I'm chomping at the bit to create my new sections and archives... Roadside memorials and other types of cemeteries, new article and new poem.
I still need to shoot some photography of some roadside shrines..will start that this weekend so hopefully by the new year...the new items will be in place w/links to archived materials
pamie
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Also...
The class demos were great and it was good to see and hear that I wasn't alone in some struggles. I took notes on all the parts I liked. I def liked the video stuff and the grid of images. Same student I believe. Everyone made creative things and I think for first time users, we did well.
Take aways:
-Make a website for my resume for future employers
-make a Facebook
-GoogleImages
-animated gifs
-can use MS Publisher to make a website
-make a calender (make a pdf so its locked down)
-can view source codes on sites to get tips on how they did stuff
-the 'old' file or folder look as pages...creative
-flash for spiral moving photo album
-yahooligans
-vimeo free youtube like system higher quality
-cerillos/mining town NM Madrid NM for more cemetery images
Take aways:
-Make a website for my resume for future employers
-make a Facebook
-GoogleImages
-animated gifs
-can use MS Publisher to make a website
-make a calender (make a pdf so its locked down)
-can view source codes on sites to get tips on how they did stuff
-the 'old' file or folder look as pages...creative
-flash for spiral moving photo album
-yahooligans
-vimeo free youtube like system higher quality
-cerillos/mining town NM Madrid NM for more cemetery images
update.....
I worked on the website today on the side columns to make them even at the bottom and set in place. I selected the column and went to CSS then Advanced Properties and selected Height and set it to a number making it just above the bottom of center column.
I did this for each page and since each page is a bit longer or shorter, made it match for that page.
I also moved the 'Top of Page' to be in the center.
I did then try to figure out using a 'table' with col's and rows to then insert images but this wasn't working out... I liked the table in a grid of images then click on an image and that image could be viewed bigger then close that out and pick another image....although I couldnt get this to work out so I then started to dig around on New then choose from Starter Basic and in that list was some Image gallery like choices... I did find one to use but it was set up for 5 images that would link to 5 pages... I have so many photos...I called Dreamweaver and tech said for the amount I pics I have, I should use Command, Web Photo Album option : but as we walked thru-it requires Fireworks CS4 which I don't have and can't afford to buy ...yet! After the new Year I will ge this. I still want to learn how Cheatum (student in class) did the grid... I will email him for the details.
Pamie
I did this for each page and since each page is a bit longer or shorter, made it match for that page.
I also moved the 'Top of Page' to be in the center.
I did then try to figure out using a 'table' with col's and rows to then insert images but this wasn't working out... I liked the table in a grid of images then click on an image and that image could be viewed bigger then close that out and pick another image....although I couldnt get this to work out so I then started to dig around on New then choose from Starter Basic and in that list was some Image gallery like choices... I did find one to use but it was set up for 5 images that would link to 5 pages... I have so many photos...I called Dreamweaver and tech said for the amount I pics I have, I should use Command, Web Photo Album option : but as we walked thru-it requires Fireworks CS4 which I don't have and can't afford to buy ...yet! After the new Year I will ge this. I still want to learn how Cheatum (student in class) did the grid... I will email him for the details.
Pamie
Monday, December 1, 2008
Coraline (new stop animation)
Coraline
This link is to the trailer teaser of new stop animation coming out
I had to update my website today
I checked all the links again and one wasnt working - Coraline.... apparently the really cool link that takes you to the tumbler that you have to put a key code into wasn't working.... so I had to take that link out...
I put a link to the Macys Parade studio and the making of Dumbo...
Pamie
This link is to the trailer teaser of new stop animation coming out
I had to update my website today
I checked all the links again and one wasnt working - Coraline.... apparently the really cool link that takes you to the tumbler that you have to put a key code into wasn't working.... so I had to take that link out...
I put a link to the Macys Parade studio and the making of Dumbo...
Pamie
Friday, November 28, 2008
updates
I've been reviewing different websites getting inspirations for my own website which I will make after this course is done. It will be for my own artwork and self promotion. I think I would like to pursue more of this kind of work within my library work as well.
Monday, November 24, 2008
still searching..
CF Blog wont work but sounds good..the free download is for windows...I'll re enter my search for mac users
this is what I would rather have...
Comments Script
Easy to post comments without requiring user registration - Spam protection by image verification so that users cannot send messages automatically. - but it socsts 25.00$...cant afford...I'll keep lookn around.
pamie
Easy to post comments without requiring user registration - Spam protection by image verification so that users cannot send messages automatically. - but it socsts 25.00$...cant afford...I'll keep lookn around.
pamie
still trying to get a form made...
Using this free download:
trying to make it work
Flash and PHP contact form
About php and flash contact form
This is a contact form made in flash and php, it can be used on 'contact us' pages.
A flash file contains the form items and when the 'send' button is pressed it sends the values to mailer php, this mailer.php sends the email to the receiver.
Few of the benefits of using a flash form instead of a html contact form are:
* better user interface
* less junk messages (automated scripts cannot send emails through a flash form unless it is decompiled)
Usage details
Upload mailer.php and form.swf on your server in same directory.
In mailer.php you will have to replace 'email@yourserver.com' with your email address. Make sure this is an email hosted on that server where you are testing (most server requires this).
Preview
This is a preview of how the contact form looks, you try sending an email to see how form reacts, email will not be sent. It shows a warning if some of the fields are not filled.
trying to make it work
Flash and PHP contact form
About php and flash contact form
This is a contact form made in flash and php, it can be used on 'contact us' pages.
A flash file contains the form items and when the 'send' button is pressed it sends the values to mailer php, this mailer.php sends the email to the receiver.
Few of the benefits of using a flash form instead of a html contact form are:
* better user interface
* less junk messages (automated scripts cannot send emails through a flash form unless it is decompiled)
Usage details
Upload mailer.php and form.swf on your server in same directory.
In mailer.php you will have to replace 'email@yourserver.com' with your email address. Make sure this is an email hosted on that server where you are testing (most server requires this).
Preview
This is a preview of how the contact form looks, you try sending an email to see how form reacts, email will not be sent. It shows a warning if some of the fields are not filled.
updates...
www.adobe.com/go/14853
working on :
How to get data from a form into an e-mail
Dreamweaver does not include server behaviors for passing form data into an email. However, there are several methods of getting information from a submitted form into an e-mail.
Methods for passing form data into an email response
Use a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script
A CGI script works with the form to gather the data, parse it, and insert it into an e-mail. Your server administrator may have a CGI script on the server that will process your data. If not, there are many CGI scripts available for free on the Internet. If you use one of these scripts, it has to be uploaded to your server and may have to be placed into a cgi-bin folder. Talk to your server administrator to find out where the CGI script needs to reside on the server.
It is a good idea to create a parallel folder structure in your local root folder, including the folder named cgi-bin. This allows you to browse to the CGI script locally when linking to it from your form and ensures that the path to the CGI script will work correctly when you upload your site.
Use a Scripting language
Active Server Pages (ASP), JavaServer Pages (JSP), ColdFusion (CF), and PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) are server-side scripting languages used to pass data to and from a database, and these languages can also be used to pass form data into an email. As mentioned above, Dreamweaver does not include server behaviors for passing form data into emails.
There are extensions available from the Dreamweaver Exchange which add this functionality as server behaviors into Dreamweaver. Search for the words "form" and "email" from the Exchange Search page to find all results.
Use a remotely-hosted form-to-email service
This service acts as the processor of the form data. The Action of the form points to their remote CGI script. Their script processes the data, then sends the data to a specified e-mail address.
The remotely-hosted service will have access to the data collected from the form.
Define the form's Action to be a mailto: link
While this is the easiest method for e-mailing form data, it is not recommended because not all browsers recognize an e-mail address as a form's Action. Furthermore, even if the browser accepts this attribute, the user's system and mail configuration may prevent this strategy from working. When it fails, it can fail invisibly, so neither the user nor the intended recipient will know that the form data was not sent.
Setting up a simple mailto form in Dreamweaver
Once a form has been developed in Dreamweaver, follow the steps below to create a mailto action for the form. Refer to How to develop a form in Dreamweaver (TechNote 14950) if you need additional information about creating the form itself.
1. In Design View, place the cursor inside the form, then select the form tag from the Tag Selector at the bottom of the page.
2. In the Action field of the Property inspector, enter the e-mail address where the data in the form will be sent to. If you are using another method for processing the form data, the action field will typically refer to a file that houses the processing script.
3. In the Enctyp field, type text/plain.
4. A subject line can be defined by adding it after the email address and a question mark in the Action field. An example of that would be: mailto:user@domain.com?subject=Hello there.
working on :
How to get data from a form into an e-mail
Dreamweaver does not include server behaviors for passing form data into an email. However, there are several methods of getting information from a submitted form into an e-mail.
Methods for passing form data into an email response
Use a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script
A CGI script works with the form to gather the data, parse it, and insert it into an e-mail. Your server administrator may have a CGI script on the server that will process your data. If not, there are many CGI scripts available for free on the Internet. If you use one of these scripts, it has to be uploaded to your server and may have to be placed into a cgi-bin folder. Talk to your server administrator to find out where the CGI script needs to reside on the server.
It is a good idea to create a parallel folder structure in your local root folder, including the folder named cgi-bin. This allows you to browse to the CGI script locally when linking to it from your form and ensures that the path to the CGI script will work correctly when you upload your site.
Use a Scripting language
Active Server Pages (ASP), JavaServer Pages (JSP), ColdFusion (CF), and PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) are server-side scripting languages used to pass data to and from a database, and these languages can also be used to pass form data into an email. As mentioned above, Dreamweaver does not include server behaviors for passing form data into emails.
There are extensions available from the Dreamweaver Exchange which add this functionality as server behaviors into Dreamweaver. Search for the words "form" and "email" from the Exchange Search page to find all results.
Use a remotely-hosted form-to-email service
This service acts as the processor of the form data. The Action of the form points to their remote CGI script. Their script processes the data, then sends the data to a specified e-mail address.
The remotely-hosted service will have access to the data collected from the form.
Define the form's Action to be a mailto: link
While this is the easiest method for e-mailing form data, it is not recommended because not all browsers recognize an e-mail address as a form's Action. Furthermore, even if the browser accepts this attribute, the user's system and mail configuration may prevent this strategy from working. When it fails, it can fail invisibly, so neither the user nor the intended recipient will know that the form data was not sent.
Setting up a simple mailto form in Dreamweaver
Once a form has been developed in Dreamweaver, follow the steps below to create a mailto action for the form. Refer to How to develop a form in Dreamweaver (TechNote 14950) if you need additional information about creating the form itself.
1. In Design View, place the cursor inside the form, then select the form tag from the Tag Selector at the bottom of the page.
2. In the Action field of the Property inspector, enter the e-mail address where the data in the form will be sent to. If you are using another method for processing the form data, the action field will typically refer to a file that houses the processing script.
3. In the Enctyp field, type text/plain.
4. A subject line can be defined by adding it after the email address and a question mark in the Action field. An example of that would be: mailto:user@domain.com?subject=Hello there.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
also...
