dreamweaver 8 concepts and techniques project 5 templates and style sheets
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Dreamweaver 8Concepts and Techniques
Project 5
Templates and Style Sheets
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Project Objectives
• Describe a template• Create a template• Describe the different types of style sheets
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Project Objectives
• Create a Cascading Style Sheet• Apply Cascading Style Sheet attributes to a
template• Create a Web page from a template
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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and then click My Computer
• Double-click Local Disk (C:) and then navigate to the location of the data files for Project 5
• Double-click the DataFiles folder and then double-click the Proj05 folder
• Double-click the parks folder and then double-click the images folder
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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site
• Click the first image file in the list, hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last image file in the list
• Right-click the selected files to display the context menu
• Click the Copy command and then click the My Computer Back button the number of times necessary to navigate to the your name folder
• Double-click the your name folder, double-click the parks folder, and then double-click the images folder
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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site
• Right-click in the open window to display the context menu
• Click the Paste command to paste the image files into the images folder
• Click the images window Close button
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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Colorado Parks Web Site
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar• Point to All Programs on the Start menu, point to
Macromedia on the All Programs submenu, and then click Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 on the Macromedia submenu
• If necessary, display the panel groups and expand the Property inspector
• Click the Files panel box arrow and then point to Colorado Parks on the Files pop-up menu
• Click Colorado Parks
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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Colorado Parks Web Site
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Creating a New Template Document
• Click New on the File menu• Click Template page in the Category list and then
click HTML template in the Template page list• Click the Create button• If the Insert bar is not displayed, click Window on
the Insert bar and then click Insert• If the Common category is not displayed, click the
arrow to the right of the displayed category on the Insert bar and then click Common on the Insert bar pop-up menu
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Creating a New Template Document
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Saving the Web Page as a Template
• Click File on the menu bar and then click Save• Click OK• Type spotlight_monuments in the Save as
text box• Click the Save button• Click the plus sign to the left of the Templates
folder
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Saving the Web Page as a Template
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Adding a Background Image and Title to the Template Page
• Click Modify on the menu bar and then click Page Properties
• Click the Browse button to the right of the Background image box
• If necessary, navigate to the images folder. Click bg.jpg and then click the OK button in the Select Image Source dialog box
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Adding a Background Image and Title to the Template Page
• Click the OK button in the Page Properties dialog box
• Click the Title text box, delete Untitled Document, and type Spotlight on Colorado National Monuments as the entry
• Press the ENTER key. If necessary, click the Document window
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Adding a Background Image and Title to the Template Page
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Adding the Logo Image to the Template
• Click the Assets tab in the panel groups. If necessary, click the Images icon. Scroll down and click the logo.gif file
• Drag the logo.gif image to the top-left corner of the Document window
• Click the Alt text box and type Colorado National Monuments logo as the entry, and then press the ENTER key
• Click to the right of the image to deselect it and then press the ENTER key
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Adding the Logo Image to the Template
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Adding the Monument Name and Monument Description Prompts for the First Two Editable Regions
• Collapse the panel groups• Type Spotlight on [name of national monument] as the heading prompt
• Click the Format box arrow in the Property inspector and apply Heading 2 to the spotlight prompt
• Press the ENTER key• Type Add short description of monument as the prompt for the second editable region. Bold the text and then press the ENTER key
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Adding the Monument Name and Monument Description Prompts for the First Two Editable Regions
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Third Editable Region
• Click Insert on the menu bar and then click Table
• Enter the following data in the Insert Table dialog box: 1 for Rows, 2 for Columns, 70 percent for Table width, 0 for Border thickness, 5 for Cell padding, and 0 for Cell spacing. Type Spotlight on Colorado national monuments as the Summary text
• Click the OK button• Click the Align box arrow in the Property inspector,
and then click Center to center the table• Click the left cell in the table and then drag to select
both cells in the table
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Third Editable Region
• Click the Horz box arrow in the Property inspector and then click Center. Click the Vert box arrow and then click Middle
• Click the left cell in the table and then type Add additional columns and rows as necessary. Add images and short descriptions of image to each cell in the table as the prompt.
