were all the blogs counted already?

I thought I posted 10 already... but i dont know if they were counted..
-jasmine awad

WHY??

so i turned in my web project and its uploaded to the school website. i checked how it looked and i noticed a bunch of my pages were not working.. for some i figure it out why.. but the others i noticed it was because they have Spry Tooltips??

what is wrong in my code that affects my page on the server??
Can any one explain??

d-.-b Geo

CMS - Editing and Maintaining

When the administrator gets access to the content management area, the person can manually edit most of the websites content. For example, if the person needs a new picture added to the website, the only thing needed to be done is uploading the picture to the website. If the CMS works properly, the picture should automatically appear elsewhere on the original website. In other words, by uploading new content from the CMS area, the public website will change accordingly. This same system functions the same way when editing text, deleting content, or even adding videos.

CMS's come in thousands of different versions. One can even personally design a CMS considering one knows a little about coding and encoding. But in case you're looking for CMS templates, more information about CMS, or just tutorials of how to make your own CMS this website could be helpful.
-Oliver Grau

CMS - The Website Backdoor

I made a blog post back in October concerning the idea behind content management system (CMS). This blog will pick up where I left off in the previous post.

In October I mentioned the online CMS applications, butit can be difficult to understand how the system works. In basic terms, the online application functions as the backdoor to a website. To describe in a simple way, the CMS is part of the website, but, it is password protected so nobody other than the administrators with the password can access it. Since the CMS functions as a website, the link to the CMS login is commonly hidden. Think of the CMS area as a members area of a website where one cannot access the full content without being a member.

When an administrator has logged into the members area, the person can fully edit the website's content. How this works will be explained in the next blog entry...

-Oliver Grau

Final Project

Im worried about the final project, i hope everything comes out the way i want it to by tuesdaaaaay :(
high five to anyone who's on the same boat as meee
and good luck to everyone on finals! :)

-Joan

yay.

This final project was really crazy. I installed a dreamweaver trial on an old computer and it crashed, the student store ran out of CS5 bundles the day I decided to buy it, and I made some crucial mistakes so I had to start my project all over....2 days ago. Everything that could have gone wrong..went wrong! But I finally got a trial of CS5 to work on an old laptop, and I sat myself down for a good 30ish hours with my full and undivided attention on web design. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm finished, finallllly...the all-nighters were totally worth it. Can't wait to see all of our stories because we've just worked so hard. Really guys, I feel like we're all pro's at web design now.

-Jacqueline Escobedo

for the class site...

I couldn't remember some names with faces, so if you can see me sometime during class so I can know which person is you so I can link your site, that'd be awesome =] I think I have most of the names down~ (:
-jasmine awad

I MISSED THE PROPOSAL VOTING ='(

I was really exited about turning in a class proposal worked on it since day one.. CODES AND ALL.. but on the day of the voting my sisters had parent conference that morning..=/ i went with my parents and was running late to class and like if it wasn't enough i forgot my USB home.. so i had to go back to get it thus hitting a big traffic jam on my way to school. BUT no crying now right?.. whats done is done but i still wanted you guys to c my proposal.. this was what i what i had finished 2 nights before the voting and i did some last minute changes but ull get the idea.. so here it is enjoy.. and Congrats to the winner.. =)



BTW HAPPY THANKSGIVING

d^^,b Geo Garcia

Blog story

So I'm trying to figure out how to make my story more fun cuz right now it's looking like its just going to be tons of Text followed by one or two pics but then a crap load of text. Text is boring I don't like to read it and I'm pretty sure you guys don't want to either so I need ideas on how to make it come to life.

The Summary of the story is just a small production group going through the trouble and stress of working under a tight deadline. the story is mainly told through blog post of the different workers doing their various task. in each blog post you'll find the writer of the post needs to make a decision on something that can affect the out come of the production and you the reader gets to make that decision. as exciting as that sounds it still renders the story as being told only through text. I wanty to try to break away from that.

-Matthew " Red Comet" Blancher

PS: Harry potter 7 comes out today I hope you got your tickets already

thoughts

I'm kind of in awe at how fast this semester has gone by. It feels like just yesterday we were assigned our first project..and now our research papers and proposals are due tomorrow (or today, because it's already 1 am)....this is all kind of crazy. I'm excited to see what you guys created for the class site proposals, as now we all have a better grasp of the programs. I chose to complete the research paper because my dreamweaver expired :( but i'm going to have to download it onto another computer to complete the final project. And speaking of this final assignment, I'm having trouble coming up with a story; some of my ideas are too ambitious considering the time, and others just don't make sense. Hope you guys are having better luck than I am. Well, good luck with our final work here..and with finals everywhere else!

-Jacqueline Escobedo

New CSUN Web Portal.. NOT HELPING!!!

Yesterday i was decided to check what classes i would b taking next semester. so i went on my portal and tried to go to search classes i chose SPRING 2011 and pressed next and asked me again so i put SPRING 2011 after going thru 1900s list of classes.. when i finally get a list of classes its gives me FALL 2010 classes???

Today was my registration day... and like all CSUN students know.. you have to go light speed to add your classes because they are available one second and closed the other. So i logged in and went to add my classes. Selected "SPRING 2011" pressed next chose search for class and __ __ __ __.. just to get thru that page it took me like 5 min. so i took another way around.. i browsed the catalog.. much faster..

This is for you guys that have your registration coming up. Don't bother with class search ... browse the catalog and you'll be done soon. (also double check that the classes u see before your registration window opens are really being offered.. for some reason the times i had seen the night be fore were nowhere this morning?? just a heads up).. =D

d^^,b Geo Garcia

Class Page Proposal

I'm almost done with my web proposal and I began to do the site itself to try it out but I've hit an annoying bug!!. I'm using div tags within div tags with rollover images in those divs. I insert wrapper div first and then in that div I insert another (yes i did choose "at insert point" and "After tag" insert options for them). The problem is that whatever I do, when I try to position my divs they position themselves relative to the whole page rather than the wrapper tag even if I put absolute. Could it be a CS5 related problem?? HELP!!! ..lol

d''_b Geo Garcia

The Dollars Chatroom

http://dollars-bbs.org/

I found this website after watching the series. It's really cool because it is almost a perfect copy of that chatroom that the character constructed. I hope many of you will join so that I can get each person's personal preference in the class website.

the password is: baccano.


-On the main page, click on "chatroom".

-Choose an Avatar on the right, and type in a username in the box. Then hit enter.

-Once you're in you can create a chatroom here. Keep an eye out for "WebArt201" and then click login to it. If there is no chatroom, create one with that title. The room can only hold 20 people unfortunately, so just create another one like "WebArt201room2".

Project 2

I have no idea what I wanna do for a storyline on the ebook. I have like 3 that come to mind immediately but no idea which one deserves the time. Each one of these stories has been considered for a game plot or stripped from a game plot proposal. these are all orrginal.

To summarize them up. the first is a love triangle where there's the guy,his girlfriend and then the best friend that wants him. that one is kinda interactive and can go either way. it's actually a plot twist in my game storyline.

The second is about a leader that's been under so much pressure he finally snaps, and goes rouge bringing down the very empire he gave his soul to defend.

The Third is about a production group trying to hit their deadline and they blog about all the junk that gets in their way

help Me pick

-Matthew "Red Comet" Blancher

Webmastering 101

I saw a post about becoming a webmaster, and I figured I explain the easiest way to publish your website with the most flexibility.

Hosting:
Hosting is when you upload your files to a server to host your website's content. When a web browser opens a URL, it uses a protocol to request the files from the server. Hosting typically can be purchased from many different variety of hosts. For most basic websites that have minimal traffic, I recommend basic shared hosting from companies such as HostGator.com such like.

TIP: NEVER BUY YOUR HOSTING FROM WHERE YOU BUY YOUR DOMAIN.
If you ever have problems with your hosting, they will hold your domain name responsible and usually the hosting is usually low quality. It's better to purchase your hosting from a company that specializes in it.

When you sign up for hosting, you will be given DOMAIN NAME SERVERS (DNS). These will be used for when you configure your domain. They are used to provide the IP Address to the requesting client for your domain name.

