I made this poster as the Advertising Manager for Ashton: Hershey floor 200 to inform everyone of the Thanksgiving break move-out information.
0 Comments
<script src="//use.typekit.net/vwm8flz.js"></script>
<script>Practice type font using typekit{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}</script> I found a photoshop tutorial on print24.com with a direct link to PhotoshopTutorials. The only problems I had with this tutorial were:
Here's the pdf to my tutorial on how to accomplish this!
Tip #2:Think with your thumb I think this tip was the most helpful because it helps to remind you to do several other tips. If you are thinking about making the site easily clickable for thumbs, it will keep you from making too small clickable areas, too cluttered sites, and using icons instead of a lot of words. (Also Tip #2 is one of the only differences between a normal site and a mobile-friendly site.) A responsive design means that the elements are layed out in a grid and that grid responds to different screen sizes.
I added a map to the contact page along with updated info. My logo has been added as a link to the home page at the bottom of the page.
And the pictures on my slider are slowly being replaced with photoshop projects. Next Week: I want to add to my about page, maybe add a small slideshow, add hover effects to my index grids, an update my dreaded portfolio page. This is the area of my site that I want to change. The travelling theme is nice, especially with my compass, but it is not great for a website showcasing the skills I've learned. So I plan to change it in the following ways:
This semester I really wanted to focus on getting better at photoshop so I can make my sites look more interesting and more personal. I looked for "Photoshop Project Ideas" and chose the "glowing liquid text" project on Neat Designs.com.
Mine looks a bit different and I need some work but I learned how to make something look luminous and how to make color curves and balances, and layer masks. This semester during Web IV, it is important to look at the prospect of becoming a professional web designer. However, I would need to learn more about how to consult with the customer, common rates, software to use, and much more. By combining these questions and putting them into a google form, we (Kyle Nottke, Sheldon Cooper, and I) sent the form to thirty companies. From the results, we were able to find out some important information if we were ever to become professional webmasters.
Misconceptions & Enlightened Before we begun this project, I had many misconceptions about how a web design business works. For example, I thought there would be a fairly close rate between the businesses. Instead, there were some starting with a $500 flat rate all the way up to a limit of between $3,000 and $10,000. I also was not expecting half of our interviewees to be self taught. In fact, Mary Lewis is self-taught since the 90’s and is the company making the highest money with the 3-10 thousand dollar quote. Another helpful hint came from Elliott Bennett who got a degree in Computer Sciences. He said that the Computer Sciences degree did not help him as much as a business degree would have. This information has been conducive for me in deciding what to study in college and how to prepare for this business. Further Questions Though these interviews have been helpful, I do still have further questions. The most important question is how their customers can edit their own sites. A few of the interviewees said they had a program to allow both the customer and themselves to edit. I also wondered how they choose the color schemes. I assume they use a logo and a color scheme generator, but if not, what do they use? Finally, I wondered how the designers with their own business started that business. If I were to add just these three questions to the questionnaire, it would improve my understanding of how to make a successful site. The Profession For Me? Even after this project, I am still unsure about whether or not I would like to pursue this profession. Web designing does remain as one of my top choices in professions but I have a lot of options to sift through in order to figure out what career I want to have after college. The plan as of now is to take several intro courses in the fields that I am interested in: history, video games, computer programming, and web design. After I have taken some of these courses then I can decide what course I will want to focus on. With that being said, the interviews did make a difference in how I viewed the web designing profession. Originally I had thought that it was mostly a small business that usually did not make a great deal of money. However after the interview, I learned that this was not true. People like Mary Lewis and Todd Budnikas can make up to $10,000 for the company for each site created. This information has swayed me towards a web designing career because now I realize there is a possibility of substantial success. For the entire interview click here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ww44w32FdLagVoTCPFUKgglLeQtYz6XlY_ax8IvQO0s/edit?usp=sharing I already had a favicon for my site but I wanted to update it with my logo. Here are some steps on how to insert a favicon: Step 2. Then upload the image to a favicon generator. I used this one. (Make sure to change the size to your picture: 64px by 64px) Step 3. Download the ico file, open it, and copy it to your site folder (this is the easiest way to save this to your folder, esp. on school computers). Step 4. Add the code to the head tag of your web page <link rel="icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" />
|
AuthorMy name is Lisa Moore, I recently graduated from Floyd Central High School. I am currently attending Indiana University in Bloomington as an undergraduate in Criminal Justice. Archives
November 2015
Categories |