My other blog is on WordPress, but I find it difficult to upload images and format them in the blog posts. This is kind of a problem when the main purpose of the blog is a portfolio! So I'm going to upload some photos to this blog to compare Blogger's image handling. I should probably look into Picasa, too.
Results: Uploading is easier, and I can edit the HTML directly instead of having to use the slow and annoying web form. However, some of the photos are displaying smaller than the others even though the long edge of all of them is 640px.
I think I'm going to delete most of the photos, since they don't belong on this blog.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Template changes
Tonight I fooled around and changed the color scheme of my blog template. I'm testing things out to see if I want to start a new portfolio blog here at Blogger, since I can customize my template without having to pay an annual fee for the privilege as I do at a major blog platform hosting my other blog.
Unfortunately, I don't have photos to upload right now to test the "Lightbox" feature to see if that's how I want to display images. I can do that from home later.
What I need ASAP is some place I can just direct people to my photography, my graphic design, and my various Etsy shops. I'm hoping I can do that on one of the free blog platforms so I don't have to worry about webhosting just yet.
Unfortunately, I don't have photos to upload right now to test the "Lightbox" feature to see if that's how I want to display images. I can do that from home later.
What I need ASAP is some place I can just direct people to my photography, my graphic design, and my various Etsy shops. I'm hoping I can do that on one of the free blog platforms so I don't have to worry about webhosting just yet.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Old class is over, time for the new class!
Sunday night I turned in my final exam for CA097A, and this week we're continuing web design at Mission College with CA097B. I look forward to learning more about web design!
Here is another interesting design website I found:
http://drawar.com/
Today's post is about the iconic "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster from WWII that has become so popular but there's a lot of other posts about web design.
I'm intrigued by this other site's article about grid-based designs and how to use CSS so you don't have to sit down and calculate column widths. However, I have not studied it to see if the grids are flexible or not (in the terms of Chapter 5, ice, jello, or liquid).
http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/the-960-grid-system-made-easy/
Here is another interesting design website I found:
http://drawar.com/
Today's post is about the iconic "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster from WWII that has become so popular but there's a lot of other posts about web design.
I'm intrigued by this other site's article about grid-based designs and how to use CSS so you don't have to sit down and calculate column widths. However, I have not studied it to see if the grids are flexible or not (in the terms of Chapter 5, ice, jello, or liquid).
http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/the-960-grid-system-made-easy/
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Browserling: Cross-browser website testing
I stopped by the Hackers & Founders Meetup tonight at TechShop San Jose, and found something relevant to the class! The folks behind browserling.com had a whole handmade diorama to promote their testing platform. Students and other low-volume, low-budget users can get free 5-minute test sessions.
Friday, February 17, 2012
CSS
Our class is covering CSS this week.
I suspect that CSS would be useful for customizing the blog template. Since customizing Wordpress templates and using it as a content management system (CMS) is popular, I'm having second thoughts about picking Blogger for my class blog. I do want to customize my template for my primary career-related blog over at Wordpress.
If I change the colors, I should keep in mind that 1 in 20 people have some form of color blindness, according to our textbook. They cite a website called Vischeck that helps designers choose colors that will still be legible even to people who can't see color the same way.
One of the good things about CSS for designers is that if you use an external CSS file, if you need to change the color or other attributes on a website, you may only need to change it in one place instead of finding every tag in the HTML code. (Sometimes you need to use inline styles to overrule the page styles.) One of the good things about CSS for end users is that their browser doesn't have to waste time downloading repetitious style information embedded in each page.
Last week I did my XHTML homework at home using my text editor, but this week I'm at TechShop and will use Dreamweaver just to get some practice with this software.
I suspect that CSS would be useful for customizing the blog template. Since customizing Wordpress templates and using it as a content management system (CMS) is popular, I'm having second thoughts about picking Blogger for my class blog. I do want to customize my template for my primary career-related blog over at Wordpress.
If I change the colors, I should keep in mind that 1 in 20 people have some form of color blindness, according to our textbook. They cite a website called Vischeck that helps designers choose colors that will still be legible even to people who can't see color the same way.
One of the good things about CSS for designers is that if you use an external CSS file, if you need to change the color or other attributes on a website, you may only need to change it in one place instead of finding every tag in the HTML code. (Sometimes you need to use inline styles to overrule the page styles.) One of the good things about CSS for end users is that their browser doesn't have to waste time downloading repetitious style information embedded in each page.
Last week I did my XHTML homework at home using my text editor, but this week I'm at TechShop and will use Dreamweaver just to get some practice with this software.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Accessibility
As a disability rights advocate, I'm very glad to see our textbook for the course incorporates accessibility into the lessons. For example, he explains why using the STRONG tag is better than BOLD, because the screen reader will emphasize the text by its tone of voice.
The lesson includes XHTML validation, and the W3C also lists sites that validate code for accessibility:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RC/tools/complete
The lesson includes XHTML validation, and the W3C also lists sites that validate code for accessibility:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RC/tools/complete
Monday, February 6, 2012
A few links to share and my goal for the class
Here's a list of interesting tidbits from leading web designers
Here's my other blog
And here's my primary Etsy shop
My goal for the class is to have a comprehensive website that directs potential customers to my art blog, my portfolios, and my different Etsy shops (one for Steampunk, one for tie-dye, and one to sell my photos).
Here's my other blog
And here's my primary Etsy shop
My goal for the class is to have a comprehensive website that directs potential customers to my art blog, my portfolios, and my different Etsy shops (one for Steampunk, one for tie-dye, and one to sell my photos).
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