Tuesday, February 16, 2010

NASA Space Exploration

The "missions" are to make a website at the best of your ability with your team that was appointed to you.
You have to build a website based on the theme that they give you.


Why would anyone be interested in viewing the Web site that your team is developing?It could show you different types of facts about NASAWho are the possible customers for the site?Astronauts , NASAHow many pages are going to be necessary to complete the Web site your client wants?Based on the number of pages, what sort of navigational structure would work well for the site?

How can this design be shown using a site map and storyboard?













Mission that you are working on ________________________________________________
Header for the Homepage of your NASA website ___________________________________

Title for the homepage __________________________

File name: index.html (filename for the homepage)

Header for an additional page of the website _____________________________________

Title for the page ____________________________________

filename (include file ending)__________________________

Monday, February 8, 2010

Heavy Metal

The goals of this tutorial are to teach you the basics of using Microsoft Expression Web and to guide you in building creative, dynamic Web sites from scratch with the dsign tools that IT prefessionals use.

Exercise 1: Creating a New Web site

Task 1 is complete. (pg. 6) time__________ date_________
Task 2 is complete. ((pg. 9) time__________ date_________

Exercise 2: Creating Page Layouts with Layers

Task 1 is complete. (pg. 12) time__________ date_________
Task 2 is complete. (pg. 14) time__________ date_________
Task 3 is complete. (pg.17) time__________ date_________
Task 4 is complete. (pg. 22) time__________ date_________

Exercise 3: Styling Your Web site Using CSS

Task 1 is complete. (pg. 24) time__________ date_________
Task 2 is complete. (pg. 25) time__________ date_________
Task 3 is complete. (pg. 30) time__________ date_________
Task 4 is complete. ((pg. 32) time__________ date_________

Exercise 4: Creating More Pages

Task 1 is complete. (pg. 36) time__________ date_________
Task 2 is complete. (pg. 44) time__________ date_________
Task 3 is complete. (pg. 45) time__________ date_________
Task 4 is complete. (pg. 49) time__________ date_________

Exercise 5: Adding Navigation Controls to your Site

Task 1 is complete. (pg. 51) time__________ date_________
Task 2 is complete. (pg. 54) time__________ date_________
Task 3 is complete. (pg. 60) time__________ date_________

Thursday, January 14, 2010

FLASH BASICS

1. What type of file can be modified in Flash CS3?
An FLA file is the raw editible file in Flash design.
2. What is the national standard for American television video broadcast?
The U.S. Video Standard is NTSC (National Television System Committee).
3. What part of the Flash interface displays the movie you are working on?
The stage displays the movie you are currently working on.
4. You need to turn these on BEFORE you can use guides.
Right click on the "graphic" label and select "Add Motion Guide" from the pop-up window.
5. What is the gray area surrounding the Stage in Flash CS3?
The work area surrounds the stage.
6. What is the magnetic pull of objects to a grid?
The objects snap to the grid set up by Flash.
7. What is the default frame rate for Web playback in Flash CS3?
12 fps is the default framerate.
8. What is exporting your final Flash CS3 file called?
The final file type is SWF.
9.Designing for the Web is normally measured in what unit of measure?
The web is measured in pixels.
10. What are palettes in Flash CS3 called?
Flash uses panels instead of palettes.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

HOCUS-FOCUS




1. One image has a flower pot on the floor and the other doesn't.
2. One image has the man holding something in his hand an the other doesn't.
3. The kids hat is forward and backward.
4. One has a bird house in the background behind the wall.
5. The woman has lines on the sleeve of her shirt on one but not the other .
6. The collar of the womans shirt is round and the other is narrow.

1. How would this activity help you as an HTML programmer?
It helps you to more of an observer to notice things better.
2. How many differences did you discover?
I discovered 6 differences.
3. Do you see these differences once they were pointed out to you?
Yes
4.