Today I worked through the last two sections of the cascade training: part two. I’ve been having a lot of issues with HTML; I honestly think I’m cursed. Today I copy and pasted code directly from the KB and immediately got an error message, spent 30 minutes trying to correct the code myself, but ended up having to call Mounika for help. She did EXACTLY the same thing I did (copy and pasted code into my site) and it worked. After this I was able to copy and paste the code fine; we still have no idea what went wrong. Clearly the only explanation is that HTML can smell my fear. Here’s the super scary error message we couldn’t solve:

Here are the buttons after HTML decided to forgive me for my sins:

Abriella added some more instructions in the KB about creating tables which was SO helpful; I was able to add a new row into my video table in about 30 seconds:

Finally, I worked on adding pull quotes into HTML which was pretty fun, pretty easy. I wrote this little blurb about myself with a fake quote from a friend to practice:

Overall a pretty good day! I feel like I’m getting more comfortable with Cascade and HTML, but I think generally I just need to relax and not get worked up when things don’t work right away. Like I said, these web design softwares can smell fear.

Final menu of course graphics I made for Shabbir’s class. Had to add a shadow onto the stingers because the template blends in with the background. This was my favorite part of this assignment; I like dragging and dropping 🙂

Working on the second part of the Cascade training, I was able to make tables but I can’t seem to figure out where my page went LOL.

Me thinking about learning HTML/CSS: 🙂

Me actually learning HTML/CSS: 🙁

Course graphics for Shabbir’s O Chem I! This was a fun process, had a couple issues matching the greens on the different templates, I think because I was using the hex code instead of cmyk but I was able to match everything after some trial and error.

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I definitely over complicated this, but it was still fun!

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Today I completed my Cascade basic training. This took a long time! Had to redo things a couple times because I kept forgetting to press submit, but it was cool to set up a webpage in its entirety. I made my page coronavirus themed because I wanted to fuel my anxiety about the state of our nation.

Here’s a progress shot from my cascade training. I created a banner and edited the headline/subhead text for the site.

Here’s a link to the site: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/sta-9/