Leah - Water

[scottzec]

Personal Portfolio Site

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
I made a mistake	I misunderstood this assignment and thought I should create my own github project instead of forking the repo, since there wasn't any "base code." I just realized this upon submission so I submitted my own repo in Learn. I have now copied my code onto this forked repo, but if you would like to see my commits, they are here: https://github.com/scottzec/portfolio
Did you have to resolve any issues when running the HTML Validator? If so, what were they?	On each page, I got an error that there was a "stray end tag 'head'" and a "start tag 'body' seen but an element of the same type was already open." I reviewed my code carefully, but I only had and so I couldn't figure out what the problem would be. There wasn't any stray tag that I could tell, therefore after reviewing and tag documentation to verify that my code matched the pattern, I left them. In addition, I was urged to use a header for a couple article sections. I understand the semantic use of that, but I don't always want a header on the page making things messy for no reason. I added a header in one case, but declined to add a header for the other suggested point.
Why is it important to consider and use semantic HTML?	So the browser can understand my website and best present it to someone who is viewing it but has a different kind of vision than me or uses a different type of machine or technology.
How did you decide to structure your CSS?	I broke everything onto a new line for readability. The stylesheet is listed in order of elements, classes and then ids. Given that each page of my website uses the same color and style scheme, I had one stylesheet only.
What was the most challenging piece of this assignment?	I decided I wanted a fixed menu at the top of the page, which wound up taking me 3 hours to "craft." However, it was good in that I finally really delved into the message boards because most other questions I've had for HTML and CSS are really clearly answered in the documentation.
Describe one area that you gained more clarity on when completing this assignment	I don't have much of an eye for design :) More specifically related to CSS, I gained more clarity on flexbox, z-1, padding and order of precedence in practice. I also busied myself more deeply with understanding the difference between and and . I still am not always sure how to use them, and personally don't like that I would always be encouraged to use a heading on each one, but I feel more informed.
Optional
Did you deploy to GitHub Pages? If so, what is the URL to your website?	No