Done at last

Finally everything has been handed in put on the server!
and my blog I feel now contains enough information images etc that sum up more or less my process and research for both the site done in flash as well as the one done in dreamweaver.

Regarding final site down in flash: Asia holiday site:
I'm not to happy with the design/content of the home pg and the thank you page,
but the rest of it Im happy with.

Regarding final dreamweaver site:
I'm just happy that its done at last. And that it does look much better then wed submission would have been. But feel like I really need to concentate on dreamweaver and perhaps next time make it a bit more interactive, or or elements photos etc but over all I am still happy with it, since at least it does function like its supposed to:)

Flash - back track (brief)

Like I mentioned in earlier post, since flash site I designed is a much larger site would only include some of the process work I did b/c of time factor.

Plus think should still be able to get the gest of it more or less:)

I think it best to include what it would have been like if I handed it on wednesday, even though it is pretty much only placement layouts that have slightly changed somewhat based on the tutors recommendations and just a couple other things that I think may be important to understand the process/options.

Just like to say I spend far too long on sorting out photos/images from trip since there was so so many of them to go through. Next time I'll be sure to be a bit more decisive earlier in the process.

Dreamweaver - end handed in

Well as it turned out my bad luck John is away on fridays.
So I did what I could to fix the problem so just have to have my fingers crossed that that the very least it will be good enough to at least get a pass for it if not more.

I think if I do take digital 6 I would need to read /view alot more tutorials, hopefully be able to do about of that in the summer holidays.

Overall I'm much happier with my designs then what they would have been if the deadline had not been changed to friday instead of the wednesday!

I definetly prefer flash over dreamweaver just a personal observation about which software makes more since to me.

last minute trouble _ dreamweaver

Just having a problem with one of the images in dreamweaver.
Have to see John asap tried many things to fix it but nothing works and Im sure it must be a very easily fixed problem. I even got my husband to take a look and he couldn't work it out either.

So really need to see John tomorrow about it as its a very visually obvious problem,

I tried to email him off memory what his email address would be but no luck, it bounched back.
I tried looking for his email address on the cpit site but no luck:(
I really do hope I find him tomorrow and he has 5 mins to spare to sort this out, more than anything I want to do what I have done wrong and what was the right method to fix it.

to end on a positive note, my site navagates probaby, all the links, pages work when I tried them out several times tonight.

Regarding final and runner ups for dreamweaver site

Basically just a quick note to say that yes I do realise that the runner up and the finals are more or less the same but have some subtle differences and it is in those design subtle differences that I hope would make it a better design.

Also would just like to mention that I will be getting ride of the 4 button nav and making it just one in order to make it appear less box like, at least thats the idea anyways.

Just glad to finally have everything more or less updated on my blog for at least the dreamweaver one.

Regarding photo chocies - colour symbolism site

Regarding why I decided not to use the many many mm's photo that I took (only a small portion are actually on this blog) is because even though they work great for colour theme, I thought they may make the site appear to be about chocolate etc instead of colour.
Plus even though they look like they would belong together ie: it would be consistent, I think the site woud appear more interesting to a larger range of users if it had different imagery/photo themes throughout the site.

sites used for flash site

http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/as3preloader/

http://www.clipart-free.com/clipart/plane/

I know I could make these into links on side bar like rest by decided to put them here instead:P

Regarding images on side left bar

Just a heads up that some of the process images/layouts on the left side of this blog are not in order. For instance the photos that I didn't use of the mm's come I should have ideally included those a bit earlier in the blog. But hopefully its still easy enough to understand.

Like I mentioned in my post before this one its because I didn't update my blog consistently enough as I went through the proces:P opps next time

Lesson Learnt

I will definetly if taking digital 6...next year would make sure I update my blog as I go alone. Because it is just to time consuming. Last year for Digital 2 I did most of it as I went along and therfore the flow and time worked out much better. Anyways this is just a reminder for myself to make sure I get in the habbait of doing things as I go along for two main reasons:
1) time factor and 2) to make sure I don't rush/leave out process etc as I will be for example just be summing up flash site process etc and not really include such detailed process images etc as I have with dreamweaver.

The reason why I will have to just sum up flash site, only really add finals on blog of layout etc is because it contains alot more web pages then the flash site in a sense that its far more interactive and son on.

Workbook, re:Dreamwear site

PHOTOS

Well as mentioned earlier I choose to do my site on colour symbolism since that has been my focus this year in drawing class....