Domain:
A domain name is an easy to remember identifier for your website's IP address. A domain name typically costs about $10 a year. You can purchase a domain name from a variety of companies but I personally recommend NameCheap.com (don't let the name fool you) for their flexibility and options. You could also purchase it from GoDaddy.com or another registrar.

Once you have purchased your domain name, use the registrar control panel to set the DNS to your host.

TIP: Make your domain name easy to remember, short, and natural-sounding. Avoid dashes, underscores, and numbers unless it's a short word.

FTP:
To upload your files, you will need to use a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client to connect to the web server. After you have uploaded your files, configured the domain name, and purchased hosting, you will be able to access those files from a web browser.

Recommended choices:
Domain name: http://namecheap.com/
Hosting: http://hostgator.com/
FTP Client: http://filezilla-project.org/

-Cole Turner

excited for project 2

Whats the best way to choose an idea if you have more than one? I dont really want to combine the ideas, since they're different from one another... any ideas?
-jasmine awad

Is Quality These days Excessive?

My parents bought one of those new HD or DNA TVs that apparently make the movies you watch appear blue-ray, which is on top of the new blue-ray they already have. And when they watched some movies on it I thought, "There's just so much stuff forced on this to make it look good that it looks cheap."

I tend to get into this discussion with people because I feel like we are trying so hard to make everything "high-quality" that we conversely ruin the quality instead. HD, Blue-Ray, 3D, HDNA, Auto-Tuning, etc. it's just all so excessive to me that I worry about what we'll have to look forward to in our future with the next generations. It'd be a real budget-saver if we'd put more money into our food-economy than installing new HDNA-3D TVs in our dens that's for sure.

Animated .gif Vs. Animated .png!!!

As i was working on my proposal for the class website i began to search for possible ways to create an Animated Gif with a transparent background (I'm new to extensions meanings). Took me a while to find NOTHING!!. Animated Gifs can's show transparency. BUT .PNG DOES?? IS THERE A WAY TO ANIMATE PNG???

I began to do some research and found that indeed there is a way to ANIMATE A PNG!!

.apng Format is an unofficial extension and was rejected by the PNG Group back in 2007 but this looks like something that would be very useful if it ever gets passed.

Animated PNG files work similarly to animated GIF files with differences like:

-it supporting 24-bit images and 8-bit transparency.
-It saves the first frame as a normal .png withing the file and the rest of the animation separately so that browsers that don't support the files could load the first frame instead of a blank where the animation should be.
- AND DID I MENTION IT SUPPORTS TRANSPARENCY!!.

.gifs are good but not good when we need to add a glow or shadow to the animation.. check it out!! here are some links for you to compare the differences...

Open using FireFox and EI so u can c what I'm talking about.. =)

http://people.mozilla.com/~dolske/apng/demo.html

http://animatedpng.com/index.php/about/


d^^,b Geo Garcia =)

Random find

So sometimes I feel like we easily forget how amazing people actually are. We go about our daily lives, focused only on things that fall within our scope. Yet, if we allow ourselves to take a look around, we'll often realize the truly astonishing actions of others. So heres a quick link to get you pumped up on being apart of an awesome species.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc

-Jonathan Silva

Check this out!

This is really random, but I found the cutest animation showing a little dude battling with Adobe Flash...Anyone know what program was used to make this?

http://browse.deviantart.com/?order=9&ref=nf#/dkdywx

-Jacqueline Escobedo

I learned how to Webmaster!!!

Hey Guys,

Hope Everyone's Halloween was great. Mine was a little more techie than I would have liked. Friday I had The fun job of wiping a server. That pretty much means I'm making it like brand new out of the box with nothing installed. Moreno (Tech Teacher at PHS)starts by telling me " This is a Long Complicated procedure that took me a year to setup perfectly, so you have a week." this is the guy I go to with all my tech problems and he was scared to touch the thing for years.

Long Story short I created a live web server with an active forum and database last weekend, there is so much beyond just the web pages. Being an Admin is awesome!!!

-Matthew "Red Comet" Blancher

Upcoming projects

Hi All!

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween weekend.

Does everyone have a ton of projects coming up for the rest of your classes? I know I do, but come December I am done with CSUN!

For those of you who are doing the research paper, what site are you considering doing? I am just curious. I am going to do my paper on http://www.tenement.org/ If you haven't looked at the site, you should. It has a lot of interactive features and if you are at all interested in US history it gives you a lot of information on European immigration!

Good luck to you all on the rest of your semester!
--Kaytlen Weller

the new project

This final project seems kinda cool..... I am not sure what I am going to do yet.... we shall see... I think I'm going to have to buy the new adobe suite

Brian Miller

Please help support my team! :)

I'm on a dance team and we're competing in a dance Competition on the 13th of this month. One of the awards that are going to be given out is a "Spirit" award. For this award, the team with the most "likes" on their team picture on Facebook will win. I am asking you guys to please help my team out. We are currently in 3rd place but we would like to be in 1st to win:) If you guys can please click the link below to the picture of my team, and press the "like" button.

For every 'LIKE' we get, we will receive 1 point toward our SPIRIT AWARD! Let everyone know and Thank You guys for your Support! :)

Picture:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=461418753307&set=a.461418473307.259110.505573307

Thanks again!
-Jonriel Nicart

Web Designer Ranked # 2 in Best Jobs

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/flexible_careers_that_pay.htm?wid=1

Being a Web Designer was ranked number 2 in the top best jobs.

I am a creative person, so like they said, any other jobs are repetitive and seemingly boring.

-Avalon Varada

ART

Hope you guys had a safe and fun Halloween weekend! I just wanted to share with you guys a video I found on my friends blog. Just thought I'd share with you guys some beautiful artwork. Enjoy! :)

-Jonriel Nicart

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG from elr°y on Vimeo.

Project Two

They featured me in this fashion blog :)!
Woot!

I am going to design the class website, rather than write the paper for our project two, that is due November 18.

The concept is to make a page that represents our class as a whole! Don't be on the surface, and try to be symbolic as that is always more interesting isn't it?

-Avalon Varada

proposal

=] super excitedd haha, not sure why exactly, but I am (:

-jasmine awad

CMS - Basics

Most sites are now being published, edited and maintained by means of what is called a content management system. Content management system allows the owner to publish and update text and images to the persons website all without knowing anything about coding.

There are two basic ways to operate CMS: (1) installed tolls on a computer, and (2)online software. The most common approach is the method of installing the needed tools on the website owners computer. However, since the internet has evolved into high speed connections, people now prefer the more convenient online based CMS. Online CMS is convenient because one can edit ones website from any computer with Internet access. It may be useful for example if one is traveling without one's personal computer, instead one could use computers at internet cafes or hotels to update a site from.

-Oliver Grau

Good Work

Hi there! I, too, wanted to thank you guys for the nice comments you had to share on Thursday. I loved seeing everyone's work and I really enjoyed learning about your guys' lives. We have some really creative people in the class! Can't wait for next Thursday... to see what more awesome ideas people came up with.

-Jacqueline Escobedo

website comments

thanks you guys for the good comments... everyone who showed today was awesome... good stuff for sure... too bad we don't have time to listen to the music and the videos on everyone's pages... i'd really like to hear some of it...

--Brian Miller

project 1

(: thank you for the constructive criticism and nice comments (: you guys rock

-jasmine awad

Flash animation

When you make a flash animation, the frames per second is 24 and each image needs to be on two frames. This is a standard in the industry and if you want to learn more take animation 1.

Chris Brown

Excited

I am looking forward for tomorrow's class.Since it will be the day we get critiques on our first project. It felt good when i uploaded it to moodle since i am new to dreamweaver and photoshop and knowing that all the exercises help me accomplished and see the ending results of the finished project.Well any who i hope everyone gets good critiques and have a wonderful day. See u tomorrow.
-Jacqueline Corey

INSTEAD

This was supposed to be the day I released my album, but it instead took a turn of direction for the better. It will be ready early next year. Working hard.

I won't get down on myself, instead I am going to work harder.

For our class website project, there were a few criteria mentioned for grading these projects.