• Click the right cell. Click Insert on the menu bar, point to Image Objects, and then point to Image Placeholder
• Click Image Placeholder• When the Image Placeholder dialog box is displayed,
type add_image in the Name text box as the prompt
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Third Editable Region
• Press the TAB key. Type 64 for the Width
• Press the TAB key. If necessary, type 32 for the Height
• Click the OK button
• Click <table> in the tag selector and type spotlight in the Table ID box. Press the ENTER key
• Click to the right of the table and then press the ENTER key two times
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Third Editable Region
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Fourth Editable Region
• Click Insert on the menu bar and then click Table to display the Insert Table dialog box
• Enter the following data in the Insert Table dialog box: 1 for Rows, 2 for Columns, 50 percent for Table width, 0 for Border thickness, 5 for Cell padding, and 0 for Cell spacing. Type Web site links as the Summary text. Click the OK button
• Click the Align box arrow in the Property inspector, and then center the table
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Fourth Editable Region
• Click the left cell and then drag to select both cells in the table
• Click the Horz box arrow in the Property inspector and then click Center. Click the Vert box arrow and then click Middle
• Click the left cell and then type Add additional columns as necessary for links as the prompt
• Select the table and name it links. Press the ENTER key
• Press CTRL+S to save the file. If a Dreamweaver warning box appears, click the OK button
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Adding and Centering a Table as the Fourth Editable Region
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Creating the First Editable Region
• If necessary, click Window on the menu bar and then click Insert
• If the Common category is not displayed, click the arrow to the right of the displayed category on the Insert bar and then click Common on the Insert bar pop-up menu
• Click the Property inspector expander arrow to hide the Property inspector
• If necessary, scroll to the top and then click to the left of the heading prompt
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Creating the First Editable Region
• Click the <h2> tag in the Tag selector• Click the Templates pop-up menu arrow and
point to Editable Region• Click Editable Region• Type monument_name in the Name text box• Click the OK button
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Creating the First Editable Region
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Creating the Second Editable Region
• Click to the left of the prompt, Add short description of monument, in the Document window
• Click the <p> tag in the tag selector. Click the Templates pop-up menu and then click Editable Region
• Type monument_description in the Name text box and then click the OK button
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Creating the Second Editable Region
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Creating the Third and Fourth Editable Regions
• Click in the left cell of the first table and then click the <table#spotlight> tag in the tag selector
• Click the Editable Region command on the Templates pop-up menu
• Type monument_images in the Name text box, and then click the OK button
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Creating the Third and Fourth Editable Regions
• If necessary, scroll down to display the second table, click in the left cell of the second table, click the <table#links> tag in the tag selector, and then click the Editable Region command on the Templates pop-up menu
• Type links in the Name text box and then click the OK button
• Click the Save button
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Creating the Third and Fourth Editable Regions
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Displaying the Design Panel Group
• Click the expand/ collapse arrow to expand the panel groups
• Move the mouse pointer over the vertical bar until it turns to a two-headed arrow
• Drag the vertical bar about 1⁄2 inch to the left to increase the width of the panel groups
• Click Window on the menu bar and then click CSS Styles
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Displaying the Design Panel Group
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Adding a Style and Saving the Style Sheet
• Click the Files panel tab• Click to the left of the text, Spotlight on [name of
national monument], in the monument_name editable region and then click the <h2> tag in the tag selector
• Click the New CSS Style button• Click the Tag (redefines the look of a specific tag)
radio button to select it• Click the Tag box and type h2 as the tag name
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Adding a Style and Saving the Style Sheet
• Verify that (New Style Sheet File) is selected in the Define in: section
• Click the OK button• Click the Save in box arrow and then click the
parks folder name. Click the File name text box and then type spotlight as the style sheet name
• Click the Save button• Click the Font box arrow, click Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif in the Font list, and then press the TAB key
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Adding a Style and Saving the Style Sheet
• Click the Size box arrow, click 24 in the Size list, and then press the TAB key two times
• Click the Weight box arrow, click bolder, and then press the TAB key
• Click the Style box arrow and then click italic• Click the Color text box, type #420000, and then
press the TAB key• Click the OK button and then click anywhere in
the monument_name editable region to deselect the heading prompt
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Adding a Style and Saving the Style Sheet
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Creating a Style for the Paragraph Text
• Click to the left of the prompt, Add short description of monument, and then click the <p> tag in the tag selector
• Click the New CSS Rule button in the CSS Styles panel
• Click the OK button• Click the Font box arrow and then click Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif• Click the Size box arrow and then click 12
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Creating a Style for the Paragraph Text
