The link below will take you to the personal website that was created for Business Web Design (BCM3800). There you will find all of my assignments this semester; along with links to my favorite websites, team project and this blog.
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~n6zastrow/bcm3800/
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Worklog
Mon. December 8th
8:00-8:45pm
Finished the rest of the lessons and completed my personal website.
8:00-8:45pm
Finished the rest of the lessons and completed my personal website.
Worklog
Fri. Nov 28
5:00-7:00pm
Finalized the template and layout for our team project. Started working on putting together the presentation book.
5:00-7:00pm
Finalized the template and layout for our team project. Started working on putting together the presentation book.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Worklog
Wed. Nov 5
2:00-3:15
Projects for other classes have taken most of my free time and I am finally catching up with the exercises. Today, I completed chapters 5 and 6 and got a good start on 7.
2:00-3:15
Projects for other classes have taken most of my free time and I am finally catching up with the exercises. Today, I completed chapters 5 and 6 and got a good start on 7.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Worklog
Monday Oct 13
2:00-2:45
Group Meeting
This is what we discussed in our meeting this afternoon.
Content Pages:
Home page - contain a picture of the outside of the building
Custom Printing/Bang-on - will contain pricing, sample images, form to upload your own graphics
Sales/Specials page - picture of products that are on sale, other graphics/advertisements
About/Contact- picture of the building, contact info, information about how and who started it
Guys page- list of guys products (section for jeans, shirts, jackets/outerwear?) with description and pricing
Girls page- list of guys products (section for jeans, shirts, jackets/outerwear?) with description and pricing
External links:
Myspace page - (visit us on myspace in the contact section)
Brand and product websites
Complete individual parts no later than November 10
2:00-2:45
Group Meeting
This is what we discussed in our meeting this afternoon.
Content Pages:
Home page - contain a picture of the outside of the building
Custom Printing/Bang-on - will contain pricing, sample images, form to upload your own graphics
Sales/Specials page - picture of products that are on sale, other graphics/advertisements
About/Contact- picture of the building, contact info, information about how and who started it
Guys page- list of guys products (section for jeans, shirts, jackets/outerwear?) with description and pricing
Girls page- list of guys products (section for jeans, shirts, jackets/outerwear?) with description and pricing
External links:
Myspace page - (visit us on myspace in the contact section)
Brand and product websites
Complete individual parts no later than November 10
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Worklog
Wednesday 2:00-3:15
Spent the class period completing and uploading the lessons from Essentials for Design: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Level One by Julian Rickards. Chapters 1-4 have been uploaded.
Spent the class period completing and uploading the lessons from Essentials for Design: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Level One by Julian Rickards. Chapters 1-4 have been uploaded.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Worklog
Wednesday 2:00-3:15
In the lab. Moved navigation from the top to the left side...I think I like it better there. But one of my links is acting really weird but putting an extra space between the two words. Struggling to fix it, so I just made them all one word.
Now that I sorted that out, I am starting to link my completed lessons.
I think that is good enough for today.
In the lab. Moved navigation from the top to the left side...I think I like it better there. But one of my links is acting really weird but putting an extra space between the two words. Struggling to fix it, so I just made them all one word.
Now that I sorted that out, I am starting to link my completed lessons.
I think that is good enough for today.
Worklog
Monday 2:30-3:15:
Spent a little bit of time developing the template for my BCM 3800 individual website, even though this site is only going to contain a few different pages. This week has been my first attempt at developing dreamweaver templates. I have been experimenting with php and server side includes for the standard navigation of a 45+ page website I manage at work, but a dreamweaver template seems like a better option at this point.
Spent a little bit of time developing the template for my BCM 3800 individual website, even though this site is only going to contain a few different pages. This week has been my first attempt at developing dreamweaver templates. I have been experimenting with php and server side includes for the standard navigation of a 45+ page website I manage at work, but a dreamweaver template seems like a better option at this point.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Visual Theivery
Once I saw the design for this year's Bronco Bash, I had a feeling I had seen it before. It was a little fuzzy, but eventually I figured it out, World Download Day 2008!
Here are the screen captures from each website and the following reasons for suspecting visual theivery.
Firefox 3's website for world download day
WMU Bronco Bash 2008 website
Of course it could all be a coincidence, but I am doubtful.
Here are the screen captures from each website and the following reasons for suspecting visual theivery.
Firefox 3's website for world download day
WMU Bronco Bash 2008 website
- The color scheme between the two are very similar; reds, yellows, oranges. Firey colors...like firefox.
- Bronco Bash's swirling fire-ish looking logo is almost a stylized brush-stroked version of the Firefox logo.
- The same typeface has been used in both designs.
Of course it could all be a coincidence, but I am doubtful.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Gawker Media Review
Gawker Media is comprised of 12 different blogs including Defamer, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Jalopnik, Consumerist & Kotaku and has a monthly readership of over 20 million. Each different blog focuses on a different topic; Gizmodo reviews gadgets, Lifehacker provides tips to improve your life through productivity, and Consumerist arms consumers with the knowledge to "fight back" against companies.
Three blogs that I check more that a few times a day are Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Consumerist. Every morning as soon as I get into work I click to Consumerist to check their "Morning Deals" which collects discounts and other special offers from the internet. After that, I run over to Lifehacker to check for any tips to enhance my productivity, even though I probably lose more than I actually gain. Finally, I check Gizmodo for updates on new gadgets, software and funny user posted geek references. At least once a week, they feature user photoshop contests, that are incredibly funny and a little disturbing at times.
Gawker Media has solved one of the problems with reading multiple blogs by bringing them all together in one easy to access place. The formatting between all of them are similar and when you create your user account, it spans across all of them. They also have strict commenting guideline, which protects readers from distasteful, off-topic comments and spam. Gawker Media group has become a part of my daily online routine and has actually simplified it.
Three blogs that I check more that a few times a day are Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Consumerist. Every morning as soon as I get into work I click to Consumerist to check their "Morning Deals" which collects discounts and other special offers from the internet. After that, I run over to Lifehacker to check for any tips to enhance my productivity, even though I probably lose more than I actually gain. Finally, I check Gizmodo for updates on new gadgets, software and funny user posted geek references. At least once a week, they feature user photoshop contests, that are incredibly funny and a little disturbing at times.
Gawker Media has solved one of the problems with reading multiple blogs by bringing them all together in one easy to access place. The formatting between all of them are similar and when you create your user account, it spans across all of them. They also have strict commenting guideline, which protects readers from distasteful, off-topic comments and spam. Gawker Media group has become a part of my daily online routine and has actually simplified it.
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