I also added a small section at the end
Coming Soon!
displaying two possible categories coming up in the future.
Pet Cemetery
Roadside Memorials
pamie
Coming Soon!
displaying two possible categories coming up in the future.
Pet Cemetery
Roadside Memorials
pamie
also...
I added a link to something worth mentioning and hysterical...
Men of Mortuaries Calender on the Resource page...too funny!
Men of Mortuaries Calender on the Resource page...too funny!
updates
I worked on the site again today... after browsing thru the button websites...I did download a button off one of the websites but after about an hour, it wasn't working so I discovered right there on my Dreamweaver was Insert Media Flash button... cool! so added this feature to the site..the updated the bottom of sides to even out the bottom of middle. I updated the commentary, article pages as well.
Everytime I go into it, there always seems to be a bit more I can do to it.
Pamie
Everytime I go into it, there always seems to be a bit more I can do to it.
Pamie
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Showcase and critque
Stoneshadows
http://pwardrea.myweb.usf.edu/stoneshadows.html
by
Pamela Ward-Reagan
University of South Florida
LIS 5315 Instructional Graphics
Dr. Scott Simon
December 2, 2008
1. Type of site: Non profit and resource site about cemeteries including cemetery background information, historical, preservation, terminology, gallery of photography of cemeteries, other cultures cemetery and burial information, epitaphs, articles, poetry, resources of bibliography and other websites, and a commentary page of my experience making the site and a list of my favorite websites which I find inspirational.
2. Purpose of site: peaceful, calm design, educational and informational site
7 pages
Home
Cemetery
Article
Culture
Gallery
Resources
Commentary
3. Design choices made (including reasons why the choices were made).
I created the header in Photoshop: used free Photoshop font stamps, imagery from free stockxchng.com
I wanted a 3 column pages and two column pages of information layout.
I wanted to make a site that was educational and informational while visually interesting exploring different information about all aspects on cemeteries and the preservation of them including: photos of cemeteries of which I had two photographers, an article page with featured author, and a Culture page filled with a specific topic related to cemeteries, in this case, Day of the Dead a celebration from Mexico.
Article/Poem author – Timothy Juhl
Photography – Mary Campbell
Photography- Pam Reagan- I visited many cemeteries and took photographs and read epitaphs. I am a photographer so I enjoyed this process.
4. Experiences in building the site.
My experience building the website was fairly straightforward save getting started. That first few weeks of decision-making about the design, color, layout, text and imagery for header and the construction of the first page was a process in
sketches like a storyboard to use as a jumping point. After the construction was set, creating subsequent pages was streamlined using Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
Changes to some design, color and size of things changed along the way. Since I wanted an educational site, I didn’t want to use a lot of fancy or tricky effects or animation that would detract from the purpose of the site.
5. Lessons learned.
By the time I made the 3rd page, I realized I had no footer. So I stopped, created the footer on the home page and added to the rest of my pages. I learned to study the home page again to make sure all standard repeating items were created so that all pages would be consistent.
I learned to keep the root folder that saves the items in one place and not move items from the folder around if I could help it. At first, I was tinkering around with this folder and couldn’t figure out why some stuff wasn’t showing up. I also learned that next
time to save the title of files lower case. I have a mix of lower case and upper case; by habit, I use upper case. I also learned to keep all items being used to build graphics etc… in more organized folders. At one point, I spent several hours digging around for certain files I made as textures of which was saved in one out of several folders of graphics.
I also learned to back up your work. Twice while building the site, I removed an item and then couldn’t find it. I relied on my burned CD of backed up information to get it back. Yeah!
I also learned that running the validator gives you your list of errors and while working on this, I changed the root folder which totally changed up the site and had to revert back using the again the burned CD back up …again Yeah!
Mostly I learned that there are so many options to be had in creating a website and I wanted to use them all. It was like a box of crayons with an array of choices to color only one tree! ….and I sure didn’t want to stay in the lines… ( I made the site ‘not creepy’ given the topic although I do tend to paint creepy things)
Feedback
6. Suggestions from audience on how the site might be improved.
List your feedback here if you wish to remain anonymous that ok!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
testing the validator....
W3C Validator
I tested my website on this site given in the course instructions... it lists 7 errors... the first of which I think is due to the hyphens... I will check on this...
It gives line an column places to go find the errors which I will investigate... one of them looks like maybe theres a space where there shouldnt be...
For the most part I don't know how to read this but will try to figure it out.
Pamie
I tested my website on this site given in the course instructions... it lists 7 errors... the first of which I think is due to the hyphens... I will check on this...
It gives line an column places to go find the errors which I will investigate... one of them looks like maybe theres a space where there shouldnt be...
For the most part I don't know how to read this but will try to figure it out.
Pamie
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Swap Image Behavior Dreamweaver
the smartwebby has links for instructions for various different effects and tips. I looked into ones pertaining to Dreamweaver and I selected Apply the Swap Image behavior. I was trying it out and reading instructions and wasn't very successful. I like the menu with bullets and the image changes in the example given on smartwebby website but it does include a software program I can't afford to purchase. They were using it as the 'header' menu. I could see it used as a small menu of information inside a website but it might come off as too much in my own website.
I can't wait to work on my own website for my art. I'll do this inbetween semesters...woo hoo...
pamie
I can't wait to work on my own website for my art. I'll do this inbetween semesters...woo hoo...
pamie
Smartwebby
Smartwebby
I liked the idea of the roll over image effect and I tried it out on a section of my website under saftey checklist. It looks ok and I'm not completely sold on it. today I will look at it again to see if it can be improved upon.
I liked the idea of the roll over image effect and I tried it out on a section of my website under saftey checklist. It looks ok and I'm not completely sold on it. today I will look at it again to see if it can be improved upon.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Smartwebby
Smartwebby
What a cool site:
I immediately went to Rollover link and when you scroll down and look around it is giving you great html code for cool effects to use.
Swap images is a cool effect, when you rollover a radial button/word it swaps an image out...
Image feathering is another great effect. Using Photoshop, you can create a soft white background around the foci of image and eliminate the orig background.. interesting...just when you think you are done!...so much more to do...or can be done...
Dreamweaver template link has some very nice designs on it with some interesting colors. I see potential and then pick it apart some to make it what you really want out of it.
Dreamweaver behaviors is another great link to check out. I have not done the validate yet but may work on more effects then check the behavior info out. My site will be a 'real' working site after class is all done so I will have to make sure I check on 'behavior' so when viewed on diff browsers; it's not all funny lookn!
After reviewing this site, I want to look at my own to perhaps add or change some things. Critique and review is always good. I'm thinking we will get to review in class and then 'take away' pointers and tips and then get to perhaps polish it up one last time before its due Dec 16th
What a cool site:
I immediately went to Rollover link and when you scroll down and look around it is giving you great html code for cool effects to use.
Swap images is a cool effect, when you rollover a radial button/word it swaps an image out...
Image feathering is another great effect. Using Photoshop, you can create a soft white background around the foci of image and eliminate the orig background.. interesting...just when you think you are done!...so much more to do...or can be done...
Dreamweaver template link has some very nice designs on it with some interesting colors. I see potential and then pick it apart some to make it what you really want out of it.
Dreamweaver behaviors is another great link to check out. I have not done the validate yet but may work on more effects then check the behavior info out. My site will be a 'real' working site after class is all done so I will have to make sure I check on 'behavior' so when viewed on diff browsers; it's not all funny lookn!
After reviewing this site, I want to look at my own to perhaps add or change some things. Critique and review is always good. I'm thinking we will get to review in class and then 'take away' pointers and tips and then get to perhaps polish it up one last time before its due Dec 16th
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Paris doe it up right
Paris cemeteries
Paris really knows how to create great headstones and sculptures for their cemeteries. Browse thru this link to view some excellent sculptures.
Here are some images as examples.
Paris really knows how to create great headstones and sculptures for their cemeteries. Browse thru this link to view some excellent sculptures.
Here are some images as examples.
Stoneshadows
uploaded my website to the blog and added another image from my portfolio.
Will add a few more images.
pamie
Will add a few more images.
pamie
Friday, November 7, 2008
update...
I have been passing out my website url and having folks try it out... most can view the site fine...just a couple mentioned the browser issue... one uses netscape on her mac laptop and it all looked fine..interesting...once class is done I will work on the behavior issue so that it can function as a working site for real... the author Tim Juhl does want to continue to use the site. Of course I will be adding new galleries, archiving old ones... new articles/archiving old ones... and new Featured Culture page...next one sched'd is Roadside Memorials... of course this will test my skills at 'being careful' since I will photographing these along roadsides!!!!!!!
pamie
pamie
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SmashingApps
Very interesting site… cool way to display artworks by vigilant digital artists.
my fav out of all the 70 autumn imspirations-digital images… very nice to see this exhibit. I can def see myself getting very addicted to this laptop and build some nice artwork…. Interesting… theres not enough of me and my hands to go around to meet the demand of the images and creations going on in my head! mattijn
FWA
Of course I was attracted to the scary face of the girl screaming… and firefox prevented me from going to the link for it…Hotel626 but when you go to it…very creepy…very interesintg…apparently you reserve a room and use your webcam on computer and your cell phone to try to get out! How very creepy!
CSS Dance
This site has some adds as demos of cool things to do w/CSS and tricks.. other links to more tips and tricks… If only there was enough time in the day to go to every link. I think I mentioned in my last class w/you Dr. S how overwhelming it is to see all these links and it just feels like it could go on forever and ever…. Ahhhhhhhh
CSS Heaven
Different designs showcased…. I liked this guy all glowing.. http://www.andographic.co.uk/….it really pops out against the dark… so of the sites are too busy in my opinion…
Design Snack
Again a place to showcase… your digital portfolio but kinda my space like…
CSS Nature
A lot to browse thru but this site was user friendly and nicely displayed making me want to browse some more… it had single top pages of showcasing artists so you could view a graphic and decided whether to select that portfolio or not… I went into several and I enjoyed this one…
edpeixoto
Best of Web Gallery
Another showcase for artists and I immediately was attracted to this one for its use of color
mizrahimelech
CSS Design Yorkshire
Best Web Gallery
CSS Gallery
CSS Moon
This site has a few of the same digital artists that I have seen on some other sites… hummm you can post to several and exhibit.
CSS Elite
This site wasn’t anymore elite than some others… just uses diamond image as voting icon… I must say all the colorful adds to the side as you scroll is completely annoying to the eye as you view the screen…. Too many and it just becomes hard to look at.
Oriental Gallery
Love the way this gallery is set up… a small screen shot on one side and a wider example taking up ¾ of the page… viewing this was pleasant…. No adds yeah
Liked this site the best.
Cool Homepages Web Design Gallery
CSS Blaze
Unique CSS
Finally some really good artwork! Check this out evertt de sousa
This artist is good!
Dezinspiration
CSS Snap
Stylecrunch
CSS Crème
CSS fights
Unmatched style
Great site on this one duoh
CSS Imagine
Great site on this one ava7 patterns
Css based
Host pattern
Ok just to put the two bulls or cows on the front page of website got my attention… its all in Spanish and he animates his live stock as part of header… great!
