2. Unit Objectives
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Collect feedback
Run site reports
Validate HTML and CSS markup
Test for browser compatibility
Use media queries
Evaluate and present a website to a client
Set up remote access
Publish a site
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6. Validating HTML and CSS Markup
1. Open the index page
2. Click the W3C Validation button on the
Document toolbar, click Validate Current
Document (W3C), as shown in Figure J-8, then
click OK to close the W3C Validator Notification
dialog box
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to check each page in the
site. If you find errors, evaluate and correct them
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7. Validating HTML and CSS Markup
4. Open your browser, go to jigsaw.w3.org/cssvalidator
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Click the By file upload tab, click the Browse
button, browse to the striped Umbrella local site
root folder, then double-click su_styles.css
5. Click More Options, click the Profile list arrow,
click CSS level 3 if necessary, then click the
Check button, as shown in Figure J-10
6. Close the browser
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8. Clues to Use
• The evolution of HTML5
– HTML has been in existence since the early
1990s
– HTML4 became a W3C recommendation in
1997
– HTML5 introduced new ways to add
interactivity and tags that support semantic
markup
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11. Testing for Browser Compatibility
1. With the index page open, click File, point to
Check Page, then click Browser
Compatibility
2. Close the Results Tab Group, then click the
Adobe Browser Lab panel tab to expand the
panel
3. Click the Preview button
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12. Testing for Browser Compatibility
4. Type your Adobe ID and password, then click
Sign In
5. Click the Browser list arrow, as shown in
Figure J-14, point to All Browsers, then
choose another browser
6. Close the browser to close Adobe BrowserLab
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13. Clues to Use
• Using the browser compatibility check to
manage styles
– There are several tools available to assist you
in defining, modifying, and checking CSS rules
• Code Navigator
• Live view
• Browser Compatibility check feature
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15. Using Media Queries
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Using Media Queries
– Specify a different style sheet for each device
– Desktop monitor
– Tablet
– Smart phone
– Adaptive websites adjust or modify page content to
fit the user’s needs and device type
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17. Evaluating and Presenting a Website to a Client
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Are you ready to present your work?
Did you follow your wireframe?
How should you present your work?
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18. Design Matters
• Using wireframes for planning,
development, and presentation
– Select your tool based on the size and
complexity of the website, the budget, and
your personal preferences
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Microsoft PowerPoint
Adobe Photoshop
OverSight
Protoshare
Adobe Proto
Basecamp
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24. Clues to Use
• Choosing remote access options
– Local/Network refers to publishing a website on either
the local drive or a local network drive
– WebDAV is used with servers such as the Microsoft
Internet Information Server and Apache Web server
– RDS is used with a remote folder running ColdFusion
– Microsoft Visual SourceSafe is available under the
Windows platform using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Client
– Secure FTP is an FTP option which lets you encrypt file
transfers to protect your files, user names, and
passwords
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27. Clues to Use
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Cloaking files to exclude them from being uploaded to a
server
– Cloaking is the process of marking a file or files for
exclusion when the commands Put, Get, Synchronize,
Check In, and Check Out are used
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Managing a website with a team
– The Check Out feature enables only one person at a
time to work on a file
– Subversion control: A remote SVN (Apache Subversion)
repository is used to maintain current and historical
versions of your website files
– Protect files from being accessed using the svn:ignore
property to create a list of files that are to be ignored in a
directory
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28. Unit Summary
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Collect feedback
Run site reports
Validate HTML and CSS markup
Test for browser compatibility
Use media queries
Evaluate and present a website to a client
Set up remote access
Publish a site
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