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