Homework
Kicking off the Personal Web Project: Discovery Process
Ok, it’s discovery phase time for our personal web project, the last project of the semester. Here is what I want you to do for next Tuesday
Answer the question, what’s my dream job?
Answer the question, what can I offer an employer or client?
Draw out a sitemap for your main links and content for your […]
Using Mywebspace
Here is a tutorial for uploading files to your mywebspace. Make sure to post your site and test your site in the mywebspace account.
Sites from 03/11
By the end of this week, you should have your interface design concepts nailed down and in electronic form so you can begin working on the XHTML/CSS and content. To help those of you who need some inspiration, here are two sites to Review for design:
Web 2.o style from Web Design from Scratch
Grunge Style Article […]
Notes from March 3, Client Interview Transcript
Here is a pdf of our chat transcript today. I couldn’t get the chat text to print, so I had to take some screenshots. Hope this is clear enough.
What questions do you still have for the client?
Homework: Post your questions in the comment section here and create a sitemap for Thursday.
Design Styles, Web Roles and How to Break the Box
Reading some articles this weekend, I came across some interesting articles.
LAYOUT CONVENTIONS
The first article Killing Some Bad Layout Conventions is an interesting article about poor layout design. Not sure I agree completely, but it’s good food for thought. As you are designing your interfaces, I suggest you reread my post about web 2.0 design […]
Today’s Class
Now that the client project is rolling, today we talked about the benefits and drawbacks of using CSS template sites such as Code Sucks and Free CSS Templates.
By the end of class, your team and nterface designer should have several interface designs sketched out so your XHTML/CSS team can start preparing the webpage layouts. Make […]
Client Site Project Begins
For our client project, we will be redesigning the Westcott Bay Institute for Art and Nature site. We will work in teams of 3-4 people and you can select your teammates. Your ideal team will include people with a mix of skills and interests including interface design, information architecture, xhtml, css and usability.
After you select […]
Homework for Tuesday
Read Chapters 11-14 in the “Learning Web Design”
Learning tools
Here is the w3schools website I mentioned today. It’s a great resource for learning HTML, XHTML and CSS.
Also, for reading please go over Chapters 11-13 in “Learning Web Design”
Redesign #2: Cat Prin
Here’s a link to the original Cat Prin website.
My redesign: