Friday, December 6th

Write a detailed journal entry reflecting your product website.

           I'm most proud of the layout of my website. I believe it is very eye pleasing and it doesn't make your eyes move to much. I also like it because it's simple yet complex at the same time. It took me the most time but it turned out very nice. Plus, since its the structure of the website, it really holds the webpages together.
          I think I would have taken more time on the concept of the website. I look around and everyone has all these cool ideas with salons, or pet shops and I did a clothing website. I wish I would've taken more time to think about my website instead of jumping right into the designing process. I still think I pulled it off I just think I would've done better with a different idea.
           To make it easier for the user to navigate, not only did I have links in my navigation bar, but also in my footer. I know personally I find it a lazy pain to go all the way to the top of the page to navigate to another page, this way, they can get to the main pages without scrolling back to the top. I also added areas where on the main pages, they could get to the semi pages (I had a Sweater Weather page with links to Sweatshirts and Hoodies).
            I wasn't here yesterday but just looking around me I know which one would be my favorite. I think the nail salon one is fantastic. The colors are vibrant and easy on the eyes. The concept is great too. Another reason it was my favorite was because I could relate to it in real life situations. Also, she was adding links to make it super easy to navigate.
            I would tell them to make sure they:
                      1. Don't have more than one template. It gets really complicated especially since you're only                             supposed to have one template.
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                      2. Make sure you take your time on the idea of the website. You want to make sure that                                   you're completely satisfied with your idea or else you'll either have to start over or live with                           it.

Monday, December 2nd

Journal - Reflect on your product website so far. What have you learned? What do you like about your website? What have you found frustrating? What do you wish you knew before you started? Go in to detail about the learning process as you have built this site.

               I learned how to make a template in DreamWeaver (DW). I also learned how to make an object circular in FireWorks (FW). I like that I incorporated everything we've done this year into the site. I have what we did with the travel website, I have links, and all that jazz. What I've found frustrating is, that one time, I accidentally changed something that wasn't on the template and it made it into another template. I wish I knew how to make a slideshow in DreamWeaver before we started so I wouldn't have this big open space on the index page the whole way through. 
             Well first we had to build a template so we learned how to do that, or at least how to save a template. Then for some of my items I had to learn how to make a circular item on FW. It was kind of hard to build a template yet at the same time easy. Mrs. Scheuerman was right next to me showing me how to do it so it wasn't that difficult. It was kind of difficult to make an item circle because I wanted it to be transparent but it kept getting a white background. I finally figured out you had to click on the circle and make sure that it was still transparent whenever you save it. If you work on anything else, it will automatically go back to a white background.    

Thursday, October 31st

Journal - Tell me about the color scheme of your product website? What is it? Why did you choose these colors? How do these color relate to your target market and audience? How do the colors relate to the product? What plans do you have to make these colors work for your site?

               My color scheme for my product website is a light purple (#6F68C2), a bright purple (#8D5F8E), a light blue (#5D8AB9), a blue (#29227E), and a grayish-white (#DFDFDF). I chose these colors because they worked well together. It relates to my target audience because most of the bands colors are on the Cold part of the color wheel. The colors relate to the product because it makes the product pop in front of the background. I plan to incorporate these colors into my whole website to make these colors work for my website.

Monday, October 21st

Journal - What have you learned about copyrights when it comes to web design and images this semester? Why is it important to give credit where credit is due (even if it is a lot of work)?

       I've learned that you cannot just take an image and cite it if it has the copyright sign. I've learned that you can filter out pictures that you can't use and get pictures you're allowed to use. 

Tuesday, October 8th

Journal - Tell me about your Homecoming weekend (whether you went to the activities or not!). Tell me about what you did over the weekend.

                      My homecoming weekend was a lot of fun. On Friday I hung out with one of my friends, Grace, and we went to Starbucks. After that, we went to the football game and hung out with a lot of our friends. I played Pokemon at half time on my friend Connor's phone while he tried to unlock my phone. We left after half time though because our parents didn't want to get stuck in the rain. On Saturday, I woke up early and got to school at eight because I was helping set up homecoming. It was a lot of fun setting up and we all got bagels/donuts and juice. After we got done, I went to my dads work to help him with the computer. Around 4:30, I started getting ready for homecoming. I got done at 5:45ish and my friend Arlo got to my house at 6. We went over to Greg's house and took pictures and then went to Cheesecake Factory. We stayed there until 9:30 then went to the dance. The dance was so fun! I had a lot of fun just hanging out with my friends. I got home around 1 because Arlo lives in Lawrence so we had to drop him off. On Sunday, I went to and stayed there until 11. Then at 1 I went to Johnson's Farm and we got pumpkins and some vegetables. My family and I went through the corn maze and I was the only one to make it all the way through. That's what my homecoming weekend consisted of. 

Monday, October 7th

Journal - Go Google "website wireframe". What do you find? Look at images and web content. What is a wireframe? How can a wireframe be helpful and give you ideas when creating and designing a website?

A website wireframe is a blueprint for a website. It plans what the website is going to look like and what is going to be on or in the website. It makes sure you organize your ideas into one section and it helps you see how you want to design your website. It also helps you plan what you want your website to look like. 

Monday, September 23rd

Journal - What three cities did you choose for your travel website? Why did you choose these cities? Explain.

                     The three cities I chose for my travel website were Florence, Galway, and Sydney. I chose Florence, Italy because I love art and they have a lot of art from the renaissance. They also have beautiful scenery and I absolutely love Italian food so I want to get authentic food. I chose Galway, Ireland because it has rolling green country sides and castles. Also because the college that I may potentially attend is there. Finally, I would like to go to Sydney, Australia because it's a beautiful city and I love hot weather. I've always wanted to go down under and now that I'm older we're looking at colleges. I may be going there next summer or the summer after that to look at a college there(UNSW) since my grandparents want me to be prepared and make sure I like it there.