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HCI 201 -- Quiz 5
March 7, 2006
- (10 pts.) What are bread crumbs?
Ans: Bread crumbs are links that appear at the top of a webpage that show
the user where he is (or has been) in relation to the navigation
architecture of the site.
- (15 pts.) How do you set an image as the background image of a page?
Ans: Method 1: In FrontPage, right click on the page, choose Page
Properties and select the Formatting Tab. Check the Background Picture
check box and browse for the background image in the images folder.
This produces the HTML body tag
<body background="images/background-image.jpg">
Method 2: Add a document-level style or an external style sheet that
sets the background image. Set the style of the body tag by selecting
Format >> Borders and Shading >> Shading Tag >> Set the Background Image.
This produces the style
body { background-image: url('images/background-image.jpg') }
- (15 pts.) Explain these CSS concepts: border
margin padding
Ans: The border of an element is a line around an HTML element with a
defined width and color. The padding is the space between the element
and the border. The margin is the space around the outside of the border.
Both the padding and the margin are transparent.
- (15 pts.) Sketch the frames page defined by this frameset:
<frameset cols="20%, *, 20%">
<frame name="links1" src="d.htm">
<frameset rows="75%, *">
<frame name="main" src="c.htm">
<frame name="footer" src="b.htm">
</frameset>
<frame name="links2" src="a.htm">
</frameset>
Answer to Problem 4.
- (20 pts.) Discuss (in paragraph form) the advantages and disadvantages
of using frames.
Ans: See the notes from 3/2.
- (20 pts.) One of your classmates asks your advice for setting up the
navigation architecture for his or her business website. What do you
say? For full credit, include information that you gained
from reading Chapter 7 in the textbook. Give your answer in paragraph
form.
Ans: Read Chapter 7.
