5/5/14

Video Response
I agree with what he is trying to say about being on social media and I feel the same way about how there are so many opportunities in the world that we could potentially miss if we are too caught up with our phones and social media

4/29/14

What is a 'splash page'? Look it up. Explain what they are and what they are used. Find an example of a splash page in Google Images. Save the image to you computer and then upload it to your blog post. A splash page is the page that people see when they first get on a website that shows a picture and an option to continue to the main home page. Sometimes it is used as an ad for selling something related to the website.

3/31/14

Status update! Tell me where  you are at on your product website? Can you be finished by tomorrow at the end of the hour? Do you need more time? How much more time? Be honest and explain yourself.

I have completed most of my pages and I still haven't linked all of the pages together yet. I might need a little bit of time on Wednesday if I don't finish tomorrow.  

3/24/14

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Tell me all about it. You've been out of school for 10 days so I know you will have plenty to share. Make it good!

This spring break I stayed home and woke up everyday at 10 in the morning for track. When I wasn't at track I was either sleeping or watching basketball. I also went to my little cousins birthday party.

3/11/14

Do you like the layout of this project? Have you benefited from your brainstorming sheet? Was it more helpful or annoying when starting to map out your website? Explain why.

the layout of this project isn't now but when i start making the 20 pages it will start to get a little time consuming. The brainstorming sheet has guided me along because it's basically the whole website written out. what was annoying was the fact that if the whole thing wasn't in one table everything would be off center.

3/10/14

After reading below to see where you should be on your product website - are you caught up? What helps you stay caught up in class? Do you like having small checkpoints? Are you behind? If so, what are you going to do to get caught up?

For the most part i'm all caught up. The only thing I haven't done is the footer but that won't take me that long to do today.

3/5/14

What idea do you have that is going to make you product website different, unique or unlike anyone else? If you're answer is you don't know - it's time to start THINKING. Explain your idea.

Most people's websites are full of bright and vibrant colors but I chose to have a half dull colored half bright colored site. my colors are white, gray, black, orange, and red.

3/4/14

What product have you decided to feature/sell on your product website? Explain why you've chosen this product and remember, the sky is the limit on this project!

I chose to sell basketball shoes for my website. I chose this because that's pretty much all I wear in terms of shoes and there are a lot of people that will buy them at high prices.

2/25/14

What effect can a color scheme have on a website? How can it make a website better? How can it make a website worse? Explain why color is important.

Color is important because it makes the web page look good. Color can make things stand out or just make the page bright but you have to choose a color scheme that has bright colors for that to work. If you choose a bunch of dull colors your page wont look very attractive.

2/24/14

What did you learn about file types as you created and designed your travel website? What are some other kinds of file types you know of? What do these different files do? Explain.

I learned that you could change photoshop files into PNG files. I also learned that there are hundreds of different types of files and that I have been using them almost my whole life whenever i download pictures into a JPEG file.

2/18/14

How can Photoshop be a valuable tool in web design? Explain.

Photoshop can be used in web design to create images that go on your website. Photoshop can be used to cut the background off of an image or just to simply add text.

2/11/14

What do you know about Photoshop? Have you used it before? What can it do? Are you an expert? A newbie? Tell me about your background and what you already know.

I don't really remember anything about Photoshop because the last time that I used it was 7th grade. What I do remember is that you can cut pictures and make different pictures out of them.

2/7/14

Think about how a user (me or anyone else using your site) might function and interact with your site. What are some important functional features to make your website easy to work with? How can you make it easier for the user and not frustrating? Explain why this is so important.

The most important thing in a website is the links. All the links need to be able to bring a user exactly where he/she needs to be. To make it easier for a user all links should be in a different color or change colors once they have been used or when scrolling over them. This is important because the user needs to know how navigate his/her way around the site.

2/3/14

Tell me about your Sweetheart weekend. If you didn't go to Sweetheart, what did you do? I want details! 

This weekend I did not go to sweetheart because someone forgot to ask me to go. Instead, this weekend I watched KU lose to Texas, saw Seth Meyers' last SNL, and slept in because basketball practice Saturday was cancelled.

1/28/14

Tell me about your All About Me site. What are going to be your 4 main content pages? Why did you choose those topics? What big plans do you have for your site that is going to make it different and creative?

My main content pages are going to be about my hobbies, extracurricular activities, about me, and a page set aside just for Kansas basketball. I chose these topics because i think that they will cover everything that there is to know about me. One thing i plan to do with the website is figure out how to make the background a picture.

January 27, 2014

What are your thoughts on HTML code? Did you enjoy the coding activity? Do you feel like you learned anything? Explain yourself.

HTML code, right now, seems to be pretty simple but I've seen the code for actual websites and that just looks really confusing. I did enjoy the code activity and I feel like I learned and know the basics.

Tell me about your three day weekend. How was it? What did you do? Elaborate!

Over the three day weekend I played in the BV West basketball tournament. In the three games we played we beat Schlagle, BVNW, and then west for the championship.

"Images on the internet are 'free game' if someone posted it, I should be able to use it.

I think that if a picture is put out on the internet it should be "free game" because a picture can be seen by anyone in the world if it's out there so you really can't say that people can't use it.

1/13/14

What do you know about plagiarism on the internet? What do web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other? Explain

Plagiarism is taking or copying someone else's work without giving credit or citing them. I think that plagiarism on the internet is when different websites use other websites information without citing the other website or person. It's illegal to plagiarize from the internet when creating a website.

Friday, January 10

What do you already know about web design? How it works? Programs you can use? Tools that exist? Anything.

Web design is a class where you design websites. I know that it is primarily used online. There is some HTML stuff that I don't know.you also need Google Chrome for Blogger to work.