One Page Love
Shirtless was great but also loved the guy burning some card….which I think is in russian?
Coolwebsites
color Schemes
Alot of really great sites to peruse. Great inspiration .. a bit overwhelming but nonetheless def makes me want to create and post to on of these.
An appropriate assignment to peruse here at the end.
so i copy pasted it instead...
p
Very interesting site… cool way to display artworks by vigilant digital artists.
my fav out of all the 70 autumn imspirations-digital images… very nice to see this exhibit. I can def see myself getting very addicted to this laptop and build some nice artwork…. Interesting… theres not enough of me and my hands to go around to meet the demand of the images and creations going on in my head! mattijn
FWA
Of course I was attracted to the scary face of the girl screaming… and firefox prevented me from going to the link for it…Hotel626 but when you go to it…very creepy…very interesintg…apparently you reserve a room and use your webcam on computer and your cell phone to try to get out! How very creepy!
CSS Dance
This site has some adds as demos of cool things to do w/CSS and tricks.. other links to more tips and tricks… If only there was enough time in the day to go to every link. I think I mentioned in my last class w/you Dr. S how overwhelming it is to see all these links and it just feels like it could go on forever and ever…. Ahhhhhhhh
CSS Heaven
Different designs showcased…. I liked this guy all glowing.. http://www.andographic.co.uk/….it really pops out against the dark… so of the sites are too busy in my opinion…
Design Snack
Again a place to showcase… your digital portfolio but kinda my space like…
CSS Nature
A lot to browse thru but this site was user friendly and nicely displayed making me want to browse some more… it had single top pages of showcasing artists so you could view a graphic and decided whether to select that portfolio or not… I went into several and I enjoyed this one…
edpeixoto
Best of Web Gallery
Another showcase for artists and I immediately was attracted to this one for its use of color
mizrahimelech
CSS Design Yorkshire
Best Web Gallery
CSS Gallery
CSS Moon
This site has a few of the same digital artists that I have seen on some other sites… hummm you can post to several and exhibit.
CSS Elite
This site wasn’t anymore elite than some others… just uses diamond image as voting icon… I must say all the colorful adds to the side as you scroll is completely annoying to the eye as you view the screen…. Too many and it just becomes hard to look at.
Oriental Gallery
Love the way this gallery is set up… a small screen shot on one side and a wider example taking up ¾ of the page… viewing this was pleasant…. No adds yeah
Liked this site the best.
Cool Homepages Web Design Gallery
CSS Blaze
Unique CSS
Finally some really good artwork! Check this out evertt de sousa
This artist is good!
Dezinspiration
CSS Snap
Stylecrunch
CSS Crème
CSS fights
Unmatched style
Great site on this one duoh
CSS Imagine
Great site on this one ava7 patterns
Css based
Host pattern
Ok just to put the two bulls or cows on the front page of website got my attention… its all in Spanish and he animates his live stock as part of header… great!
One Page Love
Shirtless was great but also loved the guy burning some card….which I think is in russian?
Coolwebsites
color Schemes
Alot of really great sites to peruse. Great inspiration .. a bit overwhelming but nonetheless def makes me want to create and post to on of these.
An appropriate assignment to peruse here at the end.
so i copy pasted it instead...
p
Lesson 11
feedburner
Very interesting site… cool way to display artworks by vigilant digital artists.
my fav out of all the 70 autumn imspirations-digital images… very nice to see this exhibit. I can def see myself getting very addicted to this laptop and build some nice artwork…. Interesting… theres not enough of me and my hands to go around to meet the demand of the images and creations going on in my head! mattijn
FWA
Of course I was attracted to the scary face of the girl screaming… and firefox prevented me from going to the link for it…Hotel626 but when you go to it…very creepy…very interesintg…apparently you reserve a room and use your webcam on computer and your cell phone to try to get out! How very creepy!
One Page Love
Shirtless was great but also loved the guy burning some card….which I think is in russian?
Alot of really great sites to peruse. Great inspiration .. a bit overwhelming but nonetheless def makes me want to create and post to on of these.
An appropriate assignment to peruse here at the end.
Here is a Word document that all the sites on it: I did look thru them all but compiled it on a word doc.
Very interesting site… cool way to display artworks by vigilant digital artists.
my fav out of all the 70 autumn imspirations-digital images… very nice to see this exhibit. I can def see myself getting very addicted to this laptop and build some nice artwork…. Interesting… theres not enough of me and my hands to go around to meet the demand of the images and creations going on in my head! mattijn
FWA
Of course I was attracted to the scary face of the girl screaming… and firefox prevented me from going to the link for it…Hotel626 but when you go to it…very creepy…very interesintg…apparently you reserve a room and use your webcam on computer and your cell phone to try to get out! How very creepy!
One Page Love
Shirtless was great but also loved the guy burning some card….which I think is in russian?
Alot of really great sites to peruse. Great inspiration .. a bit overwhelming but nonetheless def makes me want to create and post to on of these.
An appropriate assignment to peruse here at the end.
Here is a Word document that all the sites on it: I did look thru them all but compiled it on a word doc.
Monday, November 3, 2008
update...
I feel like I am blogging small updates now.
I have added the Commentary page and updated small tweaks here and there.
the last thing to do is the validate part.
pamie
I have added the Commentary page and updated small tweaks here and there.
the last thing to do is the validate part.
pamie
Sunday, November 2, 2008
ok ... update time....
Ok.. I uploaded all pics into sep galleries using Picasa...it was simple to use and compatible w/MAC yeah! I names each cemetery sep. and noting credit to each photographer. I'm so bummed I didn't get to go to the cemetery in NYcity... but the few pics Mary provided will be fine. After looking at them I just see huge potential.
I updated the culture page making the links all part of the resources for this page and spread out the titles and pics somemore..it seemed cramped. I did spell check on ea page..I reveiwed the guidelines list by Dr. S and posted a couple of questions..some of which I already just went ahead and made the changes. I will for now add the Comments section at bottom of the Resource page as it's own section then if it needs to be its own webpage..will xform that later.
I will now try to work on the hover thingy... not sure yet if it will work out but if it doesnt...will need to come up w/an alternative..
still waitn for authors bio..then will fill that in....
so far it looks good on firefox...
pamie
I updated the culture page making the links all part of the resources for this page and spread out the titles and pics somemore..it seemed cramped. I did spell check on ea page..I reveiwed the guidelines list by Dr. S and posted a couple of questions..some of which I already just went ahead and made the changes. I will for now add the Comments section at bottom of the Resource page as it's own section then if it needs to be its own webpage..will xform that later.
I will now try to work on the hover thingy... not sure yet if it will work out but if it doesnt...will need to come up w/an alternative..
still waitn for authors bio..then will fill that in....
so far it looks good on firefox...
pamie
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
update...
Mary Campbell, a photographer shot great pics of Confederate Cemetery in Marietta GA over the weekend which I will post... and maybe a section for her as a featured photographer... the shots are great and she did a really great professional job. She may take somemore shots for me of a Tampa cemetery and maybe St Pete.. if theres time.
pamie
pamie
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
ok.. Picasa may be a better choice
Picasa does work on my MAC but it still not the look I want...
I will dig into Picasa to see if I can manipulate this...
pamie
I will dig into Picasa to see if I can manipulate this...
pamie
New York City -- Manhattan
I'm back from Manhattan and the trip was fabulous... I love NY city and I belong there! If I did it right.. the link should take you to Picasa where I posted public- to view the pics for all to enjoy!
I stayed at Chelsea Hotel and it was so fun..it smelled like oil paintings when you walk in, I was in immediate heaven!
Cool artwork in throughout the hotel, my fav Linda Troeller whose photographs were huge and I loved the one with Ethan Hawke.
My fav part was of course the MoMA and Ny Public Library! The conference parts that was able to attend was alright.
I braved the subway.. it really wasn't as scary as I thought!
enjoy the pics
pamie
I stayed at Chelsea Hotel and it was so fun..it smelled like oil paintings when you walk in, I was in immediate heaven!
Cool artwork in throughout the hotel, my fav Linda Troeller whose photographs were huge and I loved the one with Ethan Hawke.
My fav part was of course the MoMA and Ny Public Library! The conference parts that was able to attend was alright.
I braved the subway.. it really wasn't as scary as I thought!
enjoy the pics
pamie
wow
I'm not liking Smilebox although its easy to use and set up and insert into webpage ... the name of it alone Smilebox... doesnt go w/my content! A Cemetery.... it detracts so I'm lookn to see what else I can use. Picasa isnt compatible w/Mac so cant use that one.
still lookn
pamie
I am compiling the NY pics to post...got ill and didnt make it to a cemetery which ws very dissappointing to me as i wanted to add to my site...:{ I was sick for 1.5 day out of my 3 day stay... :{ :{ food poisining..not fun! but still it was NY!
still lookn
pamie
I am compiling the NY pics to post...got ill and didnt make it to a cemetery which ws very dissappointing to me as i wanted to add to my site...:{ I was sick for 1.5 day out of my 3 day stay... :{ :{ food poisining..not fun! but still it was NY!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
St Pauls Chapel and Churchyard
if you click on the link it takes you to the main page of website but scroll to the bottom and there is a pic of the churchyard graveyard on the left side...click there and it brings up a search engine to research the graveyards interns. It's located down near wallstreet in the business district near Ground Zero which I will visit... The church and the gravesite were covered in soot but didnt crumble under the devastation that day.
and oh ya
my author Tim, is visiting the NC state fair either today or tomorrow and the Blue Ribbon winner was a guy who hand made his coffin and of course plans to be buried in it. Can't wait to see these pics and post to the site. I did ask the author Tim to maybe write up a story on this.
pamie
and oh ya
my author Tim, is visiting the NC state fair either today or tomorrow and the Blue Ribbon winner was a guy who hand made his coffin and of course plans to be buried in it. Can't wait to see these pics and post to the site. I did ask the author Tim to maybe write up a story on this.
pamie
Can't sit still
I am so ancy I can't sit still nor is sleeping easy.
Tomorrow I leave for NYcity and I can't wait. The idea of going to the MoMA and of course the NY Public library is too much for my brain to wrap around. I also booked a seat to see a Broadway play... will be amazing. What I can't imagine is traversing through the streets of Manhattan. My hope is don't tire too much and get over my fear of the subway or even the bus for that matter! What I don't pay attention and it takes me into Brooklyn! yikes or somewhere else! anyway... camera don't fail me now!
C ya when I get back.
pamie
a place i hope to visit and shoot pics for my website
St Pauls Chapel and Churchyard
Tomorrow I leave for NYcity and I can't wait. The idea of going to the MoMA and of course the NY Public library is too much for my brain to wrap around. I also booked a seat to see a Broadway play... will be amazing. What I can't imagine is traversing through the streets of Manhattan. My hope is don't tire too much and get over my fear of the subway or even the bus for that matter! What I don't pay attention and it takes me into Brooklyn! yikes or somewhere else! anyway... camera don't fail me now!
