Blog Entry #24

I have continued reviewing information...
here is what I typed up about the Design of a website in Microsoft Word...


Website Design
Website design consists of logos, banners, imagery format, navigation bars and links etc. The way all of these elements are composed, contributes to the look presented to the viewer as well as the feel e.g. sophisticated, edgy, professional.
Excerpt: http://sites.google.com/a/carmel.school.nz/carmel-it/home/web-design/website-design
“The Common Area: This must be consistent on all pages. In this case, the common area is in two shades of orange. It includes the: -
o Site Logo/Theme Photo.
o Navigation areas (pale orange).
o Page heading.
o Keyboard navigation help.
o Right hand bar.
o Footer bar.
And
The Content Area: Which is used for the remainder of the page...”
The look and feel that is channelled to the viewer is thoroughly important as their opinion will be reflective of what my website is promoting e.g. TGL Insurance.
ELEMENTS of COMMON AREA
Navigation – This consists of a bar of links, which allow one to choose different pages of content. When you have your content organised and you know how many pages your site will contain, you can create your navigation bar.

Peace.
Miranda Larkin.

Blog Entry #23

I reviewed some info on the school email account, I put it into my words:

Organising Material - Web Design
First I should decide the size of number of web pages. I must do this so I know what type of images and content I will need, and the amount I will need to fill my web pages sufficiently.

IMAGES
Before saving a picture to a designated folder (for website images), I must check the copyright laws attached to the image. For example, if an image is copyrighted, I may not use it for I would be breaching the Copyright Act 1994. Here is an excerpt from the basics of this copyright law:
“What does copyright protect? In New Zealand, copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, sound recordings, films, communication works and the typographical arrangement of published editions.’’

I must consider other factors regarding imagery...
- The use of thumbnail images linked to larger displays of the image. This allows web page to load faster, displaying all information to viewer faster and more efficiently.
- I may have to consider different ways of obtaining my imagery, e.g. taking my own photos, use of clip art photos, royalty free images and images under Creative Commons licences or Wikimedia Commons etc.
- In order to enhance my website, I must also be able to manipulate imagery into design concepts etc. This will allow for a better visual presentation and will improve my overall website.
- I must use the right image formats to be displayed on my website e.g. jpeg, gif, png.


MULTIMEDIA
- I can improve my website content by adding video and audio clips. I must apply these effectively (if I want to include them) so that they do not slow down the loading time of the web page.

All imagery and multimedia are a part of the CONTENT of the web page.




I may add more to this,
Peace.
Miranda.

Blog Entry #21

Yesterday I created a new banner for my blog so that I could replace the generic looking text. On the Dashboard page, I clicked the "Design" link, on the template, I then clicked edit where my original banner was. From here I could upload my banner (created in Photoshop) and shrink it to size (automatically).

I'm pretty happy with the change, it makes for better presentation as it doesn't look generic. I may be able to use this practice to help others with their blogs, I could find blogs I like and offer to create their banners etc.

I also moved the followers box. this makes sense as I don't feel like showing off that my blog has 0 followers. :b

Miranda.

Blog Entry #20

I haven't edited my blog recently, here is some information on the amount of work I have completed compared with my intended completion of work by this time....




As you can see from this, I am more than one month behind on my schedule. After my colour scheme (and font) research, I created a business proposal. What has put my project on hold is the fact that I have not yet shown this to my client so that I can discuss the options and variables relevant to my website. If I show my client the proposal, i can gain the knowledge I need to look into and produce desigs for banners, layouts etc. That is the solution to my problem right now. It can easily be solved. Otherwise I have been on track since about May 10th (in the adding of the Proposal activity).

Miranda.