Website Design Comps

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Week 6

Examples of Traditional Navigation Styles:

Column based
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/

Dynamic Drop Down menu
http://www.monster.com/

Basic Graphic
http://www.macys.com/

CSS-driven text
http://baltimore.org/

Breadcrumb text
http://www.peachpit.com/

Articles:

• Usability: The Key to Good Website Design.
• Breadcrumb Navigation Increasingly Useful.
• Fresh vs. Familiar: How Aggressively to Redesign

Final Project Proposals

My first thought would be to make a website for a baking company my mom wants to start. The name has changed a few times so I’ll have to ask her for the current rendition. I can take photos when she’s experimenting with new recipes and also from stock image sites.

The second option would be a personal portfolio. Since most of the artwork I make is digital it shouldn’t be any trouble.

Week 4

Links:

• Color Matters
• Colorstrology
• Color in Motion
• Interactive Advertising Bureau
• Web Pages That Suck

Adobe videos:

• Understanding Fireworks
• Fireworks Interface
• Importing and Exporting Images
• Smart Guides and Tool Tips
• Using Kuler Color Themes
• Understanding Styles and Symbols

Week 3

Article about speeding up your website through better image optimization

Chapter 1

Adobe Videos

• Styling Text in Dreamweaver
• Adding Text and Images to Your Page
• Fireworks – Managing the Design Suite
• Understanding Fireworks
• The Fireworks Interface
• Importing Files Into Fireworks

So what happened to weeks 1 & 2? A combination of joining this class late, workload from other classes, and just life.

Hello world!

In the beginning, there was nothing… well except some words. Welcome to my blog for CAT 274, guess we’re all in this together now.