Refresh Dallas
Thursday December 11, 2008
7:00pm to 9:00pm
imc2
12404 Park Central, Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75251
Get a Map.
Presentation:
Rock Bands, Guitar Heroes, and Management Theory
Speaker Stephen P. Anderson will look to the music industry to describe four organizational archetypes—each with a different set of values and way of working. By understanding each of these work cultures, the culture you work in, and the work style that best fits you personally, we can make sense of the conflicts we face at work and become more effective at our job, whether we’re employees, managers or—rock stars!
Visit the Refresh Dallas website.
Monday, Dec. 8
Tonight each team will present their final presentation. You will use the Final Project Rubric to critique presentations. You can print out the Final Project Evaluation Form and record your critiques. You can also download it in RTF format.
Using Blogs/Podcasts to Continue Your Education
- Alltop - Top Web Design News - aggregator of the best web design and design related blogs. Also try design.alltop.com,
- Delicous - Design- popular web design bookmarks
- 9rules - Design - discussion and tips on graphic art, web design, and the design industry
- Sitepoint - information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically Web Developers and Designers
- Smashing Magazine - latest trends and techniques in Web development
- dzone - fresh links for developers
- DesignM.ag - a wide variety of resources for web designers and developers
- Nettuts - web development and design tutorials
- Noupe - delivers stylish and dynamic news for designers and web-developers
- Six Revisions - useful information for web developers and designers
- Freelance Switch - Freelance advice and freelance jobs
- Boagworld - a podcast for those who design, develop or run websites
Monday, Dec. 1
The end of the Semester is Thursday, December 11. Next week,Monday Dec. 8, every team will present their final project even if it's not finished. However, you will have until Monday, Dec. 15 at 8am to turn in all of your assignments in projects.
Spring 2009
Spring 2009 is right around the corner. Check out the Multimedia Technology course scheduleand register for a couple of classes. In Spring 2009 the multimedia department will feature the following special classes:
- Mike Lynch will be teaching ARTC 1313 Digital Publishing with InDesign.
- Debbie Dunning will be teaching ARTV 2341 Advanced Digital Video with After Effects on Saturdays.
- Jim Link will be teaching PHP in IMED 2351.
Monday, Nov. 24
CSS Reset
CSS Reset - Tutorial
- Example 1 - notice the inconsistencies between the top and bottom margins of the first and last paragraphs in Internet Explorer and Firefox.
- Example 2 - uses the * to select all elements and removes their margin and padding.
- Example 3 - place the reset CSS into a seperate file and make sure the browser sees it first.
- reset.css
IE Conditionals
IE Conditional Comments (PDF)
- Example Files:
- Multiple IEs - Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
- Example Morgue File
- Example Word .doc morgue file
- Example Photoshop .psd morgue file
- Web Design Inspiration - Flickr
- Maxthon- this free browser has tools that allow you to easily create screen captures.
- FastStone Screen Capture - screen capture software
- 15 Ways To Create Website Screenshots
- More to come....
- TopStyle Lite is strictly a simple CSS editor,
- Download TopStyle Lite
- The Midterm is due on Nov. 24. The website should have at least 3 pages.
- The Final Project is due on December 8.
- Tonight we will cover browser programming examples and Lesson 11 - JavaScript DOM.
- We will also take a quick look at Putting A Website Online and Web Hosting Features or we may just save it for next week.
- Citrusmoon - patterns for website backgrounds.
- Squidfingers - - patterns for website backgrounds.
- Flickr Creative Commons - photos to use on your websites/projects
- 10 Most Sought-after Skills in Web Development
- Xampp - an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. You can also download it from here.
- All the screencasts on the site
- Midterm
- CSS Properties by Example
- CSS Navigation Techniques
- Fake Columns technique
- Sitepoint CSS Book Code. The book website.
- Lesson 8
- Assignment 7
- Minimalist Web Design:
- Tonight we will cover Lesson 5.
- We will also look at using list items for navigation.
- The following photo gallery examples are useful for Assignment 5 and Assignment 8:
- Adobe announced Creative Suite 4, which includes Dreamweaver CS 4
- Tonight we will cover Lesson 7 and learn about Server Side Includes and Dreamweaver Templates.
- Examples created during class will be uploaded here, web1782.
- Questions about Lesson 3, Assignment 3 and Assignment 4
- Review of the CSS Box Model and the float property
- The clear property
- Lesson 4
- The position property
- Assignment 5
- Web Developer Toolbar
- CSS Examples:
- clear examples
- background examples
- examples were taken from CarFreaks.net and Future of Web Design
- 80 Large Background Websites
- position examples
- navigation examples
- Assignment 1 - corret the error file
- How to create a valid web page:
- DTD:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> - XHTML Name Space:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> - Character Encoding:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> - XHTML Template
- 3 Ways to validate a webpage
- The W3C Markup Validation Service
- Dreamweaver: File -> Validate -> Markup
- Firefox Extension: Web Developer Toolbar
- Lesson 2 - Lecture Examples
- Assignment 2 - Example
- Read Chapter 1 of CSS Mastery
- Text Editors:
- Google Chrome
- Edit Photos Online:
- Free Photos:
- Create user friendly, accessible websites.