C ya when I get back.
pamie
a place i hope to visit and shoot pics for my website
St Pauls Chapel and Churchyard
Monday, October 20, 2008
week 9
Week 9
http://www.flashvista.com/
FlashVista=best flash websites and a flash directory
The home page had a section of Flash informative links about Flash, then a section of Categories where other people have posted their works and other kinds of links. Then below is a section of Flash news and tutorials.
http://flashexplained.com/design/creating-a-cool-hi-tech-draggable-floating-menu/
Flash Explained=website filled with how to’s : animations, banner, basics…
http://www.sitepal.com/
Sitepals=flash avatars…OMG I belong to Second Life… very interesting… this site offers avatars, animated humans used for marketing purposes ( and other things) something to purchase.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
Adobe Flash Software site
http://www.erain.com/Products/swift3d/
Electric Rain Swift 3D site=software for flash, media and graphic design
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php
Swish=software for building flash animation, video, slide effects, text effects.
http://www.hotscripts.com/
Hotscripts site=all about information for file types, troubleshooting, I clicked on Javascript and it took me to a reference page of links about Javaascript.
http://www.soundstageav.com/mastersonaudio/20050201.htm
SoundstageAV site=describes what MP3 is all about-digital compression/music
http://www.selfseo.com/story-13698.php
SelfSeo site=about how to stream audio from your website free..and what is streaming audio? Describes various components that make up streaming audio/templates, forums, references.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacitiy=site describes is a Wiki-look about free open source software for recording and editing sounds. Provides free download links.
http://musicovery.com/
Musicovery=site is a music site … I clicked on Wiki lookn symbol upper right which took me to a colorful button list of types of music…I picked rock and it started playing Peter Gabreil… then you click heart love it or broken heart for hate it…then I clicked on dark/metal and got Marilyn Manson playing “Just crash a car”… I hit energetic and got a different metal band…interesting…must share this site…fun fun fun
http://www.pandora.com/
Very cool! Site Pandora=lets you free register and set up your own station filled w/music you like. I of course put in Evanescence! And am playing this now! It also allows you to share the music w/others.
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Amaya.html
Amaya site=a web browsing/authoring site lets you copy paste into the site you make from other sites…also will do translations!
http://www.trellian.com/webpage/
Trellian site=web building software. Freeware application.
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Sea Monkey=site for all in one internet application suite.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/htmleditors.shtml#htmleditors
Free Country site=a laundry list of links to web editors. From Notepad to SeaMonkey which we just went over… so this site is a compiled list of these web editors with free utilities, tutorials, and other links to information needed about building websites.
My fav! is the Pandora... and Musicovery...how fun is this!
pamie
http://www.flashvista.com/
FlashVista=best flash websites and a flash directory
The home page had a section of Flash informative links about Flash, then a section of Categories where other people have posted their works and other kinds of links. Then below is a section of Flash news and tutorials.
http://flashexplained.com/design/creating-a-cool-hi-tech-draggable-floating-menu/
Flash Explained=website filled with how to’s : animations, banner, basics…
http://www.sitepal.com/
Sitepals=flash avatars…OMG I belong to Second Life… very interesting… this site offers avatars, animated humans used for marketing purposes ( and other things) something to purchase.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
Adobe Flash Software site
http://www.erain.com/Products/swift3d/
Electric Rain Swift 3D site=software for flash, media and graphic design
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php
Swish=software for building flash animation, video, slide effects, text effects.
http://www.hotscripts.com/
Hotscripts site=all about information for file types, troubleshooting, I clicked on Javascript and it took me to a reference page of links about Javaascript.
http://www.soundstageav.com/mastersonaudio/20050201.htm
SoundstageAV site=describes what MP3 is all about-digital compression/music
http://www.selfseo.com/story-13698.php
SelfSeo site=about how to stream audio from your website free..and what is streaming audio? Describes various components that make up streaming audio/templates, forums, references.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacitiy=site describes is a Wiki-look about free open source software for recording and editing sounds. Provides free download links.
http://musicovery.com/
Musicovery=site is a music site … I clicked on Wiki lookn symbol upper right which took me to a colorful button list of types of music…I picked rock and it started playing Peter Gabreil… then you click heart love it or broken heart for hate it…then I clicked on dark/metal and got Marilyn Manson playing “Just crash a car”… I hit energetic and got a different metal band…interesting…must share this site…fun fun fun
http://www.pandora.com/
Very cool! Site Pandora=lets you free register and set up your own station filled w/music you like. I of course put in Evanescence! And am playing this now! It also allows you to share the music w/others.
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Amaya.html
Amaya site=a web browsing/authoring site lets you copy paste into the site you make from other sites…also will do translations!
http://www.trellian.com/webpage/
Trellian site=web building software. Freeware application.
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Sea Monkey=site for all in one internet application suite.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/htmleditors.shtml#htmleditors
Free Country site=a laundry list of links to web editors. From Notepad to SeaMonkey which we just went over… so this site is a compiled list of these web editors with free utilities, tutorials, and other links to information needed about building websites.
My fav! is the Pandora... and Musicovery...how fun is this!
pamie
Friday, October 17, 2008
list of things I want to work on
-del any files that dont need to be in the site file
-check dividers again for placement or if they are needed
-get Tim's bio done
-fix length of side col's at least make them somewhat even
-make the gallery of course - the next huge project
-make resources list out of the links at bottom of Culture page perhaps a collapsable menu?
-check out javascript for mouse overs or the new sites on buttons for the terms list
-check the color website out again for complimentary colors and see if the site could change in color one again?
-put names of photographers under ea photo whether it was tim or myself
-put the usf info at bottom in footer
-make a section called Upcoming - to list possible upcoming topics for the Culture page
-check dividers again for placement or if they are needed
-get Tim's bio done
-fix length of side col's at least make them somewhat even
-make the gallery of course - the next huge project
-make resources list out of the links at bottom of Culture page perhaps a collapsable menu?
-check out javascript for mouse overs or the new sites on buttons for the terms list
-check the color website out again for complimentary colors and see if the site could change in color one again?
-put names of photographers under ea photo whether it was tim or myself
-put the usf info at bottom in footer
-make a section called Upcoming - to list possible upcoming topics for the Culture page
Recruitement
I have recruited a new photographer. She does this as a hobby and is quite good. I was telling her about my trip to NYCity and she was giving me tips and names of places to go. She has been there several times and was telling me about the church that is right near Ground Zero which I will be visiting and that the church has a cemetery. She has great shots of the cemetery and church and I proposed she be a featured photographer on my site and she agreed. So hopefully if she does follow thru - there will be a section for her pics. She is visiting Atlanta GA soon and she said she will make a trip to a cemetery to do a photo shoot. woo hoo!
pamie
pamie
Week 8 Review--Lots of new and fun things to try out!
Elements of Design: Imagery
Week 8
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design book was a great read. I tagged pages of importance with post its and have notes through out the book. I will keep this book for future reference and recommend it as well.
All the web sites we have been given and reviewed have been bookmarked and that list is overwhelming… I will go back into it and organize it into labeled folders.
Just some of my favs so far:
http://morguefile.com/
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
http://colorsontheweb.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com
http://getbrushes.com/grunge-photoshop-brushes
http://vector4free.com/
http://www.darklightart.com/
http://snagt.net/
Photoshop is a must in my life and cannot envision my Mac without it. It is an extension of my hand like a brush.
Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resource: what a great page filled w/vital information about using images, public domain, and copyrights. Love it! A must to save and use again and again.
LibrarySpot.com is another fabulous website making me dizzy with everything it has to offer! If I may….OMG!...
Deep Web Resources:
Read Write Web - filled with adds is the first I noticed which is kinda annoying but then I realized it is a place to stay updated on trends, products and online activity and recommendations.
Footnote.com – wow this was completely fascinating… I immediately clicked on death records and tried looking up my dad’s. The site was down but I will try again. This site may be very useful for my site!
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop is priceless and I think everyone should be able to afford it and have it!
The best image/art tool yet!
Adobe Fireworks ..interesting… another tool for creating graphics and websites.. …
GIMP –we have come full circle with reviewing sites.. another image manipulating tool.
GIMPSHOP
MacDonald Ch 15,16
Fancy Buttons and Menus
Free Button Makers, p419-
www.buttongenerator.com - OMG now there are even more options to changing up my site! I will have to spend some time practicing these buttons to maybe use buttons… how cool!
http://cootext.com/ButtonBrowse.aspx
www.grsites.com/button - Well now more things to test out…. Some say mouse over effect which I was lookn for something like this… I still have to review javascript which is what the Dreamweaver rep suggested using for a mouse over effect….
www.flashbuttons.com - this site looks like it offers some more variety in buttons and the way the look but again the book said:
(don’t use flash because not all sites will have access to reading flash)
The more popular button makers are small programs you download to computer and use.
Collapsable Menus
p. 435
This effect may also lend itself to what I want for a section on my site. I have a list of terms and I want to roll over the word and the definition shows up…so this could be an alternative to mouse ever buttons….
Chapter 16
Audio and Video
Wow this was like the last thing I would try to include since it sounds so difficult and if I have time to so I still may. I have a couple of video clips like things that would be cool to include.
Types of multi media files:
MIDI-synthesized music
WAV MP3 Digital audio
MPEG AVI MOV WMV Digital video
GIF animated gifs
Background music – which to me is annoying… I always turn my sound down… to me it’s distracting but I only find it useful when it’s appropriate to the site…like Evanescence’s website… http://www.evanescence.com/
Amy Lee will be performing a song for Tim Burton’s new release of Nightmare Before Christmas in CA tonight. I wish I could go! I love Evanescence’s website; the design is very nice.
Week 8
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design book was a great read. I tagged pages of importance with post its and have notes through out the book. I will keep this book for future reference and recommend it as well.
All the web sites we have been given and reviewed have been bookmarked and that list is overwhelming… I will go back into it and organize it into labeled folders.
Just some of my favs so far:
http://morguefile.com/
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
http://colorsontheweb.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com
http://getbrushes.com/grunge-photoshop-brushes
http://vector4free.com/
http://www.darklightart.com/
http://snagt.net/
Photoshop is a must in my life and cannot envision my Mac without it. It is an extension of my hand like a brush.
Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resource: what a great page filled w/vital information about using images, public domain, and copyrights. Love it! A must to save and use again and again.
LibrarySpot.com is another fabulous website making me dizzy with everything it has to offer! If I may….OMG!...
Deep Web Resources:
Read Write Web - filled with adds is the first I noticed which is kinda annoying but then I realized it is a place to stay updated on trends, products and online activity and recommendations.
Footnote.com – wow this was completely fascinating… I immediately clicked on death records and tried looking up my dad’s. The site was down but I will try again. This site may be very useful for my site!
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop is priceless and I think everyone should be able to afford it and have it!
The best image/art tool yet!
Adobe Fireworks ..interesting… another tool for creating graphics and websites.. …
GIMP –we have come full circle with reviewing sites.. another image manipulating tool.
