More Fun With The DIV Tag
Oddity Using DIVs
Columns:
You can make columns using the DIV tag. This actually comes out better on
certain machines than it does here. But the point is that you can make
sections on your web page using the DIV tag. You can include graphics, text,
and whatever else you have in these sections just like with any other method
of formatting your page. The next section contains a sample newspaper
article to help the student get started on this assignment.
NASA To Use Trona
As Next Launch
Site
A spokesman for NASA confirmed that Trona, California, (a small town in the
Mojave Desert) will be the location for a series of launches scheduled to
begin early in 2003. This announcement was made at a White House Press
Conference just before President Bush made a short speech in which he
outlined his reasons for backing the continued expansion of the space
program.
A small group of protesters from Trona demonstrated in front of the White
House at the time of the announcement. There chief complaint was that they were
afraid that the launch site would prove to be an eye sore. A spokesman for
the group explained that Trona was proud of its beautiful chemical plant and
that they didn't want to see the rare beauty of the plant tarnished by a
NASA launch site.
Assignment:
The student will create a web page with a total of seven sections in the form
of a three by two grid with a title area above the grid which spans the
entire page. There will be three columns and two rows. (See the
ROP FAQ for a definition of columns and rows if you are uncertain which is
which.) Each section will use a different background color. In each of the
six sections below the title will be a little newspaper style
article with its own little headline. Each article should be at least eighty
words long (not counting the headline). The title area at the top of the
page should contain a fictitious newspaper name.