One of which was the emotional impact of the images you chose.

I like Louise Brooks, and tried to use interesting photos of her.

-Avalon Varada

Feels so good to be done!!!

Anyone with me on this one? It was extremely difficult for me at first, considering I'd never used Photoshop or Dreamweaver before, but learning and being able to execute these new concepts felt really good, especially seeing my website come together. Working on the CS5 trials at home was really helpful, but it did mess with some of the coding on the CS4. Getting those nuances to work was a tad tricky.... now I'm hoping that Moodle doesn't mess with the codes and stuff..that would really suck. Anyways, yayyy guys, we've finished our first big project!

-Jacqueline Escobedo

All Done!

Feels great to have completed this assignment. I was worried I wasn't going to finish in time..

I downloaded the trials of photoshop and dreamweaver. That was very helpful since I was able to work on my project at home.
Did anyone else download them?

Best of luck to everyone!

-Kaytlen Weller

I'm done

I'm so relieved~ But i still feel like i did something wrong. I hate when that happens~ haha I hope its alright and I'm just being paranoid over nothing (:

-jasmine awad




Ps. I always forget to put my name on these things... -.-

Parent Elements vs Child Elements and How They Effect Positioning

Parent elements are the elements at which contain the element you target. For example, the <html> element is the parent element of <body> element. The then, is considered the child element.

Relative positioning vs Absolute positioning are fairly important Cascading Style Sheet properties which are useful for web 2.0 developers and beyond. Early web markup often used tables to create websites. Position elements have more flexibility than table elements.

Absolute positioning sets an absolute value on the pixel-coordinates, based on the page, at which the targeted element will be rendered. You set the top, left, right, or bottom elements. It is based on the entire length of the page.

Fixed positioning sets an absolute value on the pixel-coordinates, based on the browser. The element will remain in the same spot no matter where you scroll to on the page.

Static positioning is what the browser defaults to. The element will remain static with both the browser and the page.

Relative positioning is a half-way point between absolute and fixed positioning. Relative positioning moves an element in relation to it's parent element. So If I set the relative positioning of "position: relative; top:100px, left: 100px" then the element will be moved 100px down the page, and 100px to the right. You may use negative coordinates, as it will move them in relation to the parent element.

But heed caution with "position: absolute." Don't use it for critical page elements, especially if you want your page to look the same in every monitor resolution and browser.

-Cole Turner.

Naming constraints

On naming your pictures and files. I have always use the naming style of programming, because when programming you need to keep it so, not only does the computer need to read the names, but other people should be able to understand the variable and what it does. When naming something you should know what it is without opening the file, and the computer should easily be able to open it anywhere. The names should not have spaces or special characters because the computer can interpret these characters different. Never use a period (.) in the name because the computer sees this and thinks that an extension should be next. In programming, the first character is usually lower case, then the beginning of the next word is uppercase. For example, backgroundPicturePage1, this shows that the picture is used for the background and it is for the first page. Having a good naming structure makes it easier for you to quickly move throughout your projects.

Chris Brown

CS5

On using CS5 and then later using CS4. There might be some changes to your file when you bring it over to CS4, but it should only affect it if you use newer components in CS5. There could be a setting in the preferences that will allow the earlier versions of adobe to edit your files, you just have to check it out and see.

Chris Brown

Cough

Okay, I just reminded myself about doing the blog, but I have no clue what to right about so let's freestyle it.

Well, I had a great weekend, with the LMFAO concert! I was standing in line for 2 hours, but made it to see LMFAO in time. I didn't know half the songs being played, but when the concert turned into a semi-rave I got pretty excited. Anybody else went? ;)

Oh no! Project 1 is duo next week, I have got to get going on that. I tend to overdo my work though, so hopefully I can finish it in time. Thank God I just got Photoshop and Dreamweaver, so I can work from home.

looking back at what I typed so far, I'm starting to doubt if I can get credit for this since there is no useful information. So I found this lovely site: http://www.w3schools.com/. It's a pretty cool website that explains the coding behind html in depth with plenty of illustrations. It has helped me in my High School webdesign class. The website covers pretty much everything related to web design, so i might be useful to some.

- Oliver Grau

Quick Question.

Hey guys, I have a question regarding photoshop settings. Which dimensions (height/width) and resolution must we use when opening a new blank page? On my notes I have 780x600 (resolution 72) AND 1050x750 (resolution 72), and I'm not sure which is correct. Also, does anyone know whether using the photoshop CS5 trial allow for the file to open on CS4?

Thanks

-Jacqueline Escobedo

cs5?

Okay so i've been looking everywhere for a free trial of dreamweaver cs4 because thats what we've been using in class, but all I can find is cs5. would using cs5 for editing my project 1 make problems for editing in cs4 in class later on? i'm a bit worried and i don't want to lose my work..
-jasmine awad

It's almost time!

Hope everyone's projects are going well. Only one more week until they are due! I have so many ideas in my head but I can't exactly portray it on my website with what we have learned so far. I've learned a lot but I still have more researching to do! haha Have a good weekend everyone!

-Jonriel Nicart

Amazing Tires

Hello everyone,

I saw this really cool link of this new innovative airless car tires and i thought i would share with you all. This is possibly the next step in car technology. with these tires we'll see the end of flats and nails. so when you get a moment check out these awesome images of michelins first airless tires.

Sahand Reiisieh

http://strangeandcool.net/2007/09/08/see-through-airless-tires-by-michelin-no-more-flat-tires/

Video Tutorials

Hey guys. I, too, have been having trouble following along with some of the photoshop and dreamweaver concepts. I've turned to youtube tutorials and they are quite helpful.

THIS youtube channel has a lot of helpful videos.
And these are some that apply to what we're doing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkWt_CyDqa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWI_XO96Hp8

-Jacqueline Escobedo

Professor must go slower....

hello class,

i just wanted to see if anyone is on the same page with me when i say the teacher goes too fast sometimes. i have been doing good keeping up with her till today. oh well maybe its just me. i enjoy this class just thought it would be nice to mention this note so that it can be a greater experience.

thank you,

Mauro Marroquin

Interesting Article

I hope everyone's projects are coming along well! Mine is coming along ok, I have never made a site from photoshop so I am struggling a bit.

Anyway, here is an interesting article I found on digg. I'll post the link, because the article itself is very long!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/206107/the_17_most_dangerous_places_on_the_web.html

Kaytlen Weller

Sound for my project

Alright so my project's getting along pretty well, although i dont know how to make a song play in the background while my audience navigates through it. I dont want the song to just restart whenever they click to a new page, but play continuously until they close the site.. haha any suggestions? =]
-jasmine awad

Need Help Browsing?!

Hey guys, I found myself having trouble finding high resolution/quality pictures on google. I saw that a fellow classmate suggested using deviantart, and that really helped. If you need further suggestions on sites to browse, I’d like to recommend using Flickr Search. Flickr is a community for sharing art and most of the images on there are personal artwork, so credit to the artist should probably be given where it’s due. Here you can find a lot of backgrounds, photographs, and illustrations to incorporate into your website design. Hope this link is of help to all.

-Jacqueline Escobedo

A Photoshop Controversy

I'd never had the chance to work with photoshop before, and though I knew it could alter images and add special effects, I never realized it could do so at such great extents. Some of my classmates and I were actually looking at some before and afters and we were surprised at the extreme changes obvious when images were juxtaposed. And just yesterday, KTLA News reported on an airbrush controversy facing British magazine businesses. The British government wants to pass a law requiring magazines to label any images that have gone through photoshopping, as "digitally altered." They say that these magazines pose a danger to normal sized women, and even men, as they portray a false sense of beauty that is not attainable in real life. Artists feel that government intervention is a horrible idea because it prevents the execution of their art and could negatively affect sales, as people want to think of the "cliched" beauty in ads and photo spreads as realities. I've provided the KTLA article and a related link below so you guys can take a look. Do you think government intervention is extreme in this case? Or do artists using photoshop really have such negative effects on society?

http://blogs.ktla.com/dave/2010/09/photoshop-warning-labels.html#comments

http://jezebel.com/5643967/photoshop-legislation-wont-fix-the-real-problem

-Jacqueline Escobedo

7 Wonders of Dubai

Hello everyone, hopefully everyone is having a great week. I wanted to share some beautiful photos of the 7 wonders of Dubai. There are beautiful pictures of some of the most innovative and jaw dropping man made building, islands, and resorts. The things that are being done here will absolutely blow your mind. It's not everyday you get to say you saw an indoor ski resort in the middle of the desert. Hopefully you take the time to view this link and see all the beauty the world has to offer

Sahand Reiisieh

http://www.oddee.com/item_88597.aspx

Photoshop: It's Obvious

Error Level Analysis. Mainly used for JPEG pictures, ELA is used to verify if a JPEG image is resaved. How does it work? Everytime you re-save a JPEG image, it gets recompressed and it loses quality.