GIMPSHOP
MacDonald Ch 15,16
Fancy Buttons and Menus
Free Button Makers, p419-
www.buttongenerator.com - OMG now there are even more options to changing up my site! I will have to spend some time practicing these buttons to maybe use buttons… how cool!
http://cootext.com/ButtonBrowse.aspx
www.grsites.com/button - Well now more things to test out…. Some say mouse over effect which I was lookn for something like this… I still have to review javascript which is what the Dreamweaver rep suggested using for a mouse over effect….
www.flashbuttons.com - this site looks like it offers some more variety in buttons and the way the look but again the book said:
(don’t use flash because not all sites will have access to reading flash)
The more popular button makers are small programs you download to computer and use.
Collapsable Menus
p. 435
This effect may also lend itself to what I want for a section on my site. I have a list of terms and I want to roll over the word and the definition shows up…so this could be an alternative to mouse ever buttons….
Chapter 16
Audio and Video
Wow this was like the last thing I would try to include since it sounds so difficult and if I have time to so I still may. I have a couple of video clips like things that would be cool to include.
Types of multi media files:
MIDI-synthesized music
WAV MP3 Digital audio
MPEG AVI MOV WMV Digital video
GIF animated gifs
Background music – which to me is annoying… I always turn my sound down… to me it’s distracting but I only find it useful when it’s appropriate to the site…like Evanescence’s website… http://www.evanescence.com/
Amy Lee will be performing a song for Tim Burton’s new release of Nightmare Before Christmas in CA tonight. I wish I could go! I love Evanescence’s website; the design is very nice.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
research on different browser behaviors
Ok research on the 'others viewing the website and seeing wierd things that you didn't intend on..."
I called Dreamweaver and they said:
* Some viewers may have old browser versions of Internet Explorer and tends to conflict w/ CSS float rules causing a stretching like behavior...
*Internet Explorer 7 should be ok (which is prob what my work has causing I don't the stretching issue w/lots of white space and text all crunched at the bottom..)
Resolution:
*do a browser check/set up a behavior to redirect the viewer to another page that is printer friendly format so it won't conflict w/CSS float rules
She looked for help under Testing for different browsers
I will work on this...
Pamie
I called Dreamweaver and they said:
* Some viewers may have old browser versions of Internet Explorer and tends to conflict w/ CSS float rules causing a stretching like behavior...
*Internet Explorer 7 should be ok (which is prob what my work has causing I don't the stretching issue w/lots of white space and text all crunched at the bottom..)
Resolution:
*do a browser check/set up a behavior to redirect the viewer to another page that is printer friendly format so it won't conflict w/CSS float rules
She looked for help under Testing for different browsers
I will work on this...
Pamie
Monday, October 13, 2008
Saturday and updates and viewing
the big cloud pic at top of each page is a free photo from a website of freebies... and the smaller cloud and tree pic also from a freebie website full of graphics... all pics are either from free website stock or i took the pics or tim the writer took the pics... i made the marble like blue stuff in photoshop... i took the pic of the male statue and made the About Author graphic in photoshop... the frida stuff came off my webpage i made about Frida Kahlo for Dr. Slone's class.... all resources etc....
the last big project is the gallery...I'm still compiling pics...I went to 4 cemeteries and shot over 200 pics on Saturday (came home w/ a migraine ouch!)
I am gathering also pics from Tim the author in NC and conversing about cemeteries there. This is a website that will continue on after the class is done and be updated w/new poems, articles and pics and the Culture page will change out periodically to other topics: other topics being discussed for the future:
Roadside memorials
New Mexico cemeteries
Civil War cemeteries
European cemeteries
Eastern burials/memorials traditions
Christianity/Easter Celebrations
the last big project is the gallery...I'm still compiling pics...I went to 4 cemeteries and shot over 200 pics on Saturday (came home w/ a migraine ouch!)
I am gathering also pics from Tim the author in NC and conversing about cemeteries there. This is a website that will continue on after the class is done and be updated w/new poems, articles and pics and the Culture page will change out periodically to other topics: other topics being discussed for the future:
Roadside memorials
New Mexico cemeteries
Civil War cemeteries
European cemeteries
Eastern burials/memorials traditions
Christianity/Easter Celebrations
Saturday, October 11, 2008
http://pwardrea.myweb.usf.edu/stoneshadows.html
so far ....
and my eyes are killing me! I have been working on the site since 2pm...so lets see
photo shoot started about noon and i went to 4 cemeteries then came home and worked on site...whew I'm exhausted and packing it in for the night!
pamie
and my eyes are killing me! I have been working on the site since 2pm...so lets see
photo shoot started about noon and i went to 4 cemeteries then came home and worked on site...whew I'm exhausted and packing it in for the night!
pamie
More research... went to 4 cemeteries today....
I went to 4 cemeteries today
Cycadia (Tarpon Springs FL)
Rose (Tarpon Springs FL)
Oaklawn (Tampa FL)
McMullen (Clearwater FL)
the following are just some pics ( I shot over a hundred pics from my gallery for the website)
pamie
Here is some pics....
Here is some pics from my photo shoots. I won't post them all since I shot about 50 from each cemetery.
Gathering pictures from cemeteries
I spent hours visiting two cemeteries: Dunedin Memorial Cemetery and Sylvan Abbey Memorial Cemetery in Clearwater. The Dunedin cemetery was very small but filled w/beautiful personal memorial type items at gravesites. It also is widely known for the peacocks that live there. When I arrived, a few people had come out just to feed the somewhat tame peacocks which come right up to you and will eat of your hand. Unfortunately (and unusal) the groundskeeper drove by us while i was photographing this scene and yelled and the folks feeding the birds saying "it's not a zoo" then drove off. I've never heard that it wasn't ok to do this. We all thought it was unusal.
The Sylvan Abbey cemetery was a huge vast site with many sculptures so I focused on photographing the sculptures. It also had a huge two story mausoleum with indoor covered seating area with pews for services. It was beautiful and very peaceful.
Today, I'm off to visit Rose cemetery and Cycadia right next to it in Tarpon Springs, and then off to downtown Tampa where historic Oaklawn cemetery is to photograph there. This is an historic civil war cemetery and I've been to it before for a ghost walk tour thru it. It's open to public during the day.
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/tours/tampa/oaklawn_cemetery_tampa.php
pamie
The Sylvan Abbey cemetery was a huge vast site with many sculptures so I focused on photographing the sculptures. It also had a huge two story mausoleum with indoor covered seating area with pews for services. It was beautiful and very peaceful.
Today, I'm off to visit Rose cemetery and Cycadia right next to it in Tarpon Springs, and then off to downtown Tampa where historic Oaklawn cemetery is to photograph there. This is an historic civil war cemetery and I've been to it before for a ghost walk tour thru it. It's open to public during the day.
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/tours/tampa/oaklawn_cemetery_tampa.php
pamie
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Websites under review
ilovetypography.com
Ok wow...this first website is overwhelming w/things to look at...really cool fonts and some free downloads and some great examples of what font can do visually on screen or in sculpture, posters, different uses and artworks.
ilovetypography.com/2007/09/19/15-excellent-examples-of-web-typography
great images examples of font use...really awesome to scroll these examples...
typographica.org
more great fonts... I have always shyed away from using handwriting or cursive except just for occasions like invitations and such... the loops and curves can be hard to read....
www.microsoft.com/typography/default.mspx
Excellent site for describing the structure of font..true type font, resources, background information about font
abc.planet-typography.com
A virtual type museum with links to various fonts
alistapart.com/topoics/design/typography/
this was a big snooze fest! dont like the beany person image
www.rsub.com/typographic/
also a bummer of a site... def didnt like the logo like graphic for the site for starters... very hard to read on the eyes...the fonts used to make up the logo is irratating to the eyes and not easy and flowing...
www.digital-web.com/articles/css_typography
articles and discussions about using font...this one had a link for Mac fonts which I already have all of them
www.noupe.com/css/using-css-to-fix-anything-20-common-bugs-and-fixes.html
font and css information building and using fonts but kinda of a snooze
designsnips.com/
This is a great site w/examples of artists/web designers use of font that is successful... very inspiring!
I have saved every site we are reviewing and the list is amazingly long... my goal this week is to print this list out... the bookmark list is longggggggggggg!
and as I tell folks about this class and this list of cool sites...they all want the list!
Ok wow...this first website is overwhelming w/things to look at...really cool fonts and some free downloads and some great examples of what font can do visually on screen or in sculpture, posters, different uses and artworks.
ilovetypography.com/2007/09/19/15-excellent-examples-of-web-typography
great images examples of font use...really awesome to scroll these examples...
typographica.org
more great fonts... I have always shyed away from using handwriting or cursive except just for occasions like invitations and such... the loops and curves can be hard to read....
www.microsoft.com/typography/default.mspx
Excellent site for describing the structure of font..true type font, resources, background information about font
abc.planet-typography.com
A virtual type museum with links to various fonts
alistapart.com/topoics/design/typography/
this was a big snooze fest! dont like the beany person image
www.rsub.com/typographic/
also a bummer of a site... def didnt like the logo like graphic for the site for starters... very hard to read on the eyes...the fonts used to make up the logo is irratating to the eyes and not easy and flowing...
www.digital-web.com/articles/css_typography
articles and discussions about using font...this one had a link for Mac fonts which I already have all of them
www.noupe.com/css/using-css-to-fix-anything-20-common-bugs-and-fixes.html
font and css information building and using fonts but kinda of a snooze
designsnips.com/
This is a great site w/examples of artists/web designers use of font that is successful... very inspiring!
I have saved every site we are reviewing and the list is amazingly long... my goal this week is to print this list out... the bookmark list is longggggggggggg!
and as I tell folks about this class and this list of cool sites...they all want the list!
Principles of Beautiful Web Design Chapter 5 Imagery
Out of all the chapters which are important ingredients to an attractive website, Imagery can really make or break the site. Or at least it does for me.. I'm a visually oriented and I am attracted to pictures first. This chapter covers:
What to look for, what is relevant and interesting and appealing to the visitor.
p. 131 states
"For every image you choose for a design, you need to be able to answer 'yes' to at least two of the questions above." (Beaird,2007)
The Javascript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks
by James Edwards and Cameron Adams
Beaird goes on to inform us that we must design using legitimate sources and images:
-do it yourself
-purchase stock images
-hire a professional
Stock Photography archive
image banks
licensing fee or free
Stock.XCHNG www.sxc.hu
MorgueFile morguefile.com
Royalty free images
www.istockphoto.com
www.corbis.com
www.gettyimages.com
www.jupiterimages.com
rights managed images: pricier/fee based on size and use of business
www.dreamstime.com
www.photos.com
www.shutterstock.com
www.apanational.com
Google Gankiing - taking images resizing in photoshop to use (what a funny word!)
