Week 15: Backend
Xwing328 — Sun, 12/07/2008 - 17:34
After Thanksgiving Break with limited computer and internet access, we got back to work on the CFRC website. One of the first things I did was to continue working with the front end team to get the CSS designed for our website. While we had already started this the previous week, a lot of work remained to be done in order to fine tune it, make it compatible in multiple browsers, standards compliant, etc.
In addition, I began (and completed) work on more of a front-end piece of code for the login boxes at the top of the page. Originally, the design just had the two boxes with a "log in" button, but with no descriptive text as to what the boxes were for. The JavaScript I coded gave the first box a starting value of "username" and the second a starting value of "password." Both boxes have a light gray background with a darker gray font color and italicized text. When a user clicks in either of the boxes to enter their username or password, the value clears and the boxes revert to their default white/black state. In addition, the password input field changes the text back to the black circles used to disguise passwords.