Learning Report 8
For a long time, I have been disappointed on how my About Me page looked. It was missing something that would set it aside from all of my other pages. I have used css a lot recently to make my images look appealing. So I asked myself, how can I make the images on this particular page stand out? The round- about answer was to look for new code. Where should I start looking? Google of course. If you know what to search for, then Google can be really helpful.
With a good search engine, I found some css code that really looks good. It makes my pictures look like polaroid photos. When I saw this a month ago I passed it by saying that it was way too much work for me. Well, I was obviously wrong, because I have used it. Now I keep saying 'it,' you can look at my handiwork if you click the 'About Me' link above.
What exactly have I learned from this charade? I have learned that you never know how good or bad a certain code will look on your site unless you look at it. I passed by this good looking code because its headline was not what I expected. Just like the old expression, don't judge a book by its cover, you should never judge a code by its headline.
Now that you know what I found, and where, lets talk about how it works. From what I understand, this code uses padding, a white background, and a rotate command (for lack of a better word) to make the pictures look like they are old photographs. To add on to the visual effect, I kept the opacity statements that I learned about in a previous learning report.