- Use CSS to style a website.
- Create liquid, elastic, and hybrid layouts using CSS instead of a table.
- Use web design software such as Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to create beautiful, user friendly websites.
- Use JavaScripts such as Lightbox JS2 and Simple Accordians to enhance a website.
- Become a freelance web designer.
- Create websites that look like the following:
- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: friends of ED; 1 edition (February 13, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN: 1590596145
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: SitePoint; 1 edition (June 21, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0980285801
- ISBN-13: 978-0980285802
Book Giveaway: The Art and Science of CSS
Sitepoint is giving away The Art and Science of CSS for the next 14 days. To get a free copy you have to give them your email address or follow them on Twitter.
Monday, Nov. 17
Morgue File
A morgue file is a collection of snapshots and screen captures of websites and anything that inspires you as a designer
Ways to get Screenshots
TopStyle Lite
Domain Names and Web Hosts
User Experience
Web Design Process
Resources
Drop Date Reminder: Nov 13
The official drop date for Fall 2008 semester-length courses is Thursday, November 13th. Students who registered through the Advising Center can see an advisor to drop a course(s). The Advising Center is open until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening.
Students who registered on-line must drop their class(es) by 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening.
If you have any questions regarding the drop process, please contact Andy Tubbs in the ACCESS Center. He can be reached by phone at (972) 238-6142 or by e-mail at ATubbs@dcccd.edu.
Monday, Nov. 10
Thursday, Nov. 6
Lecture files from Monday night's class
Monday, Nov. 3
Tonight's class will be held in T252.
Midterm
We will take some time to review the objectives for the midterm.
JavaScript
We will continue covering Javascript.
Assignment Screencasts:
Refresh Dallas Meeting:
Presentation: Striking a Balance - Middle ground in front-end development.
Thursday November 13th, 2008
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Art Institute of Dallas
8080 Park Lane, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75231
Get a Map.
Meeting is on the 8th floor. Parking in the garage is free from the 4th floor up.
Links for Monday Oct. 27
Monday, Oct. 27
Today we will begin covering JavaScript beginning with Lesson 9.
Assignment Screencasts:
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Class: 10-20-08
Assignment 8 Examples:
In Class Demos:
Assignment Screencasts:
Lecture Examples from Class 10-13-08
Class 10-13-08
Web Design Process
Google Chrome is a browser created by Google. A benefit of the browser is that it makes it very easy to view a website's CSS file.
Lecture Examples of Assignment 5
Here's the example created during class on 10-06-08.
Class: 10-06-08
Virtual Art Exhibit and Avatar Fashion Show : Call for Entries
The DCCCD is sponsoring a call for entries for the Second Life DCCCD Virtual Art Museum. It is open to students, faculty, staff and alumni. Please mention to your students. And don't forget you are also eligible to submit Art or an Avatar Fashion Statement.
There is no entry Fee. Deadline Oct 25.More info.
Class: 09-29-08
Class: 09-22-08
Lecture Examples and Materials
Web and Graphic Design Job Openings in the DCCCD
Lesson 3 Examples
Here are the examples we looked at tonight. The files are also available as a zipped file.
Class: 09-15-08
Tonight's main focus will be the CSS Box Model and the float property. we will review Assignment 2 and take a look at Assignment 3. Lesson 3, Assignment 3and Assignment 4 all utilize the CSS Box Model and the float property.
Lesson 2 and Assignment 2 Examples
Class: 09-08-08
Resources
Grade Assignment Form
I've updatetd the Grade Assignment form to include current students. Please email me if you don't see your name. If you do not see your name, it's because there's no email address listed for you in your eCampus profile.
Class: 08-25-08
We covered the syllabus and began working on Assignment 1.
There are some things that I will go over during the next class, so I don't expect anyone to finish the assignment before the next class. I asked everyone to create a webpage and add an image to it and upload it to their website.
Introduction
Welcome to IMED2315/2415.8400 Web Page Design II . I am your instructor, Manasseh Lee. My email address is mlee@dcccd.edu. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about this course. This course will begin on Monday August 25, 2008 at 6pm. The normal class time is 5:40pm - 9:30pm.
If you arrive early, please feel free to begin reading Lesson 1 and start on Assignment .
Course Summary
At the end of this course you will know how to do the following:
Course Textbooks
CSS Mastery by Andy Budd, Simon Collison and Cameron Moll
CSS Mastery sells for $23.09 on Amazon.com. It's also available at Alibris and Froogle.
Simply JavaScript by Kevin Yank
Simply JavaScript sales for $26.37 on Amazon.com. It's also available at Alibris and Froogle. We will not use this book until later in the semester. You can delay purchasing this book to make it easier on your wallet.