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DTN Mag Layout Lab Exercise 2020

First download these files: DTN Magazine Layout

If inside the downloaded folder is a file called Instructions, delete it. It was for an older version of the exercise.

Your Task

Inside the downloaded content is a folder of screenshots.  Your job here is to make the page look as close as possible to the layouts presented in those screenshots.

There is a starter index.html file. You will need to add additional HTML to it. Mark the content up semantically.

Google Fonts Used

  • Site Name (dtn): Fjalla One   /   Color #707B7F;
  • Article Titles: Open Sans Condensed / Font-Weight 700
  • Paragraphs: Merriweather / Font-Weight 400
  • Menu: Merriweather
  • Sections h2: Merriweather
  • Story Author Credits: Merriweather / Font-Weight 400 / Font-style italic

Authoring Method

Use a mobile first authoring method. It is almost always easier to build up, from the simplest layout (single-column, typically) to the largest layout (typically multi-column).

Begin by making the styles that are common to all screen sizes, and the styles that are needed for the inital, narrowest, screen width.

Then, use a series of increasing min-width media queries. With each query, code what needs to change to make the bigger, more complex, layout.