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  • Browser coordinate system

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    Student Question: “I have a question about the box shadows: what if you don’t want the box shadows to appear on the right and bottom of the box? The code that we used (ex. -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 4px black;) doesn’t specify locations. What if, instead, I wanted the shadows to appear on the top and…

  • Q&A: Plain text and HTML

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    Student question: Is plain text the same as txt? I’m still having a problem with it. Answer: Beginning students learning how to code with web standards are sometimes confused about what plain text is and how it applies to HTML. Plain text refers to simple character set, like ASCII, or Unicode. It is the set…

  • Basics: Domain names and Web Servers

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    Question from a student: Do I need a domain name [to upload my files to a server]? Yes and no. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the means by which we transfer files from a client computer to a server. In order to connect to a server you need its address, and login credentials. Every server…