignments.
- Read Chapter 6 "Creating Interface Components" (pgs 206-229). The textbook takes you step by step through the process fro converting a list to a vertical or horizontal navigation bar. I recommend you do all the reading in week 1, since there are only 20 pages.
- Open the DVD > css-part2 > start-here.html >list nav. Here is a list of what you need to watch in week 1 of the assignment.
* list basics
* modify lists
* 3 lists variations
* list sampler
* horizontal navigation
* modify navigation
* IE hack for hover
You also need to access the pop down lesson and view these videos.
# rollover with color
# graphics rollover
# creating the rollover image
# drop down menus (2nd level navigation)
# hide drop down menu
# Add pop out menus (3rd level navigation)
# add another pop out menu (4th level navigation)
# insert drop down menu into "live site" part 1
# insert drop down menu into "live site" part 2
- Create a sample page that has a list which is converted to horizontal navigation
- Create a page with 3 links that display an image in the background that has 4 states (link, visited, hover, active)
- Create a sample page that has navigation that displays horizontally and then has drop down navigation, pop out navigation, and second level pop out navigation. (for a total of 4 levels of navigation)
- In week 2 you will need to view the following lessons. Access DVD > css-part2 > start-here.html >adv. nav lesson and v
View these lessons:
# vertical pop out
# modify vertical
# IE hacks - vertical
# sliding door intro.
# sliding door images
# sliding door 1
# sliding door 2
# sliding door 3
# transparent tabs
# combine tabs
- Create vertical pop out navigation
- Create sliding door navigation that uses tabbed images (feel free to use the images provided on the DVD in the lesson titled "sliding door images". It takes a long time to make your own tab images and this lesson will keep you busy).
- Add either horizontal pop down (2 levels), or vertical pop out, or sliding door navigation to the live site
- Now open the "homework.html" page and activate the links for the navigation lesson. This will require you to create a link to these files:
Simple horizontal navigation
Page with links that display background image w/ 4 states (link, visited, hover, active)
link to image with 4 states
Horizontal navigation bar with 4 levels of navigation drop down & pop out navigation.
Vertical Navigation
Sliding Door Navigation
Live site with advanced navigation added
css for live site
- These files will be placed in the folders indicated below
sample folder
"horizontal-nav.html"
"4states-image.html"
"pop-down-nav.html"
"vertical-nav.html"
"sliding-door.html"
images that are used for the image with 4 states and sliding door
live folder
"live-site.html"
"live-site.css"
if images were used for live site navigation, load them into live folder
- Please upload the files (including your modified homework page) onto "student". Use a Web browser to view your homework page and click on the links to make sure the homework page links to the new files you have created.
- I will use the "student work" page to grade your work.