Ellen Cushman cushmane@msu.

edu

Introduction
to
Web
Authoring
Class mtg. #6

www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wra210.htm our syllabus

www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wa.htm old class page
www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wa2.htm new class page
Today in Class Next Time
Show your site and How sites organize
answer questions their information
re: your initial visually, but
genre analysis. invisibly.
Tables and grids in
In Vogue—Flannel & html
Fur. Photoshop Columns in css
 More fun with Photoshop
• Recontextualizing people into different
places breaks generic conventions:
– Layers & Background
– Masking, color & selection tools,
– Zooming into pixels and seeing/erasing
unwanted data.
– Checking on histories to take alternate
roots.
 Your sites & learning so far
• What questions do you have so far?
• Please load the site you’re analyzing onto
your computer.
• What are our initial findings/impressions
about genres
– Why are they helpful/useful?
– Why should professional writers care about
genres?
 Workshop your Parodies
• Create your parody or example image
of the site you’ve chosen to study
– Use any of the moves we’ve covered in
Photoshop.
– Your image can lampoon or exemplify a
site you’ve chosen.
– Load this image to your personal page!
 For next time
• Continue to work on your analysis and your
parody/example image
• Pay attention to how your site organizes the
content of the page.
where is information located and how?
what file architecture does this suggest?
• Peer review on 2/6: 4-5 pages of text, plus
your image due in class!!!