Week 4 of Delivery Systems Two

Week 4 of Delivery systems two, this week I felt the time crunch but I managed to understand things I hadn’t quiet grasped. I understood finally the concept of a spry and could actually use it. My focus this week was to finish my self-promotional site, I was very happy with the outcome. At the beginning of this class I felt that my pages were to plane and not to appealing but with my last site I finally felt I reached the right balance of work. I ended up actually liking web after it was explained and I don’t feel as lost.

Week 3 of Delivery Systems Two

This week I am working on a web page for Digital Photography. What I discovered is that there is more to Digital Photography than pointing a camera and snapping a shot. One must consider the object being captured in the image is it in good light? Lighting is very important if dealing with the sun one must not take a picture facing the sun directly. This would cause the subject to be dark or have shadows where there should not be any. Using the rule of thirds can make an image stronger and if combined with leading lines the image becomes even more appealing. For better pictures don’t stay stuck to the ground move your point of view capture your image from above or below don’t limit yourself to left or right.

Week Two of Delivery Systems Two

What I learned in Week two was how to use templates. Templates can go both ways, they can help you with a site or they can really mess up your site. You have to know how to set up a template correctly. You also have to know when to use a template, you can use a template if every page will look the same and the only difference is something minor such as text. If you try to use a template and all the pages are different you might want to reconsider your layout as well as the use of the template it self.

If every page is different it causes confusion and people might not understand that it is the same web site. It is not recommended to have every page different. Keeping the pages consistent even if not all the pages are the same can help your site look better. An example would be a logo. If the company logo is on every page even if the pages aren’t completely the same it will help tie in the over all theme.

Week One of Delivery Systems Two

Keeping it simple… when being challenged to design for someone else there are some things you have to keep in mind especially for a web site. Some things to factor in are the importance of having the ideal balance. A balance between fun and informative will give you a better result. If a web site is all graphics it fails its purpose.

The purpose of a web site, to me as a student is to tie in the informative and portray it in a graphically efficient way. Web pages serve many different roles. Some inform, others sell products, some are just to pass the time, and others connect people all over the world. To be a good designer you have to know what type of web site you are trying to create and also what the client wants.