Flickr image search
penalties for stealing images
hotlinking=link your files to someone elses site
Clip art=free, cheap, packages
cropping to use a photos content better detail crop out unwanted unneeded content
Photoshop
p145 image double cropped w/two layers Figure 5:14
I want to do this to some of my pics
Image-adjustments-hue saturation = adjusting and controlling aspects of images and changing it for the better
Effects in photoshop-filters
File formats and resolutions=important section on maximizing resolution and still getting the size and file format to use for the web
p.157 interesting on image/link/div=wrapping an image line in a div tag
What to look for, what is relevant and interesting and appealing to the visitor.
p. 131 states
"For every image you choose for a design, you need to be able to answer 'yes' to at least two of the questions above." (Beaird,2007)
The Javascript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks
by James Edwards and Cameron Adams
Beaird goes on to inform us that we must design using legitimate sources and images:
-do it yourself
-purchase stock images
-hire a professional
Stock Photography archive
image banks
licensing fee or free
Stock.XCHNG www.sxc.hu
MorgueFile morguefile.com
Royalty free images
www.istockphoto.com
www.corbis.com
www.gettyimages.com
www.jupiterimages.com
rights managed images: pricier/fee based on size and use of business
www.dreamstime.com
www.photos.com
www.shutterstock.com
www.apanational.com
Google Gankiing - taking images resizing in photoshop to use (what a funny word!)
Flickr image search
penalties for stealing images
hotlinking=link your files to someone elses site
Clip art=free, cheap, packages
cropping to use a photos content better detail crop out unwanted unneeded content
Photoshop
p145 image double cropped w/two layers Figure 5:14
I want to do this to some of my pics
Image-adjustments-hue saturation = adjusting and controlling aspects of images and changing it for the better
Effects in photoshop-filters
File formats and resolutions=important section on maximizing resolution and still getting the size and file format to use for the web
p.157 interesting on image/link/div=wrapping an image line in a div tag
Chapter 14 continued
Java script
Spaces and line breaks
variables
Function
External link: Put your script into an external file then link to it
object-group related features things together
Table 14-1 p398 Common HTML Object properties
-className
-innerText
-partnet Element
-style
-tagName
-value
Events
Javascript - various actions performed while visitor interacts w/page hence my next project is to look up Mouse over p403
Figure 14-7 mouse pointer over the link and a box pops us
List of commonly used events
www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_reference.asp
Table 14-2 p403,404
Common HTML Object Properties
This table lists events, description of and applies to...
Image Rollovers
p404
img tag
an a new picture appears
Collapsible text p.405
create collapsible pages
This is cool I may use this on my site
Interactive forms
p412 a list of script categories
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs
http://javavscript.internet.com
www.javascript-2.com
www.dynamicdrive.com
wwww.javascripter.net/faq
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/programming/javascript
Spaces and line breaks
variables
Function
External link: Put your script into an external file then link to it
object-group related features things together
Table 14-1 p398 Common HTML Object properties
-className
-innerText
-partnet Element
-style
-tagName
-value
Events
Javascript - various actions performed while visitor interacts w/page hence my next project is to look up Mouse over p403
Figure 14-7 mouse pointer over the link and a box pops us
List of commonly used events
www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_reference.asp
Table 14-2 p403,404
Common HTML Object Properties
This table lists events, description of and applies to...
Image Rollovers
p404
img tag
an a new picture appears
Collapsible text p.405
create collapsible pages
This is cool I may use this on my site
Interactive forms
p412 a list of script categories
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs
http://javavscript.internet.com
www.javascript-2.com
www.dynamicdrive.com
wwww.javascripter.net/faq
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/programming/javascript
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
MacDonald Chapter 13
Making Money with Your Site
Adding shopping cart
Affiliate programs
worldwide shopping/purchasing
AdWords
Amazon Associates
Donations
Advertisements
Affiliate Programs
Sell Stuff
Pay for content
Google Adsense p.339
www.google.com/services/adsense_tour
Ad:
www.google.com/adsense
Placing ads in my webpages p.347
pixels and floating
filter out profanity and sexual content **** yes I want to do this p.352
Amazon Associates
signing up as an associate p.355
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=3435371
http://associates.amazon.com
Create associate links
product links
advanced linksp357
Signing up with PayPal p. 362
www.paypal.com
personal, premier, business
My site will be a non profit site that doesnt make money but is purely educational, informational and used as a resource.
Chapter 14
Part Four: Web site Frills
Javascript DHTML
Adding Interactivity
server side application
client side application
scripting languages
JavaScript 101p382
the script tag
Adding shopping cart
Affiliate programs
worldwide shopping/purchasing
AdWords
Amazon Associates
Donations
Advertisements
Affiliate Programs
Sell Stuff
Pay for content
Google Adsense p.339
www.google.com/services/adsense_tour
Ad:
www.google.com/adsense
Placing ads in my webpages p.347
pixels and floating
filter out profanity and sexual content **** yes I want to do this p.352
Amazon Associates
signing up as an associate p.355
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=3435371
http://associates.amazon.com
Create associate links
product links
advanced linksp357
Signing up with PayPal p. 362
www.paypal.com
personal, premier, business
My site will be a non profit site that doesnt make money but is purely educational, informational and used as a resource.
Chapter 14
Part Four: Web site Frills
Javascript DHTML
Adding Interactivity
server side application
client side application
scripting languages
JavaScript 101p382
the script tag
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Flickr
I loaded a ton of photos to my Flickr account then made it public but all restricted. I was hoping to add the slideshow to the bottom of this blog but the only option was their own images... I typed in the word cemetery and some cool pics they have began to animate. Although I would have like to seen mine.
All the pics are the same that are already in this blog anyway.
pamie
All the pics are the same that are already in this blog anyway.
pamie
Monday, October 6, 2008
updates
I have been surfing and gathering various brush sets, icons to use on the site. I used the new brush set to get the illusion of marble and cracks w/tones of blues. I made a little bar to use as a divider although I think I want to make it smaller and thinner. I changed the footer and links and added copyright at the bottom. I changed the font colors and texture to the buttons at the top of each page adding an additional page 'culture' to work on which will include different cultural cemetery traditions such as Day of the Dead from Mexico and parts of Guatamala. I cleaned the files in the site folder and organized all the graphics and things I had been looking thru to use. I made links to Extras -- books and authors on the resource page which by the way could go on forever it seems. Some major pieces still to work on is the mouse over effect and the gallery is the biggest one. I'm saving this project to the end. I still need to go photograph the Dunedin cemetery and the downtown Tampa cemetery and some roadside memorials. My featured author's article is done and his first poem. I believe he also is going to submit more photos.
test blog
test blog to see if I can create my responses and create a link inside the text and post to bb for cool website [a href="http://www.darklightart.com/"[darklight]/a]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
lots o websites to look through!
Websites:
Urban Dirty http://urbandirty.com/
I really like this website… I agree also that I am attracted to these old used surfaces and textures and want to use them somewhere in my site but don’t know if it will go w/theme… I will have to check it out! I do like the color schemes offered with them and its free!
Best Textures Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/564994@N20/
Interesting site… I wondered about Flickr sites and is it free… it seems like endless opps for imagery.
Torley Textures http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/collections/72157594588432564/
OMG can you say endless choices… wow.. I was completely overwhelmed by this sites endless choices and would I ever have enough time to view them all… cause of course I would want to see them all!
Deviant Art Textures http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/textures/
Filled with even more choices for pics…
Texture King http://www.textureking.com/
Some more grunge textures… I did download a grunge set of brushes the other day to use.. to create a design with..when I hear grunge I think of Pearl Jam
Grunge Textures http://www.grungetextures.com/
Love this site…my fav was --- http://www.darklightart.com/
Grunge Style http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-modern-web-design/
Again, smashingmagazine has excellent ideas and resources… I downloaded another free grunge brush set and bookmarked a grunge tutorial based on REM’s cover… looks awesome!
Photoshop Tutorials on Creating Textures http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorials-textures/
Great tutorials.. by the way I have bookmarked every link so my Dr. Simon file is soooo long…I better print it out to make sure I don’t loose any sites!
2007 Web Design Trends http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/2007-more-web-design-trends-and-cliches
Talk about snooze… after seeing all these other great websites visually this one just was a big ol snooze!... but I will go back into to it to look around…
Web 2.0 Tutorials http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/10/web-20-tutorials-round-up/
This one has an effect I want to use…a shadow of something… since my site is called Stoneshadows… so I will def go back into this one…
Screen Resolutions Worldwide http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/screen-resolutions-and-aspect-ratios-worldwide
Another snore visually but if you put it in the list there must be something to it…
Most Memorable:
http://remcoverstudio.blogspot.com/2006/04/slovenia-1999-dvd-reconstruction.html
I really like the grunge tools used to create this effect for REM...
I can't wait to create my own website for my artwork...
pamie
Urban Dirty http://urbandirty.com/
I really like this website… I agree also that I am attracted to these old used surfaces and textures and want to use them somewhere in my site but don’t know if it will go w/theme… I will have to check it out! I do like the color schemes offered with them and its free!
Best Textures Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/564994@N20/
Interesting site… I wondered about Flickr sites and is it free… it seems like endless opps for imagery.
Torley Textures http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/collections/72157594588432564/
OMG can you say endless choices… wow.. I was completely overwhelmed by this sites endless choices and would I ever have enough time to view them all… cause of course I would want to see them all!
Deviant Art Textures http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/textures/
Filled with even more choices for pics…
Texture King http://www.textureking.com/
Some more grunge textures… I did download a grunge set of brushes the other day to use.. to create a design with..when I hear grunge I think of Pearl Jam
Grunge Textures http://www.grungetextures.com/
Love this site…my fav was --- http://www.darklightart.com/
Grunge Style http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-modern-web-design/
Again, smashingmagazine has excellent ideas and resources… I downloaded another free grunge brush set and bookmarked a grunge tutorial based on REM’s cover… looks awesome!
Photoshop Tutorials on Creating Textures http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorials-textures/
Great tutorials.. by the way I have bookmarked every link so my Dr. Simon file is soooo long…I better print it out to make sure I don’t loose any sites!
2007 Web Design Trends http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/2007-more-web-design-trends-and-cliches
Talk about snooze… after seeing all these other great websites visually this one just was a big ol snooze!... but I will go back into to it to look around…
Web 2.0 Tutorials http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/10/web-20-tutorials-round-up/
This one has an effect I want to use…a shadow of something… since my site is called Stoneshadows… so I will def go back into this one…
Screen Resolutions Worldwide http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/screen-resolutions-and-aspect-ratios-worldwide
Another snore visually but if you put it in the list there must be something to it…
Most Memorable:
http://remcoverstudio.blogspot.com/2006/04/slovenia-1999-dvd-reconstruction.html
I really like the grunge tools used to create this effect for REM...
I can't wait to create my own website for my artwork...
pamie
Week 6
MacDonald Chapter 11
Attracting Visitors
Again MacDonald gives us excellent tips to ensure our website is attractive and worth revisiting again and again. Promoting our site in many ways can be key to ‘getting’ it out there for the high surf traffic from billions of viewers and then making sure it’s worthy of perhaps even a Bookmark!
Love the word ‘wonkery’ on page 288!