As you can see on the left side of the blog, I have included some of the photos that I took for this project. For instance the yellow, red and blue block of colour with water drops on it, is of when I spent about a hour out in the rain taking photos of rain drops on different colour cars . It was specially hard finding a yellow car had to some serious walk about in the rain. I do realise that I could have just changed the colour of image in photoshop but didn't think it would look as realistic as actual different colour car surfaces.

Workbook/Blog update- back track

Having finally 99% finished my flash site and 90% of dreamweaver site, think its about time to finally actually update my blog/workbook with my process/research. Since I have been putting it abit, so my aim today is to hopefully by 2-3hrs time have this workbook updated and complete for hand it. May add one or two more posted before hand in on friday but that shouldn't take to much time I hope.

Resources: Books used for looking for inspiration/ref:
(from Lib)

Taking print to the web by Daniel Donnelly

Communication Arts: Interactive Annual 09 Sep/Oct 2003
Communication Arts: Interactive Annual 10 Sep/Oct 2004
Communication Arts: Interactive Annual 11 Sep/Oct 2005
Communication Arts: Interactive Annual 12 Sep/Oct 2006
Communication Arts: Interactive Annual 14 Sep/Oct 2008

Web design to the next Generation by Daniel Donnelly


Book/magazine colletion:
(from home)

Communication Arts, May/June 2008

Digital Layout for the internet and other Media by David Skopec

Identity Design Sourcebook, successful IDs Deconstructd and Revealed,
by Clay Andres, Catherine Fishel and Pat Matson Knapp.

Note:
Even though the books I used have alot of website address that I looked but, more than half were no longer valid, under construction etc which is to be expected I suppose because websites aren't always up forever whereas books(print) has a longer life line.

So in order to get around this problem I scanned a handful of layouts from some of the books since I thought it will be good to have them on hand for direction etc, It will simply just take far too long possibly a entire day to scan in all the good layouts/website designs that I had picked from the books to put them all up on this blog.

As it is it has taken me almost the whole day just to update my blog and I possibly still have another 2 hours work/updating to do on this site.
I had forgotten how much it takes to update etc I guess thats what I get for not doing it as I went along the process:p never mind, It will get there in the end.

update

I am so relieved that we have until friday for our deadline instead of wed,
but since I wasn't aware of that it worked out better because I now have my flash site complete as of late last night and now can spend some time on it tomorrow if not tonight tweeking it and making it more polished.

So perfer flash over dreamweaver. I'm suprised its the other way around for most people. Anyways at least was able to do a site in dreamweaver to at least a passable standard. Hopefully I can make the design etc a bit better John recommend I get a book thats called breaking the grid or checking out a few more sites so I hope to be able to do that.

Its been good being able to be in today all day from 9am till 5pm since I got a lot down and not so stresssed out anymore however a bazair panicky day for me in class because of dreamweaver.

todays results

Happy to say that I finally have all my photos, layouts etc sorted for flash project at last now at a stage to try and do it on flash now going to take a lot of hours but I will get it done in the end I have to. However suprised that its due on the 19th Nov as suppose to 24 Nov since I think 19th is middle of the week will have to check calendar and talk to john if thats the case maybe.

For now Happy with what I have achieved today not as unreachable as I thought hopefully.
spend 9-5pm all day in the computer room doing web! 1-5 was class time but still really happy about that!

Will see john perhaps on thursday since I'm sure need help by then

will seriously have to put process on computer super soon.

research, references, work process coming soon

I know I haven't yet taken the time to put my research etc resources on this blog but I will at some stage be sure to do this as well as my layouts, plans etc even the neglected rejected ones as it will show the process I went through to get to the end eventually.

Research, References, Photos etc are coming real soon.

back on target asap

I know I"m seriously a bit behind at this stage due to illness and other circumstances, but having spent all morning working on my plans etc for flash site etc I know I will manage it ok in the end at least thats what I'm hoping:P

Also the fact that I was able to buy yesterday an flash help book as well as a dreamweaver one from boarders I know will help for when I get stuck as it always happens now and then.

I think I'm very luck not to have to go into work this week because that means I do have a bit extra time that I can actually study! especially on web projects.

Really need to reconfirm the due date I think its the same day as the rest of the briefs which are 24th November and I'm really hoping that is the case but will double check this today.

I know I have seriously neglected my blog this time around but I will fix that. There is like just 3 weeks left so no room to deveate from any of the briefs especially web digital projects since thats been on my mind alot.

Now back to it I suppose enough of my blabber.