Saturday, July 5, 2008

Web site design

At last our web sites were done and I got to see every one elses. I sure was impressed with all the ideas everyone had. I liked the way some of the class members were able to design nice looking web sites using what we learned with html, which is not the easiest thing to do. I got a renewed appreciation for web designers. There is a lot to learn about creating functional web site that's attractive, easy to navigate, and has relevant content to boot. I spent a lot of time redesigning what I had, once I got the idea of what I wanted to do. Getting the navigation I wanted placed on each page was easy, once I figured out exactly what I wanted where. The content of web links for each class I used was appropriate to each grade level. It was very time consuming, though, to get each one listed the way I wanted it. I did learn not to use a windows meta file picture, though. I had it working at home and even uploaded it fine, but once at school, the picture wouldn't show. I'm glad Mr. Sklar took the time to show me how to convert each one so I could have them in my presentation.
I was impressed with many of my classmates ideas. I liked the way in which many of them used different color schemes to go with what they teach. Tom's ski web site was great! I liked the way he inserted forms and had them linked to another where he could just gather the data without having to reenter it. Jim's ideas for his class worked great! I was impressed with the many different ways everyone presented their information. As a whole, I think I learned that I can create a web site, but I'm not a web site designer.

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