Share our link w/other friends
Meta tags
Internet directories
Internet search engines
Reciprocal links
Web rings ( I def want to do this )
Create a ‘return visitor’ measuring tool on the site p. 293
** p. 295: Adding meta tags – key to my sites survival for sure! Examples p. 297
Key word tricks: white text on white page… hummmm interesting!
http://dmoz.org
http://directory.google.com (king of search engines) with some tips on submitting p.299
submission form: www.google.com/addurl.html
Page Ranking p. 303
Tracking visitors p. 307
Site counters visible or non visible
Free hit counter service:
www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/loganalyzers.shtml
www.statcounter.com
Chapter 12
Letting Visitors Talk to You ( and each other)
Forums, chat boards, discussion places
Netizen, flaming, trolling, bloggin, who evented these words????
Introduce regular events
Create feedback loops
Community Building online: www.naima.com/community
Mail to link – I have already included this…forms and feedback pages
Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Beaird
Chapter4 Typography
I could get really caught up in just font..really!
I love font and could tinker with it all day until cool and unusual designs start to form just art in-themselves!
This entire chapter covers font, type face, rules for using font and spacing and alignment, various and unusual font, handmade font, novelty, dingbats, how to display font correctly, web safe fonts, sIFR, anatomy of font…baseline, cap height, crossbar, serif, meanline, bowl, descender, counter, stem, tittle, terminal, ascender, leg, ligature, xheight
Buying fonts: p. 119
www.1001fonts.com
www.dafont.com
www.wantedfonts.com
www.fontshop.com
www.veer.com/products/type
www.myfonts.com
www.itcfonts.com
www.aenigmafonts.com
www.astigmatic.com
www.byfonts.com
www.fountain.nu/
www.larabiefonts.com
www.misprintedtype.com
www.pizzadude.dk
p. 37 HTML character entity ref
Attracting Visitors
Again MacDonald gives us excellent tips to ensure our website is attractive and worth revisiting again and again. Promoting our site in many ways can be key to ‘getting’ it out there for the high surf traffic from billions of viewers and then making sure it’s worthy of perhaps even a Bookmark!
Love the word ‘wonkery’ on page 288!
Share our link w/other friends
Meta tags
Internet directories
Internet search engines
Reciprocal links
Web rings ( I def want to do this )
Create a ‘return visitor’ measuring tool on the site p. 293
** p. 295: Adding meta tags – key to my sites survival for sure! Examples p. 297
Key word tricks: white text on white page… hummmm interesting!
http://dmoz.org
http://directory.google.com (king of search engines) with some tips on submitting p.299
submission form: www.google.com/addurl.html
Page Ranking p. 303
Tracking visitors p. 307
Site counters visible or non visible
Free hit counter service:
www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/loganalyzers.shtml
www.statcounter.com
Chapter 12
Letting Visitors Talk to You ( and each other)
Forums, chat boards, discussion places
Netizen, flaming, trolling, bloggin, who evented these words????
Introduce regular events
Create feedback loops
Community Building online: www.naima.com/community
Mail to link – I have already included this…forms and feedback pages
Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Beaird
Chapter4 Typography
I could get really caught up in just font..really!
I love font and could tinker with it all day until cool and unusual designs start to form just art in-themselves!
This entire chapter covers font, type face, rules for using font and spacing and alignment, various and unusual font, handmade font, novelty, dingbats, how to display font correctly, web safe fonts, sIFR, anatomy of font…baseline, cap height, crossbar, serif, meanline, bowl, descender, counter, stem, tittle, terminal, ascender, leg, ligature, xheight
Buying fonts: p. 119
www.1001fonts.com
www.dafont.com
www.wantedfonts.com
www.fontshop.com
www.veer.com/products/type
www.myfonts.com
www.itcfonts.com
www.aenigmafonts.com
www.astigmatic.com
www.byfonts.com
www.fountain.nu/
www.larabiefonts.com
www.misprintedtype.com
www.pizzadude.dk
p. 37 HTML character entity ref
Sunday, September 28, 2008
some images I may work with....
I downloaded a free Adobe grunge paint brushes. some of the curly cue stuff I will incorporate into the logo or the site on the page or the footer...
and here are some free pics I may incorporate as well
pamie
more updating and work progresses.....
I have been surfing and browsing and learning about slideshows... will work to build slideshow next big project... will use Smile box..I downloaded this just now.
http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows
I have also been looking at websites for Day of the Dead Celebratin (Day of Lost Souls) and here are some sites I may use....
http://www.ojinaga.com/nichos/nichos/index.html
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html
http://www.dayofthedead.com/Photographs.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
these are just some sites... I do have more on Frida Kahlo and I will include a link to my webpage that I made for Slone's class which is completely on Frida Kahlo and her Blue House.
Pamie
http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows
I have also been looking at websites for Day of the Dead Celebratin (Day of Lost Souls) and here are some sites I may use....
http://www.ojinaga.com/nichos/nichos/index.html
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html
http://www.dayofthedead.com/Photographs.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
these are just some sites... I do have more on Frida Kahlo and I will include a link to my webpage that I made for Slone's class which is completely on Frida Kahlo and her Blue House.
Pamie
Saturday, September 27, 2008
new pages
updating pages and going to add a new page...
updating pages... will add to the terms listing.. and about author piece..
will add new page that deals w/cultures including Mexico and Day of the Dead..their customs Nov 2nd ea year they celebrate those who have already passed on by festivals surrounding skeletons, parades, food, candles, altars with offrendes, and eating with all mentioned at their gravesites... families gather at their loved ones gravesite and have a feast and party celebrating those who have passed on and inviting them to return to earth for that day to feast w/those who are still here.
updating pages... will add to the terms listing.. and about author piece..
will add new page that deals w/cultures including Mexico and Day of the Dead..their customs Nov 2nd ea year they celebrate those who have already passed on by festivals surrounding skeletons, parades, food, candles, altars with offrendes, and eating with all mentioned at their gravesites... families gather at their loved ones gravesite and have a feast and party celebrating those who have passed on and inviting them to return to earth for that day to feast w/those who are still here.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
workn on website
I have been working on the website have polished many more things to the site..updated the resources list; added the poem section; rearranged and added mine and Tim's photography; worked on some colors although I don't want to detract from the calmness of the blues..so I only added one color-a maroon...I reworked the link color and added the footer to each page....and the next effect I want to work on is on the weekly article page on the left side is a list of terms and I want the viewer to be able to rollover the word and the definition pops up..inside the frame graphic that is posted here... it is an example of the word and definition inside the frame. I got the graphic from free clipart books that I own. I can't find the answer in my Quick Easy Dreamweaver bk... I tried working in Behavior menu but can't get any of the choices to work. The pop message is a pre designed one in grey w/a warning sign. I don't want that. I will post a question on BB today.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Elements of Design: Color
A good design begins w/purposeful use of color in every aspect of the website from graphics, font, backgrounds and links. The Principles and Elements of Design offer a great way to mix and coordinate colors that are pleasing, attractive and that work together to the best advantage towards the purpose of the website.
Colors have create meaning, emotion and psychological associations which can vary based on cultural differences. For example, red is a very powerful color which could incite stop or warmth or even passion. Color schemes combined together can work towards your advantage and in keeping with the certain schemes, the design can really be successful.
A good example of a color scheme is monochromatic which means tints and shades of one color : blacks and whites.
There are certain color palettes that are created for certain modes of operation such as mixing paints, mixing colors for transmission on monitors, mixing colors for printing purposes. Each has a numerical code that makes up the properties of the color and websites has it's own websafe color palette that is imperative to be aware of and create accurate and user friendly web colors so that anyone viewing the website will benefit from the color(s) selected.
Colors on the Web
http://colorsontheweb.com/
This is a great website...I enjoy the look of it already the way the colors mix are very pleasing. I'm really enjoying the various links of information about colors and see that there are more colors available to mix together for my website. My colors are of course very calm with different blues but I see how I can jazz it up a bit..in keeping with the tone of the theme of my website of course.
color schemes was fun to work with because the link took me to color combinations that I would not thought of...but will!!!!
Readings
Chapter 9 - MacDonald
Page layout tools : tables and styles
He reviews the anatomy of HTML table in detail defining tags and scripting used in HTML to form a table.
Sizing and Aligning tables which is what I want to do for 2 of my pages. I want to change the size of a well a column or table in my CSS page so that there are only 2 columns for the Resource page and the Gallery page.
Floating boxes: this is how the boxes or graphic will appear on the screen with relative positioning as it is viewed on different monitors.
Layering: overlap two things to become one item..Zindex-high are placed infront of low.
p.257-259overlapping one box over another in the upper corner...I will want to use this as well in my website. I 'eared' the page to come back to it when I go to create this.
Chapter 10 - MacDonal
Frames
Apparently there is a controversy over using frames and it is becoming outdated. Frames are pixel width height and web browser window is re-sized. I used this when making a webpage pathfinder for Slone's class.
Principles of Beautiful Design
Chapter 3
Texture
Texture gives a distinct look and appearance to the surface of the page being made for example, real brick or wood or water. It gives the impression of a photograph or the feel of a surface.
Points-pixel picture element or dot (dots) that make up the image on the screen
Line-two or more points connect
Shape-two endpoints join creating an enclosed space that has a surface or could be 3D
Freeform shapes-geometric curvilinear
Nifty Corners www.html.it/articoli/nifty
Spiffy corners www.spiffy.corners.com/
Spanky-corners rounded corners - - I like this..will look this up to use in my website.
p.73
Volume/Depth-Perspective-items decrease into a single point
Proportion-relative size of the real object as compared to it's space/perspective
Light/Shadow-light source hitting an object casts shadows onto it's surface/drop shadow, shaded, glow
Pattern-richness to surface, texture
Background color-transparent, marble, white, could be anything!
Skin-wrap a texture onto a surface to make look real or with intention
Colors have create meaning, emotion and psychological associations which can vary based on cultural differences. For example, red is a very powerful color which could incite stop or warmth or even passion. Color schemes combined together can work towards your advantage and in keeping with the certain schemes, the design can really be successful.
A good example of a color scheme is monochromatic which means tints and shades of one color : blacks and whites.
There are certain color palettes that are created for certain modes of operation such as mixing paints, mixing colors for transmission on monitors, mixing colors for printing purposes. Each has a numerical code that makes up the properties of the color and websites has it's own websafe color palette that is imperative to be aware of and create accurate and user friendly web colors so that anyone viewing the website will benefit from the color(s) selected.
Colors on the Web
http://colorsontheweb.com/
This is a great website...I enjoy the look of it already the way the colors mix are very pleasing. I'm really enjoying the various links of information about colors and see that there are more colors available to mix together for my website. My colors are of course very calm with different blues but I see how I can jazz it up a bit..in keeping with the tone of the theme of my website of course.
color schemes was fun to work with because the link took me to color combinations that I would not thought of...but will!!!!
Readings
Chapter 9 - MacDonald
Page layout tools : tables and styles
He reviews the anatomy of HTML table in detail defining tags and scripting used in HTML to form a table.
Sizing and Aligning tables which is what I want to do for 2 of my pages. I want to change the size of a well a column or table in my CSS page so that there are only 2 columns for the Resource page and the Gallery page.
