class notes
4/9/13 — Week thirteen
We finished up the in-class exercise (taking a comp from PSD to HTML/CSS). A lot of the stuff we went over was familiar to me so my notes were really sparse. But we talked about styling links and what order they have to be coded: a:link (all links) a:visited a:hover a:active project 6 4 pages […]
4/2/13 — Week twelve
We broke into two groups and critiqued the other group’s comps. Then we talked about project 5 and 6. Projecet 5 is a landing page and sub page for a non-profit/charity/cause. The landing page needs a large image with a strong message. I was thinking I’d do either America Cancer Society or ASPCA. Project 6 […]
3/12/13 — Week nine
Project 3 and the process book is due this Saturday. Our homework is an HTML/CSS refresher. The HTML Doctype defines the document type or what version of HTML the document is using. Three examples of HTML elements: <body> — everything that’s displayed goes within the body element <img> — is used to add images <a> […]
Twitter Extra Credit
Our extra opportunity for Web Page Design was to start using Twitter. I’d never really understood the point of Twitter (and I’m not entirely sure I do yet). My professor said it’s a good place for networking. After playing with it for a few weeks I can definitely see that. I haven’t gotten to that […]
2/28/13 — Week eight
We added our blogs to the Valencia Web Studio. I created an HTML page that refreshes to this URL. It basically uses a <meta> tag in the <head> and refreshes after a second. Project 3 We went over a sitemap for the Renninger’s redesign. There’s a main page then each location will basically be mini […]
2/19/13 Week seven & Project 2 — finished comps
Here’s my Process Book for the website redesign of Southwest Internal Medicine Specialists. critique We did critique after everyone ftp’d their project to the server. I did pretty well. Some feedback on my design: the header is too large, too much excess space on each side of the main navigation, maybe contain the header somehow […]
2/12/13 – Week six
Yesterday in class we did a real world scenario. Amanda had us redesign the homepage for arthaus.org. But, soon after starting, she told us to switch computers with another student. Lacy and I had to finish each others design. I didn’t get very far with my own design. I had a plan though. I work […]
2/5/13 – Week five
We talked a little bit about the brainstorming process. The first thing you want to do with a redesign is look at the existing website and figure out what is or isn’t working, what can be changed or added? And you want to create the sitemap to help with navigation and to find out what […]
1/29/13 Week Four & Project 1 — finished comps
The first project was due. Amanda went over FTP and uploading the projects onto Valencia Web Studio. The next project was assigned (pick a doctor/dentist and redesign their website). Here’s a link to my Process Book (PDF) for the Eastside Bistro redesign. And here is a redesigned Facebook page for Eastside Bistro. They didn’t have […]
1/22/13 — Week Three
We didn’t have class this week. We’re just continuing project 1. The comps are due next Tuesday. I’m finding this process to be a little difficult to get into. The color/type studies, sitemap/wireframes, then the comp. It’s slow going like I’m spending too much time on one thing (finding images: ARGH!). And it doesn’t help […]