CSS Positioning Lab

Introduction (10 min)

One of the best ways to sharpen your CSS skills is to try to recreate an existing style and layout, so take a look at the deliverable below, work with a partner, and build your own version of Instagram.com. Don't worry if you can't get it to look exactly as you see but try your best to get as close as possible.

There's a bit of starter code, so you can jump right into it.

Exercise (50-60 min)

Requirements

• Use display, clear, and floats to position elements on the page
• Look up and use CSS properties and values that may not have been covered in class, for example:
  • background: url("YOUR-LINK.COM")
  • list-style
  • text-decoration
  • text-transform
• Use a single external CSS stylesheet to style all pages
• Use the images provided to construct the appropriate elements on the page:
  • the iPhone
  • App Store and Google Play buttons
  • Instagram Logo
  • Login button

Bonus:

• Make it even better than Instagram! Throw in some animations, experiment with hover, make it fun.

Starter code

The starter-code contains all the files, images, and text content needed to create the page. The text is in the index.html, and the color palette is in main.css

Deliverable

Please take a screenshot of your results and share them in Slack! They should look something like this:

Additional Resources

• CSS Reference from MDN

Self Evaluation (10 min)

During the previous exercise, rate your progress on a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) for the following criteria:

• Persistence: Do you handle frustration well? Do you independently pursue understanding?
• Organization: Do you thoughtfully implement best coding patterns and practices?
• Collaboration: Do you make an effort to solve problems and share your ideas with others?
• Communication: Do you clearly convey your thoughts to others in illustrative and clear ways?
• Self-compassion: Do you make productive use of turning failures into learning opportunities?
• Resourcefulness: Do make an effort to compare and contrast new ideas with ones you already know?

Licensing

All content is licensed under a CC­BY­NC­SA 4.0 license. All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact [email protected].