But how exactly does it work?

"Error level analysis allows you see to see the difference in quality level, represented by brightness. Things which are very bright have been edited most recently, whilst duller parts have been resaved multiple times. This allows you to see not just which parts of the image have been changed, but in what order the changes occurred." (Image Forensics)

Here is an online tool you can use to possibly verify if an image has been photoshopped. It's not 100% perfect and should be taken with a grain of salt. Photoshopping occurs almost anywhere and we are so blind-sided by magazines and online pictures that what we expect to be perfection, is actually just photoshopped distress.

http://errorlevelanalysis.com/ (Image Forensics)

-Cole Turner

TYPOPHILE FILM FESTIVAL

Hello everyone!

This video that I'm about to share with you all is an awesome opening titles for the Typophile Film Festival created by BYU (Brigham Young University) students. The 5th Typophile Film Festival opening titles are a visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enchance our creativity. If you have not seen it definitely check it out. Very inspirational.

The best part of it all is everything in the film is real and there was no CG (computer generated imagery) used. The way the materials react with each other and combining the objects enrich this film and viewing experience. It looked like a lot of fun to make this film! Read the fully story here.

Enjoy!

Don't forget to turn on your sound :)

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

Michelle Hy

BLOGGER

Just a reminder, our index.html page for our project one will be due by Thursday's class meeting.

So we'll need to do this on Dreamweaver and have something to show for it by then.

I have a blogsite on here too that you may want to check out.

www.avalonomega.blogspot.com

And if you're in the mood to learn something new check this out too:

www.youtube.com/avalonomega


-Avalon Varada

Webby Award Inspiration

The Webby Awards is an awards show that is completely dedicated to celebrating the best sites on the internet. The awards are given in particular genres like ART, GAMES, and FASHION. They also favor exceptional design over anything clunky, unintelligent and cumbersome. Although it may be impossible for us to replicate the things the award winners do, it's a good habit to keep up-to-date on what the most cutting edge websites are doing in aesthetics and design.

Check out last year's winners in visual design aesthetics!

-Justin Miyamoto

GOOGLE IT!!!

If you ever don't know how to do something don't be afraid to google it. I have found out that it has helped me out. There are other helpful sites that I've found, when I get to them again I'll post them.

- Josh Reinus

Using Quirksmode for Browser Compatibility

One issue that most all web designers and developers face is the issue of cross-browser compatibility. Various Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) properties are not supported by all browsers the same, and therefore, should be programmed with the mindset of having a backup or legacy support for other browsers.

Quirksmode lists almost any Cascading Style Sheet property. and how each browser supports it.

http://www.quirksmode.org/

It also has the list of master table support, which lists the overall general support of each coding method for each Internet Browser.

http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html

-Cole Turner.

Hey Check this page out!

Hey, I found a really cool place that can help you with your HTML and web design. The address is http://w3schools.com/ On w3schools, you can view the color palette for web safe colors and several other features such as HTML coding.

Brandon Bracamontes

Padding & Margin

Padding and Margin are two Cascading Style Sheet properties that are used to create spacing. To understand both properties, you must look at the element you are wanting to space as a box. When you want to create space on the outside of the box and parent/sibling elements, you use margin. When you want to put space on the inside of the box, between the border and child elements: you use padding.

Margin is also effective at centering objects. Various browsers do not support the same properties the exact same way. For example, Internet Explorer does not center wrapping elements the same way Firefox or Google Chrome does. To center a wrapping div, you must use the CSS property: "margin: 0px auto;" When using two values for a margin property, the first value represents the top and bottom margin, while the second value represents the left and right margins. Using the value "auto" is possible, but only when the parent's respective width or height values are set. In this case, the respective value is set by the browser's native CSS values. However, in this case using "auto" for the top and bottom would not work because the body's height property is not set.

Spacing is important because it provides clarity to your page, and allows you to work effectively to put content in the place that your viewers most likely read.

-Cole Turner.

Cookies

Cookies taste good, and I enjoy eating them. But some websites use cookies to spy on you!!!Oh NO. Well obviously its not a real cookie, its a web cookie. Basicly a web cookie is a small software some website automatically install on your computer when you visit their website, once its installed the software will record all things you do on the internet, and finally send the information back to the corporation, all without you knowing anything. A large corporation such as google uses them to "help you get better search results" - or at least this is what they claim. Sure cookies might help you get better search results but it also ruins all online privacy, and who likes to be monitored all the time... not me. Well there is an solution. There is an option in your browser to ask if you want to accept cookies, say no and your computer will reject all cookies, but now every time you encounter a cookie there will be a pop-up where you have to say okay, which in the long run will ruin your browsing. But there is a better solutions. I use the software CCleaner to clean my computer from the cookies. When I'm done browsing turn on CCleaner and all the cookies will be destroyed.

-Oliver Grau

Typography

Typography is the idea or concept of font and text. Utilizing typography is important to the viewers of your website because you should utilize text that is pleasant to the eye, as well as ergonomic. Using a black background with white text might seem like a good idea for MySpace, but not if you're creating an online article on how to repair a car engine. Using Comic Sans might sound appropriate if you're creating a comic book, but not if you're publishing a peer reviewed journal on the causes of cancer.

The important thing about Typography is understanding the purpose for your text. Question yourself about the audience that will read this text and put yourself in their place. Make sure your text is readable, aesthetically pleasing, and not a strain for the eye.

Important properties of Typography include: margin, padding, line-height, and letter-spacing. Margin and padding are important because they allow you to place and space your text. Line-height and letter-spacing are important factors to the readability of your text. You want your text to be legible, and these factors should be taken into consideration.

Stylization is different from the form factors of Typography. Color, style, decoration, and other factors are the basic implementations of stylization in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Color is important because it creates a contrast and can set a mood. Style allows you to italicize or bold your text. Decoration is useful if you'd like to underline a specific portion of text. There are other factors such as text-shadow which are also useful to providing a specific style, which not only affects the mood of the text but the legibility as well.

A last approach to Typography includes how you input the text itself. You wouldn't want to type your entire paragraph in all capital letters. Utilizing paragraphs, line breaks, and capitalization are important towards stylization and legibility.

-Cole Turner

The O'reilly books

The O'reilly published books are great for computer technology. I have used them in my personal studies of certain programming language. Their site is http://oreilly.com/ . I highly recommend them if you want to learn more about computers.

Chris Brown

DEVIANTArt:Website Suggestion for Images and Other Media for Future Projects

http://www.deviantart.com/

This is a source for those who do not know about it this website and are in need of pictures, poems, etc.

You can find some pretty incredible people around here with talents and styles that vary greatly. And if there are some works you really like you can do a lot of things like commenting and bookmarking after you make an account. And no need to worry about having to pay, because signing up for one is FREE. Unless you want to go premium, but that's something entirely different.

As for borrowing the work of others most of them do not have a problem with it as long as you credit them, but it's best to ask if they specifically write it down in their 'info summary box' below the work.

And if you can't seem to get a hold of the artists answer in time, that's not a problem either. Because generally what happens when you save the media to your computer the title of the file contains the creators name so that you'll remember who to credit. I've used this site numerous times for both projects and personal self-expression on websites, and I hope that it will be a place that many of you will find useful and fun to explore.

Happy Searching~ ^______^ Y

Patricia B.