• Click the Weight box arrow and then click bold• Click the Color text box and then type #420000
for the color. Press the TAB key• Click the OK button• Click to the right of the paragraph to deselect it
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Creating a Style for the Paragraph Text
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Adding a Background, Border, and Text Color to a Table
• Click in the first cell of the monument_images table
• Click the <table#spotlight> tag in the tag selector• Click the New CSS Rule button in the CSS Styles
panel• Click the OK button
• Click the Font box arrow and then click Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
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Adding a Background, Border, and Text Color to a Table
• Click the Color text box, type #FFFFFF, and then press the TAB key
• Click Background in the Category list• Click the Background color text box, type #420000 as the color and then press the TAB key
• Click Border in the Category list• Verify that the Same for all check boxes are
selected for Style, Width, and Color
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Adding a Background, Border, and Text Color to a Table
• Click the Top box arrow and then click groove in the Top pop-up menu
• Click the Width box arrow and then click thick in the Width pop-up menu
• Click the top text box in the Color area and then type #CC9900 for the border color. Press the TAB key
• Click the OK button and then, if necessary, scroll down in the Document window to display both tables
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Adding a Background, Border, and Text Color to a Table
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Modifying the A:Link Attribute
• Select the links table• Click the New CSS Rule button in the CSS Styles
panel• Click the Advanced (IDs, pseudo-class selectors)
radio button• If necessary, click the Define in spotlight.css
radio button• Click the Selector box arrow, and then point to
a:link
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Modifying the A:Link Attribute
• Click a:link• Click the OK button• Click none to select the none Decoration attribute• Click the Color text box, type #FFFFFF, and
press the TAB key• Click the OK Button
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Modifying the A:Link Attribute
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Adding the A:Visited Attribute
• Verify that the links table is selected.• Click the New CSS Rule button in the CSS Styles
panel to display the New CSS Rule dialog box• Click the Advanced (IDs, pseudo-class selectors)
radio button• Verify that the Define in spotlight.css radio button
is selected• Click the Selector box arrow and then click
a:visited
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Adding the A:Visited Attribute
• Click the OK button to display the CSS Rule Definition dialog box
• Click the none check box to select the none Decoration attribute
• Type #CC9900 in the Color text box and then press the TAB key
• Click the OK button
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Adding the A:Visited Attribute
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Adding the A:Hover Attribute
• Verify that the links table is selected• Click the New CSS Rule button in the CSS Styles
panel to display the New CSS Rule dialog box• If necessary, click the Advanced (IDs, pseudo-
class selectors) radio button• Click the Selector box arrow and then click
a:hover• Click the OK button to display the CSS Rule
Definition for a:hover in spotlight.css dialog box
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Adding the A:Hover Attribute
• Type #FFCC66 in the Color text box and then press the TAB key. Click the none check box to select the None Decoration attribute
• Click the OK button and then click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
• If a Dreamweaver warning dialog box appears, click No. At this point, the template is not attached to any documents
• Close the spotlight_monuments template• Click the Save button on the spotlight.css
document and then close the style sheet
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Adding the A:Hover Attribute
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Creating the Dinosaur National Monument Spotlight Web Page
• Click the CSS panel expand/collapse arrow to collapse the panel
• Click File on the menu bar and then click New• Click Basic Page in the New Document dialog
box Category and then click the Create button• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
and then save the page in the parks folder. Use dinosaur.htm as the file name
• If necessary, collapse the Property inspector
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Creating the Dinosaur National Monument Spotlight Web Page
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Applying a Template to the Dinosaur National Monument Web page
• Click the Assets panel tab in the Files group panel
• If necessary, click the Templates icon in the Assets panel
• Click spotlight_monuments• Click the Apply button• Collapse the panel groups
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Applying a Template to the Dinosaur National Monument Web page
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Adding the Monument Name and Monument Description to the Dinosaur National Monument Web Page
• If necessary, click anywhere on the document. Move the mouse pointer over the page and note that in the non-editable sections, the pointer changes to a circle with a line through the middle. This icon indicates that this is a non-editable area
• Select the text and brackets, [name of national monument], in the monument_name editable region
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Adding the Monument Name and Monument Description to the Dinosaur National Monument Web Page
• Type Dinosaur National Monument as the monument name
• Select the prompt, Add short description of monument, in the monument_description editable region. Type the following text: Dinosaur National Monument spans the Colorado/Utah border in the northwest corner of Colorado. The Quarry Area contains a collection of some 1,600 fossilized dinosaur bones from 11 different dinosaur species. Visitors can view the bone displays by visiting the Douglas Quarry and Visitor Center. Program events and nature tours are available through the Center.
