Moving On November 16, 2007

Here  is the link to the revised comp for my final project. http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/alist_comp4.png
Here is the link to the comp I turned in with my project profiler. http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/alist_comp2.png I revised the original layout in response to Ms. Schuster’s comments.

Week 10 November 16, 2007

I’m a little late  postingweek ten for a number of reasons.The biggest reason is that I chose to withdraw from the class. Although I was able to keep up with the reading; assignments; postings and projects – I wasn’t  managing to show evidence of learning by actually passing the quizes. 
 Repetition and continuity are the name of the [...]

Articles: Think Outside the Font Box & Accessability November 1, 2007

I would have liked a good size list of examples of text and display fonts (common ones anyway). I guess you know the difference when you see it. I’ve been surprised more than once after enlarging a font – ranging from Wooops to Yuck.
 My favorite part of this article was the banner ad at the [...]

Chapter 9 Fireworks October 30, 2007

Animation. Wow does Fireworks make ugly example excercises (sorry to be negative).
 In another good example of how doing excercises from a book is a tough way to learn – my star animated properly in Fireworks and previewed successfully in the browser. Back to the drawing board AGAIN to try (here in my lonely atlier)  to [...]

Dreamweaver Chapter 7 October 28, 2007

Initially I ran into a problem with one of the excercises in this chapter.  I was trying to change the Box for h1, and  left “Same for All” checked. As a result, only the top box was available for making changes, the rest were grayed out. I redid the excercize, and the second time around, [...]

Dreamweaver Chapter 6 October 28, 2007

The link to the excercises from Chapter 6:
http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/week9/
Chapter Summary: Control at a Price!
Wow, this chapter was packed with new concepts and vocabulary. It will take a few more reads/excercises and tons of real life experience before the nuances of Style Sheets are intuitive.  
Highpoints:
Cascade – indicates hierarchy – for the Browser (vs. designer’s need for organization). Style sheets [...]

Domain Names October 25, 2007

So, what extactly does SEO Moz stand for ? The author suggests that SEO Moz is a great website name because it is so obvious. The notion struck me as funny because the name wasn’t even remotely obvious to me and therefore kind of an odd example to use for readers who need advice on [...]

Week 8 Reading October 16, 2007

Article: A Dao of Web Design
Seems fair that like print, design conventions on the web are a collection of (evolving) notions about how best to convey information to the most people, the measurement tools are a bit different, but why wouldn’t they be?  Shedding points for percentages seems like it will be an easier transition than [...]

Final Project October 12, 2007

Final Project:  A List Party Rental website
I chose this company for a couple of reasons.   They’re new; they don’t like their logo; their website could use improvement;  I have worked with them in the past (nice people) and I have access to photos and content for the website project.  If I’m happy with the results at [...]

Week 7 Storyboard & Comp October 10, 2007

The link to my  storyboard is: http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/FORGE_Storyboard.jpg, the link to the Fireworks comp is: http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/fogewebpage.png.zip or http://bcts-potomac.aacc.edu/128b/18/FOGEcomp.png
This excercize brought to light the difference between conceptualizing and doing. I put alot of thought into my storyboard, but still made changes that were not part of the original storyboard. At the end of the excercise, I was unsettled [...]