Question

is the rough draft due on Tuesday or Thursday?

-Leo P.

HTML5?

HTML is a term we by now all should be familiar with. We learned it the first day of web design, and you probably all wrote its definition down into your notebooks – Hyper Text Markup Language. After doing some research concerning project one, I encountered the term HTML5. I had no idea of the existence of HTML 1-2-3-4 but call me a geek because for some reason I looked it up. I ended up on Wikipedia where a list of differences from HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.X (sigh, even the coding tool’s name’s looks like a codes) were listed and analyzed. I found that “a number of new elements and attributes that reflect typical usage on the modern website” were introduced. The syntax is no longer based on SGML, or Standard Generalized Markup Language (I looked it up). The list goes on and on, and if you’re interested in learning more check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5

- Oliver Grau

BE MY FRIEND!!!

I'm really looking forward to getting to know the rest of you. I think this blog is a great idea. I can't wait to see what you are all reading, learning, and working on. A problem that I'm finding is that I have no clue which people on the blog correlate to the people in class.

I really want to talk to Cole Turner about what kind of webwork he has done, but I have no clue what he looks like. So, I'm posting this image of myself, linking to my facebook profile, just to extend the invitation for you to come up to me in-person or get to know me more.

I love talking about and sharing influences on design and even helping people out on little assignments (where I can). So don't be afraid to come talk to me in class.

-Justin Miyamoto

p.s. The photo up-top is a photo my friend Stephanie and I had taken at a dance club in Hollywood. I've been searching my hard-drive for photos for this self-portrait project we need to do. Fun stuff. Oh the memories! Hope to have some pretty awesome memories in this class as well.

check these out!!!!

Hello everyone, just wanted to share some fascinating works of sidewalk chalk art with you all. the pictures in the link below are all 3D works of art done on sidewalks using only chalk. There are some spectacular and amazing pictures. It's crazy to believe the works of art that can be created and their clarity by the use of something as simple as chalk!!!! Enjoy

http://www.impactlab.net/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sidewalk-art-photos/

Sahand Reiisieh

Check Out These Amazing Works !!!

Hello everyone, just wanted to share some fascinating works of sidewalk chalk art with you all. the pictures in the link below are all 3D works of art done on sidewalks using only chalk. There are some spectacular and amazing pictures. It's crazy to believe the works of art that can be created and their clarity by the use of something as simple as chalk!!!! Enjoy

http://www.impactlab.net/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sidewalk-art-photos/

Sahand Reiisieh

Always keep an open mind

Hey class, I hope everyone had a good weekend. When I was thinking of what to write for this blog I started thinking of the whole "back to school" mentality and how sometimes it can be a drag. So if you'd like my advice, I think the best thing to do is not let yourself get trapped in the grip of the college madness. I say this because we all know how easy it is to let our lives (during the semester) dissolve down to just class, homework, and midterms. While a strong and focused work ethic is necessary to succeed, I believe a rejuvenated sense of "fun" is just as necessary to maintain focus. With this in mind, I say finish your homework and study for your test first and then get the heck outside and allow yourself to return the years when you were just a kid. Go exploring, go on an adventure, get a friend in your car and just drive without a destination in mind. Get out and do something crazy that you thought you'd never do (something that wont land you in jail lol). Something that has helped me through my four years in college is a frequently updated "bucket list." Write down all the things you want to do during college and post them up on your fridge, desk, dashboard, or whatever. Just looking at a list like that will hopefully drive you to actually get out there and start checking things off. For one last thought, I leave you with a quote by Hunter S. Thompson who said, "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting 'holy shit...what a ride!"

Jonathan Silva

Labor Day Weekend!

Hey class. I hope everyone is doing okay using Dreamweaver so far. I've been having trouble so far just because it really is a chain of steps and if you miss one then it is hard to get back on track. I like that the class seems to want to help each other out and I think if we continue that way we can learn and have a good time in class. Have a good weekend everybody! - Miguel F.

First Blog, Week 2

The Year just barely started and it seems like I've learned so much already. Right now I run an amateur Game Studio out of my garage and basically I have to do everything. Some Friends are working with me that I drafted for their special talents but they all need a lot of software training. I'm hoping that with this class I'll be able to design the fancy websites that major studios have for their games and also gain a better understanding of how coding works.

As far as useful info. umm...If anybody needs and 3d work I can help. My studio is always looking for people to join up. We're not just limited to games either, it's pretty much anything that has to do with electronics and the digital age.
-Matthew "Red Comet" Blancher

Umm...Yeah

I've never used dreamweaver before and got stuck,like a lot, but hopefully I'll get used to it.I really don't know what to say, but here's a website I used in high school for quotes. www.quotegarden.com
Hope it helps

-Leo P.

Introduction

Since most of you guys are introducing yourselves, here's my introduction. My name is Jonriel Nicart and I'm a sophomore majoring in Kinesiology. It's been a roller coaster ride from the start of this semester. I was originally enrolled in this class but then suddenly, a week before school started, I got disenrolled from ALL my classes. Financial Aid department this year did well on informing students of important things due. Sigh. So I had to crash all of my classes all over again. Some classes I couldn't even enroll in anymore due to the high amount of students adding the class also. I was discouraged at first but my friends kept pushing me to find classes. In total, I have crashed 11 classes so far. From going to classes to emailing professors, I've been looking for classes nonstop until now. Today, I got a permission number for one of the classes I've crashed and that's all I needed to be a full time student. So now I don't have to worry about not being a full time student. I can relax now.

This class has been very interesting and helpful so far. I've done basic html codes to customize my blogging or social networking sites but I want to further learn more about the different ways of using codes. I've also recently started getting into photoshop. I don't have any experience in it at all. Whenever I try and edit an image, I blank out on what to do. There are so many options! So if anyone else in this class has CS5 and can teach me some basics on it, I'd gladly appreciate it. I'm quite friendly so don't hesitate to talk to me. Get to know me! Here are some of my links:

http://www.facebook.com/jonriel.nicart
http://jonrielnicart.tumblr.com

I'm looking forward to having a great semester in this class. So let's make the best of it!

-Jonriel Nicart

(: excited but nervous

Im kinda (actually a better word would be extremely) bad at dreamweaver haha, which is why project 1 freaks me out. I think its a cool idea though... wish me luck =]
I'm psyched~
-jasmine a.

Smashing Magazine

For those who are new or are learning web design, I have found that Smashing Magazine is a great resource for design, tutorials, examples, and tips for web design. It has a showcase of new and interesting designs, as well as tutorials on how to design and stay up to date on the latest trends of web design.




Many valuable resources are posted on Smashing Magazine, including icon sets, logos, fonts, and wallpaper. When you first visit the site, the navigation makes it easy to fulfill the purpose you desire. If you're looking for inspiration, you can view the galleries that artists submit.

Overall, it's a great website that any web designer or developer should keep bookmarked.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

-Cole Turner

Worried!

Hello fellow classmates!
I'm a bit worried about the first quiz that's due today
since the exercise on tuesday was a bit confusing to me.
hope everyone does well on it! :-)

-Joan Luo

What up....

Ok so this is my first post. I pretty much don't know what to say... So what up this class is pretty cool so far... Anyways my name is Brian Miller I am a business major formally a Jazz Music major. I've pretty much worked with every CS program except dreamweaver and done very minimal work in flash(basically I don't know flash...) Yeah, I am totally in class right now. Hope this is a fun semester for you guys as well... Peace Out...


Brian Miller

Hey Everyone!!

I'm having a hard time thinking about what to blog about, so I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Jackie Escobedo and I am an Undeclared sophomore. I've always loved working with computers and the internet, so naturally, I was drawn to this course's description. I'm most looking forward to sharing links on here and also, creating my own website, as that's something I've always wanted to do, but never had the tools to do so. I love photography, so taking photos is definitely a favorite hobby of mine. I'm also really into music, concert-going, and making new friends...So, can't wait to meet you all!

