The choice for what to do for my final project was easy for me. Next semester I will graduate from MSU, and I need a portfolio for the PW department. A website seems the most logical step, especially since I'm going to be taking the portfolio class next semester. This way I'll be able to create one version this semester, and then hopefully improve on it next semester.
This website is probably going to be viewed mostly by members of the PW department since I'm applying to law school after college, and not actively looking for a job.
As far as content, I really don't know what I should put on there. Unfortunately, my hard drive crashed last week and I lost all my previous work. I have a feeling I'll be recreating some of my projects to display, and using a lot of the work I do next semester. Losing all the information on my hard drive really was a painful blow. If I can get the website format down quickly, I'll spend the rest of my time working on pieces to recreate my portfolio.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Angel, and all of its failures.
ANGEL and its daily failures teach a valuable lesson. ANGEL is used daily by most MSU students, but often it can't stay up for more than a few hours, and usually at the most difficult times. Even as I'm writing this ANGEL continues to fail me, and has so for the past three years I've attended MSU.
I'll have to keep ANGEL in mind when working on my website--sometimes things just fail. Now, as any MSU student can tell you, ANGEL fails more often than not, but it does school me in the ways of technology. Any website I create could fail at any time, or more likely the computer I'm using in 317 will freeze up and crash. Technology is not infallible, and is frustrating almost all the time.
Creating a website is more than color choices and pretty pictures. Creating a website is about the scaffolding that holds it all together, and allows it to load on any web browser. I am more interested in making a well constructed website during the class, than a website with flashy features. I'm all about dependability when it comes to anything technology.
I'll have to keep ANGEL in mind when working on my website--sometimes things just fail. Now, as any MSU student can tell you, ANGEL fails more often than not, but it does school me in the ways of technology. Any website I create could fail at any time, or more likely the computer I'm using in 317 will freeze up and crash. Technology is not infallible, and is frustrating almost all the time.
Creating a website is more than color choices and pretty pictures. Creating a website is about the scaffolding that holds it all together, and allows it to load on any web browser. I am more interested in making a well constructed website during the class, than a website with flashy features. I'm all about dependability when it comes to anything technology.
Monday, October 5, 2009
CSS Fail.
Well, I've moved on from code fails to CSS fails. Code is actually going pretty well overall, though I've not created any groundbreaking designs. CSS is much more allusive. Once upon a time I knew what to do with it, but its been a while and its not coming back very quickly.
I've done some browsing around on CSS Zen Garden and other free template sites, and I've found some designs I like. However, it would seem that these templates are for inspiration, not borrowing. I can't seem to remember how to implement these free templates on my very rudimentary website, and I have to say its frustrating.
I've done some Googling, but there's not a lot of information around on the most basic CSS use. Apparently to use CSS is to be a web genius. I know I'll understand CSS better by the end of the class, hopefully without throwing my computer against a wall, but right now things are daunting. Usually I can do a little reading and figure something out, but not this time!
I've done some browsing around on CSS Zen Garden and other free template sites, and I've found some designs I like. However, it would seem that these templates are for inspiration, not borrowing. I can't seem to remember how to implement these free templates on my very rudimentary website, and I have to say its frustrating.
I've done some Googling, but there's not a lot of information around on the most basic CSS use. Apparently to use CSS is to be a web genius. I know I'll understand CSS better by the end of the class, hopefully without throwing my computer against a wall, but right now things are daunting. Usually I can do a little reading and figure something out, but not this time!
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