exerciseTEN: Site Brief

exerciseSEVEN: Peer Reviews

Matt Williams: Matts website is very clean and easy to use. I really like the way he did his portfolios galleries. Its clear that he really knows what hes doing with web design. In fact, I think he should be a web designer for a real company. 


Emily Reynolds: I really like the home page when you first get to Emily's site. Once you click on the "ER" you get to a clean and simple portfolio. I really like the magnified effect when you scroll over the pictures. I think that the menu on top could use some work to make it more interesting, but over all very nice.

exerciseSIX: Wire Frame

exerciseFOUR: Typography on the Web

Sometimes when designing for the web, you can run into problems with spacing and placement. it takes time to get the right size for lines of text so that it will not confuse viewers who are maybe on a different sized computer than the one you are designing on. Vertical type is also a common problem. Another issue is lack of heirarchy. Sometimes you can be designing for the web, and not think about the hierarchy of your text. Its very important to apply all of the normal solutions to text on the web.

exerciseTHREE: Benefits of CSS

HTML allows you to have a structure, but it only allows for six different text sizes. CSS simply gives you more freedom to design how you would like. You can adjust text however you want, locate things wherever you want, and even control what it will look like printed. CSS just saves you a ton of time when compared to HTML. 

exerciseTWO: Difference Between HTML and CSS

HTML is used to get everything on the webpage. This includes text, images, links, etc. CSS is used to take that information and make it visually appealing with borders, color, etc. CSS gives you virtually endless layout possibilities. CSS also makes it easier to make changes to your page, because you dont have to change one thing at a time like in HMTL. 

designerFIVE: Mark Zuckerburg

Mark Zuckerburg is also rich. Super rich. He created Facebook. So hes rich. Him and his friends created Faebook in their dorms at Harvard in 2004. He is now the cheif executive of the company and worth 17.5 billion dollars. He has been the center of a lot of lawsuits from his fellow classmates who accuse him of stealing the idea. Thats up to you whether you think its wrong or not. I say he wins.

designerFOUR: Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson was your first friend on MySpace. Thats because he created MySpace along with Chris Dewolfe. He was the president,  but left the company in 2009, because noone uses MySpace anymore. They lost to Facebook. Basically Mark Zuckerburg beat Tom. After MySpace, Tom went on to be the president of Intermix Media, which was sold to News Corp. Tom is now retired and probably rich. 

designerTHREE: Larry Page

Larry Page is a computer scientist and entrepreneur. He graduated  from the University of Michigan with a computer engeneering degree and then decided to graduate from Stanford University with a Master of Science in computer science. He is the co-founder of Google. As a result of this, he is rich. 16.7 billion dollars rich. He also invented PageRank, which is the foundation of Googles search engine. 

designerTWO: Blake Ross

At only 26, Blake Ross has accomplished more in his career than most designers will in their lives. He began programming while in middle school and developed his first website at the age of 10. When he was 15 he worked as an intern at Netscape Communications Corporation. He later went to Stanford University, where he is currently on a leave of absence. This obviously doesnt matter, because he is one of the creators of Mozilla Firefox. Firefox was released in 2004, when Ross was just 19. Over 100 million downloads happened in just the first year. Ross is now working at Facebook as Director of Product.

designerONE: Chris Sawyer

Chris Sawyer Is a Scottish game designer most known for Roller coaster Tycoon. He studied computer science at Strathclyde University, and then went on to creating PC conversions of games. He had the idea to creat management simulation games where the gamer has to be the builder and manager of whatever it is the specific game is centered around. The first game in this series was called Transport Tycoon. He developed a few later versions of this game, and then went on to develop Roller Coaster Tycoon, which has been one of the best selling games of all time. 

exerciseONE: 10 elements of good websites

1: Visual Appeal
 The website needs to be visually stimulating. the first impression of the website is very important.
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2: Interesting User Interface
It is important that the site viewer enjoys traveling throughout the site. The site must have good transitions and layouts.
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3: Primary Navigation Should Be on Top
The primary means of navigating the website should all lie on the top section of the site. This makes sure everything is easy to get to, and that the viewer can get to where he needs to be.
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4: Also Provide Navigation Tools in the Footer
Navigation tools should also be on the bottom of the site, so that people don't have to scroll back to the top. People are lazy.
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5: Have Meaningful Content
Your site should have as little filler as possible. Make sure everything has a purpose. There is a phrase "content is king." Keep it in mind.
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6: Contact Information
Make sure it is simple for people to find your contact information.
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7: Search
Make sure there is a search bar on your site so that people can easily find specific things.
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8: Offer a Sign-up Sheet
Allow people to sign-up or subscribe to your site so that you can send them information and other things.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/index.jsp


9: Cross Browser Compatibility:
These days, it is extremely important for your site to work with all of the popular browsers.
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10: Web-Optimized Images:
Make sure your images are optimized to be used on the web. People dont realize that not all images will work well on the web.
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