Good luck and here's to a good semester! (:

Jacqueline Escobedo

The first post

So here I am sitting in the web art waiting for class to start, its the 4th lessons and were already in Dreamweaver coding websites. I have little experience with web design and no experience with Dreamweaver so the last lesson was a little frustrating at times, but the final outcome of our single page website actually looked like a website... I suppose thats because we used a template instead of creating the DIV tags on our own. God bless Adobe for creating Dreamweaver, Photoshop and all the other useful software programs we will use, so we don't have to do the coding.

-Oliver Grau

Greetings~

Hello everyone, thought I'd try the blog out to send my greetings. It's been a while since I've written one. Honestly I didn't think I'd be able to get into a class like this, what with the many hit and misses I've had for a while when adding class. But I'm glad I did cause it looks like this class will be quite interesting. I only know a few things about web designing through some websites that give you the opportunity, although I mostly made the designs through customizable sites that do it for you, so this'll be good exposure to the things I usually do for fun.

Hope I get to work with everyone in the class and that we'll be looking forward to more pleasant weather for the next few weeks.

-Patricia Balleser

Question

This may sound really silly, but how do you leave a comment on someone's post WITH your name? Do you just write your name in the comment?

- Kaytlen Weller

welcome class!

my name is Mauro Maroquin and i an a sophomore. i originaly was a kinesiology major but i felt that using my left side of my brain was getting hard and boring so i decided to change to art and re awaken the right side of my brain. this class is interesting and i enjoy the fact that it alows me to be creative. i hope to learn much from this class and apply it to my everyday life and career.

Mauro Marroquin

Arcade Fire and HTML 5 (Experimental/Interactive Music Video) + intro

Arcade Fire, one of my favorite alternative-rock bands, worked with Google to create an experimental/interactive music video in HTML5. They released the "video" on Monday and it's a sight to behold. If you like experimental webart and are interested in the possibilities of HTML5 and webdesign you should definitely check this out: The Wilderness Downtown.

Let me know what you think about it in the comments!

BTW: My name is Justin Miyamoto, I'm a graphic designer in Santa Clarita and I volunteer with a non-profit arts company called Proxart. We produce an online magazine that features art from suburban artists around the world. We also try to make the suburbs a better place for artists by organizing shows, galleries, and events that allow artists to meet each other. I'm really excited to learn more about webdesign this semester and get to know all of you.

-Justin Miyamoto
http://justinmiyamoto.tumblr.com/

It's almost football season

After a scorching hot first week, it feels great that the weather has finally cooled off a little bit. I'm from San Francisco and a huge 49ers fan, so I'm counting down the start of the NFL regular season. Can't wait for laid back Sundays filled with barbecues and football and of course the excitement of Monday Night Football after a rigorous first day of the week.

-Sahand Reiisieh

classroom in a book

The classroom in a book series is a great way to start learning the software. It is good for the beginner and they have a well developed layout for easy reference material.

Chris Brown

Hello

We all don't know what to post about, so yeah, this is my "awkward first post."

Brandon said you can go to him for help. He knows a lot about this class. A lot, really. He said to go and ask him for help any time you do not understand.

Nice weather huh?

-Cole Turner.

Wow it's been HOT

Hey everyone it feels so good finally now that the weather has cooled off a little bit.With the craziness of the first week of school, the scorching heat was not helpful at all. I'm from San Francisco,CA and I can't wait for the NFL season to get underway finally. I'm very excited for this class and can't wait to see what we are going to do in it. I'm always open for any questions or comments and study sessions =)

-Sahand Reiisieh

POST 1

Don't forget to do turn in assignment 2 by Thursday! This is our page about Glendale Yoga.

Most importantly there is a quiz up and it will be due Sunday.

You can also resubmit your assignment 1 if you are unsatisfied with your grade which is posted up on www.moodle.csun.edu.

Good luck and be creative :).

Check out my blog

www.avalonomega.blogspot.com

-Avalon Varada

Hello Rest Of Class

My name is Brandon Bracamontes. I listen to any sort of music, except Country. I have somewhat of a good knowledge of web art and design. I guess you can hit me or Cole up if you need help. :) -Brandon Bracamontes

Welcome to Web Design 201, Fall 2010

Welcome to our class blog. Use this space to communicate with each other, post great web finds that help with the class and/or links to your portfolios, images that you like and other class related materials.

You can add images, links, even videos to your post with the icons above the typing area.

Remember to put your name on each blog entry so I will know who to credit the entry to. Try to enter one blog post each week.

Professor Anderson

Last Day

This class has been great, but just like all great things in life they all must come to an end. The semester is now over and i can truly say that i learned a whole lot of useful information throughout the whole semester. Today i had the privilage to see how far everyone has come from the start of the semester upto the end of the semester and it is very impressive. Everyones final project was really amazing and it just goes to show how much knowledge everyone has gained over the course of the semester. The third and final project gave everyone a chance to be as creative as they wanted to be and it was really fun to see the creativity behind these projects. Today i seen some amazingly creative projects about poo :), zombies, traveling gnome, treasure hunt, love, a spoon's adventure, and many more, but they were all great. I wish everyone the best in their future and a hopefully everyone has a great summer break.
Ricardo Guzman

The Ecstatic.

Today is the last day of class. The summer is finally here!! I definitely have big plans for it. Can't spill the beans on it though. I hope everyone appreciated my final project (project 3). I wanted to express a central theme we encounter everyday; love. Anyway, its been a pleasure.

- Hakeem Animashaun

The last day

Here we go the last day of this semester.. Just a few more hours, i can enjoy my time with movies, games and beer ... Hooya !

Have fun in summer and be safe guys !

Phuong Nguyen

Final projects

Last lecture of class today. It's going to be reslly interesting to see what everyone did for their final project.

-- Nils Erik Hedberg

Final...

Thank God I got a perfect score on this final!! I need all the points I can possibly get my hands on..I don't even have a perfect score on all of my quizzes..

-Rikki Bentley

One Last Class

Well it's been a blast, I've learned more about web design than I thought I would. Only one last class left, maybe we get to eat pizza for the entire class and look over out work or something.
I'm so glad this semester is over, trying to juggle 50 hour work weeks and full units wears you down after a while. I'm gonna take a long brain break starting this Saturday, and I think a lot of my classmates feel the same.
I hope to see some of you guys around campus in future semesters, and hope you do well in you r classes.

Eric Smith

Final Meeting

It's weird that our last day is tomorrow. The semester actually went by pretty quickly. The class has been pretty tough and frustrating at times for me since I am unfamiliar with most of the programs we used. But there's something really rewarding about seeing a project finally completed after spending countless hours on it. I have seen much creativity throughout the semester and I have no idea why some of the students are even in the class because they made such well-designed, perfectly executed websites. I hope to one day make websites with such skill as the ones I have seen during the class critiques. I think I have really learned a thing or two about web design though. I think I have improved in the areas of: how to craft something that is easy to navigate, how to make sure to keep pages uncluttered and keep clean layouts, how to make it pleasing to the eye and how to make it flow well from one page to another. I want to observe other people's projects to see what stylistic choices they made and how they chose to interact with the audience. Overall, it's been a little difficult but it was worthwhile. My eye for web art and design has definitely improved after taking this class. I hope that I can utilize the skills to work on projects of my own even after this course is over.

- Philo Leung

finale

finale: the end, final movement, last

tomorrow is the official last time we all meet. wow, already this semester went by so fast!! who knew it would!

so here is some self reflection:


self reflection:
if i can choose one thing to redo this semeseter it would probably taking the wrong research class. Well i mean, it is the right class but the instructor for my history seminar class was a bit out of it. anyways, so last night i didnt get any sleep trying to fix and finish my research paper again. i ended up deleting half the paper, rewriting it, only to find that id delete it again, rewriting it once agian. thats how bad it was.

well here is the reason:
usually on a any paper we need something called sources but there are two types, called primary souce and secondary source. Primary source is something from that time period, place, etc (persons biography, picture, newspaper, articles...) while secondary sources are usually stuff that is written after that period (biography, textbooks, professor may be a secondary source, etc...) well, my instructor allowed us for our seminar class to pick our topics on whatever we wanted. (and here i thought, how easy!!) turns out other seminar instructors do not allow that, they have the topics.... Usually when a student pick their own topics, they end up having primary sources but no secondary sources, or the other way around. That is what exactly happened to me. I, of course did go and ask for help, however, my instructor told me that it was ok and i should continue. Well it wasnt. so last night i just looked up at other secondary sources that did not mention the person i wrote about and tried to stretch my paper to at least 15 pages. (I made fourteen and a half but i dont care at this point) so i stayed up till 9 in the morning, feeling nauseated from all the caffine i had consumed, walked across the campus with my whole body shaking, and i finally turned it in to the history department. UGH. worst thing ever!!



does anyone else in this class have their horror stories to tell? i hope no one had misguidance from an instructor like i have.

