5/5/14

Video Response:

I agree with the video, because if you are only on your phone or computer instead of going out you could miss out on having a family later on in life. Also if you use technology too much  instead of your life is in your phone not in the world. I you don't pay attention to what is going on in life the good parts will be gone before you know it.

4/29/14

What is a 'splash page'? Look it up. Explain what they are and how they are used. Find an example of a splash page in Google Images. Save the image to you computer and then upload it to your blog post. Hint - see below.

A Splash Page is a comic book page that is mostly or entirely taken up by a single image or panel.Splash pages allow your readers to choose the site technology that fits them with an animation going on.

3/31/14

Status update! Tell me where  you are at on your product website? Can you be finished by tomorrow at the end of the hour? Do you need more time? How much more time? Be honest and explain yourself.

I have finished 9 pages. I should be done by the end of the day tomorrow, but it will be close. So I may need 15 extra minutes to finish.

3/24/14

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Tell me all about it. You've been out of school for 10 days so I know you will have plenty to share. Make it good!

For spring break i went to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.  When we were in Playa Del Carmen half the time we would hang out at the beach and rent wave runners or use a waterboard. When we were not on the beach we were scuba diving. We saw eels, turtle, caverns, and many other fish.

3/11/14

Do you like the layout of this project? Have you benefited from your brainstorming sheet? Was it more helpful or annoying when starting to map out your website? Explain why.

Mapping out my project on the brainstorming packet helped me out a lot. Right when I started Dreamweaver I knew what I was doing, and I created a layout really quickly.

3/10/14

After reading below to see where you should be on your product website - are you caught up? What helps you stay caught up in class? Do you like having small checkpoints? Are you behind? If so, what are you going to do to get caught up?

I am caught up in class. Having a working environment around me helps me stay on task. I like having small checkpoints because they let me know if I need to work harder or not.

3/5/14

What idea do you have that is going to make you product website different, unique or unlike anyone else? If you're answer is you don't know - it's time to start THINKING. Explain your idea.

I am going to make my website unique by adding more pictures into the index then people would usually do. Also I am going to make he design symmetrical.

3/4/14

What product have you decided to feature/sell on your product website? Explain why you've chosen this product and remember, the sky is the limit on this project!

I decided to feature/ sell basketball shoes. I chose this because I am really interested in basketball shoes. I also really like to play basketball also.

2/26/14

What are three things you learned about color theory and web design  yesterday? Go in to detail.

I learned that color blindness is usually only for one color. Different colors effect how people think about your website. If you put certain colors over another certain color then it could make the words almost impossible to see.

2/25/14

What effect can a color scheme have on a website? How can it make a website better? How can it make a website worse? Explain why color is important.

Color can make a website more interesting. It makes it more interesting by having certain things pop out. Color can make it worse by not being able to read the words because of the background. Color is important because it is what gets peoples' attention.

2/24/14

What did you learn about file types as you created and designed your travel website? What are some other kinds of file types you know of? What do these different files do? Explain.

I do not know anything about file types. I just know if u save something in Photoshop and save it in png, then you can open the thing you saved in Dreamweaver. Another file I know about is jpeg.

2/21/14

What was your takeaway from this Travel Site? What did you learn that you didn't know before? How will the knowledge of how we built this site help you improve your future websites?

I learned how to utilize Photoshop. I also learned that you need to save your images through png so you can insert them into Dreamweaver. This is going to help me for my future sites, because now I can edit photos for my website.

2/18/14

How can Photoshop be a valuable tool in web design? Explain.

Photoshop is valuable tool in web design, by being able to change images to put in your website. It also lets you put text over an image.

2/11/14

What do you know about Photoshop? Have you used it before? What can it do? Are you an expert? A newbie? Tell me about your background and what you already know.

I know Photoshop is used to alter images. It is mainly used on models. I'm okay at Photoshopping. I know the basics of it, but I can't do the more difficult parts of Photoshop.

2/7/14

Think about how a user (me or anyone else using your site) might function and interact with your site. What are some important functional features to make your website easy to work with? How can you make it easier for the user and not frustrating? Explain why this is so important.

It is really important to link up everything correctly so that the user doesn't get frustrated with the site. One way you can make it easier is to use links with an appropriate title to it. This is important because if the user is trying to find the link for "Favorite Types of Food" and the link title is "I Like to Eat" Then the user will have a hard time finding it and just leave your site.

2/3/14

Tell me about your Sweetheart weekend. If you didn't go to Sweetheart, what did you do? I want details!

I didn't go to sweetheart. I just hung out with friends and went to baseball practice.

1/28/14

Tell me about your All About Me site. What are going to be your 4 main content pages? Why did you choose those topics? What big plans do you have for your site that is going to make it different and creative?
The 4 main content pages are about my after school activities, class schedule, hobbies, and family. I chose these topics because I can fill in a lot of information on these topics. I have no idea what I am going to do to make it creative. I am just going to figure it out after I have my site all laid out first.

1/27/14

What are your thoughts on HTML code? Did you enjoy the coding activity? Do you feel like you learned anything? Explain yourself.

 The HTML code was really hard and confusing. But, it was still fun trying to use it. I still learned a lot from the activity.

1/21/14

Tell me about your three day weekend. How was it? What did you do? Elaborate!

Over the weekend I played a basketball tournament. We played Schlagel, Blue Valley North West, and Blue Valley West. We beat all three teams and won the tournament. Beating BVNW and BVW was important to our team because we lost to them earlier in the season and should have beaten them.

1/15/14

Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted it, I should be able to use it.

I somewhat agree with this statement, if an image is on the internet you do have the right to use it, but you need to site where it is from to give them credit for the photo.

1/13/14

What do you know about plagiarism on the internet? How do web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other?

I know that plagiarism is illegal. If you copy someone else's work then you can get kicked out of college. On web design if i copied and pasted someone else's work without citing it then I could get a zero on that project. Then I would fail the class.

Friday, January 10th

What do you already know about web design? How it works? Programs you can use? Tools that exist? Anything.

I know there is an HTML code involved. One of my friends has his own website. Google Chrome is a better web browser.