Floating boxes: this is how the boxes or graphic will appear on the screen with relative positioning as it is viewed on different monitors.
Layering: overlap two things to become one item..Zindex-high are placed infront of low.
p.257-259overlapping one box over another in the upper corner...I will want to use this as well in my website. I 'eared' the page to come back to it when I go to create this.
Chapter 10 - MacDonal
Frames
Apparently there is a controversy over using frames and it is becoming outdated. Frames are pixel width height and web browser window is re-sized. I used this when making a webpage pathfinder for Slone's class.
Principles of Beautiful Design
Chapter 3
Texture
Texture gives a distinct look and appearance to the surface of the page being made for example, real brick or wood or water. It gives the impression of a photograph or the feel of a surface.
Points-pixel picture element or dot (dots) that make up the image on the screen
Line-two or more points connect
Shape-two endpoints join creating an enclosed space that has a surface or could be 3D
Freeform shapes-geometric curvilinear
Nifty Corners www.html.it/articoli/nifty
Spiffy corners www.spiffy.corners.com/
Spanky-corners rounded corners - - I like this..will look this up to use in my website.
p.73
Volume/Depth-Perspective-items decrease into a single point
Proportion-relative size of the real object as compared to it's space/perspective
Light/Shadow-light source hitting an object casts shadows onto it's surface/drop shadow, shaded, glow
Pattern-richness to surface, texture
Background color-transparent, marble, white, could be anything!
Skin-wrap a texture onto a surface to make look real or with intention
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Roussea Cemetery
http://files.usgwarchives.org/fl/pinellas/cemetery/rousseau.txt
some history and list of persons buried at this cemetery.
some history and list of persons buried at this cemetery.
working on gallery
I've been working on gathering pics for the gallery on my website.
I've collected 3 dif cemeteries from the author of the weekly article and I went and photographed a local cemetery today. Rousseau Cemetery, which is located on Hercules in Clearwater and in a grassy median. It is a small cemetery with some very very old dated headstones (back to early 1800's) and more recent ones (2005 a Marine from Iraq war).
I plan on Photographing Rose Hill cemetery in Tarpon Springs which hold great historical significance and the cemetery downtown Tampa, which holds a ghost story and tour of cemetery every Halloween.
I've collected 3 dif cemeteries from the author of the weekly article and I went and photographed a local cemetery today. Rousseau Cemetery, which is located on Hercules in Clearwater and in a grassy median. It is a small cemetery with some very very old dated headstones (back to early 1800's) and more recent ones (2005 a Marine from Iraq war).
I plan on Photographing Rose Hill cemetery in Tarpon Springs which hold great historical significance and the cemetery downtown Tampa, which holds a ghost story and tour of cemetery every Halloween.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Smashing magazine 50 excellent designs
I've determined that most websites are having way too many ads down the sides of the homepage...it's too cluttered visually and causes for delay in getting to want you really want to look at. It reminds me of television with too many commercials in and out of the show you are trying to watch.
anyway..enough of my soapbox of what I call visual clutter
The endless example right off the homepage are a delight to go thru... but it's overwhelming also reminding me that there are so many choices to pick from. Some of them are very interesting but others tend to be overly 'graphic' distracting from the text and purpose of the text which is information.
anyway..enough of my soapbox of what I call visual clutter
The endless example right off the homepage are a delight to go thru... but it's overwhelming also reminding me that there are so many choices to pick from. Some of them are very interesting but others tend to be overly 'graphic' distracting from the text and purpose of the text which is information.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lesson 4
Logo- I am using the logo posted several days ago of side view of sculpture on left side of graphic w/sky taking up most of the graphic...this is on all my pages in same place
Navigation- navi menu is at top horizontal bar 5 sections, Home, Cemetery, Weekly Article, Resources, Gallery
Content- just enough content has been added within sections... the article may be a bit tighter once the author revises it. There will be an link for archived articles in the future. The only thing lengthy at this point is the resources and I'm rethinkn how i want this to layout.
Space- There are several amounts of open white space so the eye has ease of moving around the page finding stuff without feeling overwhelmed.
Footer - I need to work on adding the footer... this shld hv been done at the start and have already made ea page.. so I will have to go back and create this part
Usability- I did have a friend check it out and said it was user friendly although she did have to scroll down to read the entire article. This and the resources may be the only page that will require this.
The labels are intuitive and simple to follow to find the info inside them. The gallery will prove to be a great deal of balance and proportion and user friendly, this is still under construction.
The purpose of the site is educational and informative, with some interesting extra things, like the article from a real author that is actually doing historical work within cemeteries and fun things like the ghost tours and book reviews.
ebook
think about blog designs-Smashingmagazine
Web Style guide 2nd ed. - webstyleguide.com/index.htnl
-maybe use a PDF for the article file so it may be downloaded for ease in reading...will work on
To do:
I do want the resources page to be just one left side bar of stuff and then the rest white for all the resources since they are long horizontally full of information...will work on
maybe call it "other useful sites"
make the email address a link
"whats new?" section
Universal Usability universalusability.com/access_by_design/index.html
use thumbnails for large images
keep all images small if possible
JJ.net www.jig.net/ia/
gateway to internet for jigs
Smashing magazine top 50 blog designs - www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/08/now-more-than-ever-50-more-excellent-blog-designs/
chapter 7
Adding graphics
-image files types
-![]()
tag
-picture size/proportion
-compression
-p.191 picture w/out its background so shape of image comes thru
-borders
-wrapping text around a pic p.194
-background images
-adding captions p.199
-watermark
chapter 8 linking pages
-anchor
-internal external links
-navigating and frames
-p. 217 from main page to picture of thumbnails use this pam
Navigation- navi menu is at top horizontal bar 5 sections, Home, Cemetery, Weekly Article, Resources, Gallery
Content- just enough content has been added within sections... the article may be a bit tighter once the author revises it. There will be an link for archived articles in the future. The only thing lengthy at this point is the resources and I'm rethinkn how i want this to layout.
Space- There are several amounts of open white space so the eye has ease of moving around the page finding stuff without feeling overwhelmed.
Footer - I need to work on adding the footer... this shld hv been done at the start and have already made ea page.. so I will have to go back and create this part
Usability- I did have a friend check it out and said it was user friendly although she did have to scroll down to read the entire article. This and the resources may be the only page that will require this.
The labels are intuitive and simple to follow to find the info inside them. The gallery will prove to be a great deal of balance and proportion and user friendly, this is still under construction.
The purpose of the site is educational and informative, with some interesting extra things, like the article from a real author that is actually doing historical work within cemeteries and fun things like the ghost tours and book reviews.
ebook
think about blog designs-Smashingmagazine
Web Style guide 2nd ed. - webstyleguide.com/index.htnl
-maybe use a PDF for the article file so it may be downloaded for ease in reading...will work on
To do:
I do want the resources page to be just one left side bar of stuff and then the rest white for all the resources since they are long horizontally full of information...will work on
maybe call it "other useful sites"
make the email address a link
"whats new?" section
Universal Usability universalusability.com/access_by_design/index.html
use thumbnails for large images
keep all images small if possible
JJ.net www.jig.net/ia/
gateway to internet for jigs
Smashing magazine top 50 blog designs - www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/08/now-more-than-ever-50-more-excellent-blog-designs/
chapter 7
Adding graphics
-image files types
-
-picture size/proportion
-compression
-p.191 picture w/out its background so shape of image comes thru
-borders
-wrapping text around a pic p.194
-background images
-adding captions p.199
-watermark
chapter 8 linking pages
-anchor
-internal external links
-navigating and frames
-p. 217 from main page to picture of thumbnails use this pam
Monday, September 15, 2008
updates
worked on website... got all pages linked and 1/2 text and some graphics.. uploaded and all links are working but I sent it to someone else to test and they couldnt get any links to work...so more troub shooting to do...
yeah success at last!
I called the tech support off FUGU website and they were attached to Michigan Univ so they couldnt help me troubleshoot.
I then called Dreamweaver; why not go right to the source, after all I did just buy their product! The techie was very helpful and within min.s we were able to upload via Dreaweaver and view the page just fine.
http://pwardrea.myweb.usf.edu/stoneshadows2.html
this is it so far... the final name that goes in there may change in the end...
pamie
I then called Dreamweaver; why not go right to the source, after all I did just buy their product! The techie was very helpful and within min.s we were able to upload via Dreaweaver and view the page just fine.
http://pwardrea.myweb.usf.edu/stoneshadows2.html
this is it so far... the final name that goes in there may change in the end...
pamie
crazy crazy.... investigating fugu
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/
I uploaded the file but the graphics are still not showing up
they are in the correct folder
everything else shows up
i will call fugu maybe dreamweaver since its brand new software....
last resort i will make apt with prof to have him look at it
the computer techies at the USF lib dont know anything about macs and have told me that when i call. they were very impatient with me and didnt give me the assurance that they know what they were doing.
if all else fails, I'll make an apt w/apple one on one
I uploaded the file but the graphics are still not showing up
they are in the correct folder
everything else shows up
i will call fugu maybe dreamweaver since its brand new software....
last resort i will make apt with prof to have him look at it
the computer techies at the USF lib dont know anything about macs and have told me that when i call. they were very impatient with me and didnt give me the assurance that they know what they were doing.
if all else fails, I'll make an apt w/apple one on one
Sunday, September 14, 2008
more information gathering.....
Tims list
Eccentric Epitaphs: Gaffes From Beyond the Grave, 2000. Michelle Lovric, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-7607-2198-x
A Story Behind Every Stone: The Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh, North Carolina, 2005. Charles E. Purser, The Scuppernong Press, Wake Forest, NC. ISBN 0-9701726-9-9
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery, 1996. David Robinson, Penguin Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-670-86806-X
Scoring In Heaven: Gravestones and Cemetery Art of the American Sunbelt States, 1991. Lucinda Brunnen and Virginia Warren Smith, Aperture Foundation, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN 0-89381-474-1
Sticks & Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers, 1998. M. Ruth Little, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. ISBN 0-8078-2417-8
Stories In Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography, 2004. Douglas Keister. MFG Books, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-56731-776-3
taphophiles
Memento Mori=art and architecture of death
and
I set up an email for the website as a contact point
stone.shadow@hotmail.com
Eccentric Epitaphs: Gaffes From Beyond the Grave, 2000. Michelle Lovric, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-7607-2198-x
A Story Behind Every Stone: The Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh, North Carolina, 2005. Charles E. Purser, The Scuppernong Press, Wake Forest, NC. ISBN 0-9701726-9-9
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery, 1996. David Robinson, Penguin Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-670-86806-X
Scoring In Heaven: Gravestones and Cemetery Art of the American Sunbelt States, 1991. Lucinda Brunnen and Virginia Warren Smith, Aperture Foundation, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN 0-89381-474-1
Sticks & Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers, 1998. M. Ruth Little, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. ISBN 0-8078-2417-8
Stories In Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography, 2004. Douglas Keister. MFG Books, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-56731-776-3
taphophiles
Memento Mori=art and architecture of death
and
I set up an email for the website as a contact point
stone.shadow@hotmail.com
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