-charlene kim

finishing the exercise

Finishing up the last exercises was a good review of what I have been working on lately with Flash and website layout. It's funny how it always seems so difficult when I review the tutorials but when I actually work on the exercises, they are a lot more entertaining than I thought they would be. It's always a good feeling to see how the final product ended up and how I decided to alter or change aspects of an exercise utilizing the tools that we learned about. I think it's good that we were encouraged to tinker with the exercises to suit our tastes instead of forcing everyone to turn in the same exact assignment. I think it fuels the creativity.
- Philo Leung

Approaching our last day!

I can't believe tomorrow is our last class! Reading through some of the previous posts from this week, I see that others of you have the same curiosities that I do - what will we do for the two hour time block allotted to our final session of class tomorrow? At first I thought that possibly we would actually take the final together in class, but then I remembered the professor saying just to take it sometime before the last day; so I sucked it up, reviewed my previous quizzes and took the final...far less intimidating once its done! And just like she said it would be, the final was simply an accumulation of all of the previous quiz questions - at least I feel good about leaving the semester on high note (haha, yea right!)
....though I greatly enjoyed creating all of our past projects, I must say that I had the most fun with project 3 since I had the most amount of experience and exercises to assist in my web design choices. The one thing I really wish though, is that I had either collaborated with others to see what types of sites they did and to have given myself more time...the absence of time: my life central theme.

See everyone tomorrow!

-Katie-

Technology

Have you ever just wanted to throw your computer, phone or any other technological device out the window because it just will not function correctly? My phone is acting as if it has a brain of its own and it is very frustrating. The battery will not stay charged and it tends to fail me when im in the middle of a conversation. :( Eventually I will get a new one (when money allows) but any minute now out the window it will go!

~Jazzmin Cruse

Class picture

Has everyone seen our class picture?! I must say, it came out pretty cool :) I thought we were going to look crazy (in a bad way). But I'm not as ashamed of it as I thought I would be. Now, will I tell my friends to look at it? That's a thought to be pondered lol. But I do like it :)

~Jazzmin Cruse

Class Tomorrow

So I wonder what exactly we will be doing for 2 hours in our last day or class. I know we're going to view our classmates projects, but will it really take up the total period? I'll be glad to leave early.. see you all in class tomorrow.

-Brandon Rivera

Finals

Okay so I'm bound to take the final for this class soon, but i know that i must fist revise previous quizzes because i want to ace the test. Finals for other classes have been frustrating, fortunately i got an A on my poli sci exam but who knows how i did on my graphic design final. The suspense is killing me. Well see you all tomorrow :)
-Aaron Gonzalez

FINAL COMPLETE!

I just completed the final for this calss and I ACED IT! If you review the previous quizzes acing it is the only option. Everyone, study well and good luck on this final and all the rest.

~Jazzmin Cruse

Finals

I hate it when teachers make test specifically finlas that cover a rediculous amout of information and you have no idea what to stuy. You then become so overwhelmed with all the information and trying to make sure you know as much as possible to get a good grade on the final. IT'S CRAZY! However, I believe professor Anderson understands my pain and the pain of my fellow peers;) Our final is 15 questions and they all are coming from our previous quizzes. Which means there is no reason anyone should not get a 100%. These are the type of gestures that lets me know there some professors have hearts ;)

~Jazzmin Cruse

2 days and counting...

The semester will be over in exactly 2 DAYS!It went by so fast. I have 1 final down and 3 to go. It's all surreal. Why is this semesters end is different from all the others? Because I will be graduating this time next year and I can finally see the end. Yes, I have an entire year. But being a college student , you know that college time is much different fro real life time. There are only 4 months in a semester. Therefore, I have 8 school months before it is all said and done. I knew this day would come but to know that it is sooooo close I can almost touch it is so exciting and in the end will be amazingly rewarding!

~Jazzmin Cruse

Just finished the final!

Whew! I just finished the final. Really happy about the score that I got, too. Like everyone's been saying, everything is review from the previous quizzes, so as long as you do a bit of studying before hand, nothing should jump out at you.

This class has been really great. I really didn't think I'd learn as much as I have. I mean, before getting into this class I had no idea what goes into making a web-page. Now, I've created a fully functional one, that's actually online! Pretty great. I think that the coolest thing we learned was how to do the AP elements and Spry elements in Dreamweaver. It's much easier than I would've thought.

I'm glad that I gook this class.
--Josh Henning

Final Exam

The final exam is 15 questions and just as the professor told us, the questions all come from the prior exams, so as long as you review those exams you should do fine. And you have a 2 hour time limit, which is way more than you'll need.

Eric Smith

the semester is nearly over

I can't believe it, this semester came and went in a jiffy. I am pleased to say that choosing this class couldn't have gone any better. I will be leaving without any regrets because I know that Professor Anderson as taught us well, and has helped us build a foundation for what is yet to come if we decide to continue with Web Design. :)
-Aaron Gonzalez

Final Exam

We only have one exam left for this class! Anyone know if it cumulative, more than 5 questions, or when we should begin?

I have started my quizzes before the due date in the past and I lucked out on information for the quiz that I could have had if I waited for the class day.

- Alan Fassonaki

CoKeem Dreams.

Wow!

It's the last week of my freshman year here at Cal State University Northridge. I must say; its been a pleasure.

This past Spring brought along a number of stimulating ideas, creations, and of course web design projects. Going into this class, I really wanted to learn how to design a web page for my company so I wouldn't have to pay some guy a bunch of money. So I was going in for business purposes only. But as the time flew on, I learned a tremendous amount of knowledge.

Creating a web page requires from you the ability to express your ideas, creative vision, and personal beliefs. I really believe if I didn't take this course, my life would be totally different. Not to over exaggerate or anything, but the right side of my brain was really worked this semester.

I'd like to thank Professor Ruth Ann Anderson for doing a masterful job in challenging my mind and bringing out the best in me, and hopefully everyone else in the class.

Its been a pleasure.

Sincerely,
Hakeem Animashaun

FINALS!

Finals are alomost done! this week! web deisign class was too fun! =]

wow

can you all beleive that this semester went by so quickly?? its already finals >o<

i just took one of my history finals and oh my gosh, everything i have studied for the past six hours wasn't even on the final!! The ones i knew were on, something i didnt even spend time studying...

well at least it was a good day!

-charlene kim

Finals

Man I cant believe that finals are finally here. It feels like just yesterday I was attending school for the first time of the new semester. I have definitely enjoyed my time in art 201. I kind of wish there was more time left in the semester. Well I truly learned a lot things in this class in regards to web design.

-Brandon Rivera

Final Days

It is finals week, yet I have only one real final. I finished my final for my other art class, and now all I have let for this semester is the final quiz for this class. Excited to look at all the websites in class on thursday. Time for the semester to end, and the summer to start. School will continue for me in June...Bleh, summer school. See you all Thursday!!

Chelsea Kowitz

thursday!

thursday is it! the last class of Web Design of the semester. wierdly enough, all my finals are on thursday. i know that i do not really have to do much of anything for Web Design on Thursday, except reading over the exercises and making some quick notes for the final. it just would have been nice to have a shorter (or more late starting) day on Thursday.

welcome to the finale of Crunch Time! this is Hell Week! a major project due on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. than i am finished! i have a lot of work to do... i can't wait to be able to sleep again...

better get started!

