When writing articles for the internet, journalists have a variety of ways to choose from and many components they can utilize. An article about the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) that was assigned as a reading stuck out as a prime example of using the chunking method of writing and of using way too many links.
The article separates information about CSS into sections so that if there is a specific topic that the reader is in interested in they can click the link and be taken to that place in the article. Sounds good, but the only problem is that every main component is a link and then when you click the link to go lets say to the examples of CSS all of them are links too. The chunking makes sense but instead of making everything a link why not place some of the information within the actual article. For example, the examples of different types of CSS layout techniques would be placed better underneath the title instead of a person having to be redirected from the page six different times.The article is informative and shows a good way of using the chunking method as long as the reader can get past the unusually bright links (yellow, orange, and red).
The really nice thing about the article is that the author allows people to use any of the examples given on the page. For a journalist to realize that in order for others to learn information it has to be shared is important and definitely makes people want to go back and visit that site again. Everyone will just have to take the good with the bad.
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Even though you read an assigned article, you should link to it, so other readers can see what you're talking about.
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