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Adding the Monument Name and Monument Description to the Dinosaur National Monument Web Page
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Adding Rows to the Monument_images Table
• Click in the left cell of the monument_images table. Click Modify on the menu bar, point to Table, and then point to Insert Rows or Columns
• Click Insert Rows or Columns• Double-click the Number of Rows text box and
then type 2 for the number of rows• Click the OK button
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Adding Rows to the Monument_images Table
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
• Select the text in row 1, column 1 of the parks_images table and then press the DELETE key
• Press the F6 key to switch to Expanded Tables mode
• If a Getting Started in Expanded Tables Mode dialog box displays, read the information and then click the OK button
• Display the panel groups• If necessary, click the Assets tab
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
• Click the Images icon in the Assets panel• Drag the elephant_toes.jpg file to row 1, column 1
of the monument_images table• Click to the right of the image• Hold down the SHIFT key and then press the
ENTER key. You will not see the insertion point until you begin typing
• Type Elephant Toes Mountain as the description
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
• Press the TAB key to move the insertion point to row 1, column 2
• Press the DELETE key to delete the image placeholder and then drag the fall_cottonwoods.jpg file to the cell
• Click to the right of the image• Hold down the SHIFT key and then press the
ENTER key• Type Fall cottonwoods along the river
as the description
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
• Add the four other images and descriptions to the monument_images table as indicated in Table 5-2 on page DW 457. Scroll as necessary
• Drag each image to the appropriate table cell, click to the right of the image, hold down SHIFT and press the ENTER key, and then type the description
• Press the TAB key to move from cell to cell• Press the F6 key to exit from Expanded Tables
mode
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
• Hide the panel groups• Display the Property inspector• Click each image and add the ALT Text as
indicated in Table 5-3 on page DW 457
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Adding Images to the Monument_images Table
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Adding the Links to the Links Table
• Scroll down to display the links table. Select the text in the left cell of the links table and then press the DELETE key
• Type Home as the text link in the left cell and then select the text
• Click the Link text box in the Property inspector, type index.htm as the link text, and then press the TAB key
• Click the right cell in the links table. Type Dinosaur National Monument as the text for the link and then select the text
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Adding the Links to the Links Table
• Click the Link text box in the Property inspector and then type http://www.nps.gov/dino
• Click the Target box arrow and select _blank• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
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Adding the Links to the Links Table
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Adding a Link from the Monuments Page to the Dinosaur National Monument Page
• Expand the panel groups and open the monuments.htm page. If necessary, click the Files tab
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and then click to the right of the Home link. Press the END key
• Hold down the SHIFT key and then press the ENTER key
• Type Featured Monument as the link text
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Adding a Link from the Monuments Page to the Dinosaur National Monument Page
• Select the text and then drag dinosaur.htm from the Files panel to the Property inspector Link text box
• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar• Press the F12 key to preview the dinosaur.htm
page in your browser. Scroll down and then click the Featured Monument link to view the Dinosaur National Monument Web page, as shown in Figure 5-92 on page DW 461
• Verify that the Dinosaur National Monument Web page links work
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Adding a Link from the Monuments Page to the Dinosaur National Monument Page
• If instructed to do so, print a copy of the Dinosaur National Monument Web page and submit it to your instructor
• If instructed to do so, upload your Web site to a remote server. Appendix C contains information on uploading to a remote server. A remote folder is required before you can upload to a remote server. Generally, the remote folder is defined by the Web server administrator or your instructor
• Close the browser
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Adding a Link from the Monuments Page to the Dinosaur National Monument Page
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Closing the Web Site and Quitting Dreamweaver
• Click the Close button on the upper-right corner of the Dreamweaver title bar
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Project Summary
• Describe a template• Create a template• Describe the different types of style sheets
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Project Summary
• Create a Cascading Style Sheet• Apply Cascading Style Sheet attributes to a
template• Create a Web page from a template
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