--Winston--

experience

each new tool that we learn increases the potential of what we can do with our projects. each one expands out palette and allows us to be more creative. on that note, it would have been really handy for my final project. If i knew how to use those spry widgets, the drop down menues would have added so much to my site. as it is, i just made do with links and rollovers and it works; just not as well as i would like.

--Winston--

Web hosting Services- Henning

My final project depended a great deal on externally hosted images and video. I did a little research before jumping into the project, but I kind of wish I'd done a little more.

Let's start with video hosting. Obviously, given the 5mb upload limit, putting up a 102mb .avi file wouldn't work well. The first option is probably the best known: Youtube, king of vid hosting. This site is essentially ubiquitious on the 'net, and it's embedded player works well. The reason I didn't use this site is simple: when the video finishes, youtube shows all sorts of annoying links to other people's videos. Not for me.

Another up and coming option is Vimeo. This site is kind of the older brother of YouTube. Cleaner, more professional, with generally higher quality content. The Vimeo player stutters a little bit sometimes, and the quality of my video isn't HD, so I decided to go with a much more small scale option, Lost Zombies.

Essentially, Lost Zombies is one of the myriad of websites catering to a fiercely niche crowd. The site has it's own generic web player with embeddable options. The player was the easiest choice for me, and I was at ease with the possibility of a user of my site clicking back to Lost Zombies, since it's content is by and large the same as my final project's.

Ok, let's talk about photo hosting really quick. I've gotta be honest, it was basically only one option from the moment I decided to host externally: Flickr.com. Flickr is probably the most common file hosting site on the 'net, and it's myriad of upload options were what drew me to it. To be honest, I broke the 'community guidelines' by not including trackback links to every photo, but I hope that the Flickr people won't be angry with me (I love you, Flickr! Please don't hurt me!)

This group allows anyone to upload a certain number of photos to their servers, view and organize them. For a fee you can get unlimited uploads and other little goodies. I've got the unlimited version, and use Flickr to back up all my photos. I'd really rather not lose all my memories if my hard drive crashes.
--Josh Henning

Embeddable Audio Players- Henning

Did some digging in my browser's history, and I've found some of the sites that talk about web players. There are a lot of different solutions. I knew pretty much right off that I wanted to autoplay the mp3, which narrowed down the field quite a bit. I played with the Google mp3 player quite a bit, but I couldn't ever get it to work. Not sure if that was an issue with the player or with me.
Eventually I settled on the simplest option (First entry on link). It has autoplay, allows one to set the width and height (which I set to zero, effectively hiding the player), and even allows you to set the volume. This ended up coming in handy, because I didn't want the audio files to be jarringly loud. It's not the prettiest option, but I found it the most effective for my final project.

--Josh Henning

Final Project: recap- Henning

Man. That was intense. I think my final project turned out well. However, there are a number of things that I think could have gone better.

First off, to the things I'm happy about. I really like the overall feel of the website. The sounds, the images, the pop up boxes-- I think they all worked well together. I'm especially happy about how well the sound beds worked into the project. I did a bunch of research into different kinds of audio players, but I eventually decided to go with the simplest. I'll try to put up a short post about the different types later. The biggest downside of the one that I put up is that it's set to continually autoloop, which could get really annoying. Thankfully, each audio file is pretty long, with the longest at around 5 minutes, so they probably won't repeat unless you leave the site up to go get coffee or something. At which point, it doesn't really matter too much.

I wish I'd posted the images in higher quality. I come from a film/video background, so I always worry a lot about size when posting something on the internet. At some point, I'll post up a short discussion about the filehosting sites I used. Anyway, I compressed the spit out of the images, and it kind of shows. That said, they're super small and load really fast. However, I think I didn't need to lower their quality quite that much.

Overall, I think that my final is a well working capstone for the semester. I'm happy.

--Josh Henning

final project

I'm so glad the last project is over. It took me forever to do it but I think the final product turned out a lot better than I expected. I think it works pretty well for a children's book and it's simple instead of overwhelming the audience with too many links or colors. It changed a little from my original idea but I think the rollovers and the dialogue throughout make it interesting. I've also gotten some positive reactions so that's always good after working so hard on a project. I hope that this project will help me in the future if I ever need to work on something similar. Even though it was difficult, it's fun seeing it all come together and seeing people's reactions.
- Philo Leung

Final week !

The time passed so fast, this is our final week. I did learned so many great stuffs with web design and i'm looking forward to learn the next level class with web design next semester.
I wish everybody will do their best with the finals.

Phuong Nguyen

Last Task for Art201

This is my very last entry needed to complete the 10 points for the blog portion. Honestly, I didn't think I'd learn so much in this class compared to my other multimedia class. I agree with the last entry. Spry widgets are beneficial to making a web page look more organized and that I wished we could've learned it sooner. I noticed that when I was working with spry widgets, Dreamweaver opened up a new work area titled CSS or something like that. I looked through it and noticed that it gave you details of what each tag did. I thought that was cool. The way that this class was thought also made me learn a lot better with step-by-step instructions and visuals to know what our final results should look like. Think of it as a cookbook. You have pictures of what the cake or pasta should look like. If there was a "like" option, I would "like" it for sure.

Anyway, good luck to everyone on their future endeavors and have a great summer!

-Amy Truong

Exercise14

Well Ex14 was really fun and very helpful. Spry elements can be very useful and helpful when designing a web site. The spry menu is a real good tool to know and use to keep the site design looking clean and organized. Overall i kinda wish that we could have been taught this earlier on in the semester so that i could have used it in a project, but irregardless i am still happy that we got this exercise in before the semester ended.

A restart on exercises

Having a good turnout here in the computer lab. Getting caught up on all of my work once again..

-Rikki Bentley

No Miracle..

On top of the couple of exercises I was missing..just realized that the ones I had worked hard on some time ago were deleted from my flash drive as I was working on things inside of the computer lab..when that computer kept freezing on me..

-Rikki Bentley

The class is coming to an end

Projects done, final exam taken and all the exercises are completed. I guess this is it. It's been interesting to learn how to use Dreamweaver and Flash. Dreamweaver is a really handy application for people that don't want to bother about coding. It only requires some basic design skills and a vivid imagination. The application is a handy tool for publishing contents on the web and giving it a nice design. I do believe I still want to stick to regular XHTML, JavaScript and CSS coding though, since I feel that I have more control over the site's appearance and behavior.

- Erik Hedberg

Since today was the last exercise, there is just the final left. I finished all my work besides the last quiz and then I will have to spend time reviewing them. It is good that the questions are selected from the quizes because there is a big range of questions that could be asked.

-Maria Pistalu

Still Missing Things...

I may feel good about my completed project but I'm still missing a mess load of exercises...praying for a miracle to come at this moment...

-Rikki Bentley

Project 3

Feeling good that I finally got some work in! Even got to class on time today... =/

-Rikki Bentley

Excerisise 14

Exercise 14 is really cool, and I wish I was able to use it in a project. I like the idea of a drop down window to get to links. This class has been really fun and informative, and a bit stressful. Project 2 was the worst for me. I stressed out a lot and wasn't even happy with my end result. I also want to fix a few things on project 3...but oh well. It will have to do.

-Chelsea Kowitz

Overall

Overall I have to say that the amount of material that I have learned in this class have been quite extensive. I am pleased with the material I have been able to take away, They are very useful when applied to my own websites. Although I did want to learn more about Flash, I am sure I will need a dedicated class for that program. I am happy that I was at least able to get my feet wet with the program.

-Alan Fassonaki

Final Exam

Anyone know if the final exam is compiled from the past quizzes. The would make preparing for the exam a lot easier because we can review the quizzes we already completed.

-Alan Fassonaki

EX 13

The initial instructions did go by pretty fast, but it is nice that she goes over it all again. I did not have an issue keeping up the first time, but I did catch a few elements that I missed the first time the second time around.

- Alan Fassonaki

Ex 13

Wow todays ex13 was truly a quick presentation. I think Professor Anderson went through it in only 5 min. I tried to keep up but then some how i got left behind. This must have been the first time that this has ever happened..lol! Did anyone else get left in the dust? The ex13 assignment file isnt very helpful either..

-Brandon Rivera