Continue working on your final websites

As per the the consensus in class last week, we will use class time tonight for work time. Take advantage and ASK QUESTIONS if you need help. I'll be available all evening to help you solve your problems with your websites. Remember, websites are due by the end of class next week!

Homework:

• Finish up your website!

Building your website

O.k., so you've already got your business picked and your photos taken (or found.) We will be resizing your images in photoshop tonight and building your web pages using your wireframes as a blueprint. If you don't have wireframes in class, you won't be allowed to work on your website until you make them. They must be NEAT! No sloppy hand-drawn wireframes will be accepted. If you are hand drawing them, they must be super-tight and clean. (Use a ruler.) Otherwise, a computer printout is preferred.

We will build the two pages you have wireframed and make them link from one page to the other. By the end of class tonight, you should have two, fully coded HTML pages! So, when you get to class, sit down, buckle up and be prepared to WORK! They are due TONIGHT before you leave class.

Also, it seems as though you all would like a little more class time to get this stuff done before the end of the semester. Tonight, we will discuss having some extra class time for those interested. I am willing to make the trip down to help you if you are willing to come to work outside of normal class time. We need to nail down times and dates that work for everyone!

See you all tonight!

Homework: (held over from April 12)

• Have your business picked before coming to class

• Have your photos ready. Make sure they are large enough!

• Wireframe TWO pages of your site. Make sure to keep header, footer and nav. consistent!

• Be ready to WORK tonight. They are due before the end of class!

Let's get a little flow going in our websites

The websites you turned in several weeks ago were good. Now it's time to make them great. We're going to jazz up our designs a bit with a few easy tricks to make them flow a little better, look a little nicer and generally be easier on the eyes.

We're going to talk about resizing images to fit the page. Remember, you're supposed to be wireframing your sites before you build them. You should go into the construction phase with a nice set of blueprints for how your website should look. You should know how big your images need to be before you start constructing the html.

We're also going to talk more about consistency with your navigation and footers. These need to be the same on every page, so people don't have to look for them. It is imperative that you don't make a visitor think too much, or else they may click right out of your site. We want them to stay!

Homework:

• Pick one of these types of business to build a website for: travel agency, bakery or an auto repair shop.

• Gather together some photos to use. Remember, if you are getting them off the web, make sure they are big enough (resolution) to use BEFORE you come to class. If they are tiny, they probably won't work. Please feel free to take your own photos if you would like!

• Wireframe TWO pages for your site. Remember to keep your header, footer and navigation consistent!

• Be ready to work on them in class on Monday, April 12!