Thursday, August 21, 2008

Believe in the Impossible: The Web is only 5000 days old

Photoshop tutorials

http://ca.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ACEE27F331523446

Flash tutorials

http://ca.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A6E5FB31FA1DBDD6

Dreamweaver tutorials

http://ca.youtube.com/user/infoweblink
http://ca.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6AB99A9D9B942950

PHP tutorials

http://ca.youtube.com/user/Grollon999

Week 01: Questionnaire & Web Site Set Up

What we did in class today:
1) Viewed the Kevin Kelly video about the Web being just 5000 days old, and what the next 5000 days may become. WE are ONE.
http://graf2024.blogspot.com/2008/08/web-is-only-5000-days-old.html

2) Filled out the VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire
The results of this questionnaire will be used in the design of the WEB SITE PROJECT.
This questionnaire will find your 24 character strengths. We will use the top five for the WEB SITE PROJECT.
STEPS: Register by filling out a short form, then select VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire on the site under the heading Engagement Questionnaires: VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire

3) Each student received a 3 digit (for example: 002) web account number.

4) The web site address for this site will be
http://198.96.86.44/~graf2024_???/
OR try using: http://www.designportfolio.ca/~graf2024_???/

5) Learned the value of creating a root folder to hold all the project files. Inside this folder, there will be a folder named "images" to hold the image files (jpg, gif, png).

6) Set up a new site using Dreamweaver, entered FTP information (Host, FTP Login, Password) and downloaded from the remote site already existing files to our local root folder. Then we made a change and uploaded the changes to the remote site. We then viewed the changes on the site through a browser.

7) Worked with the "Files Panel" in Dreamweaver: toggled remote and local views, "get files", "put files", opened and closed connections.
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What's due for next class:
1) Bring a picture of self (jpeg file) to use in week 02 class exercise.
2) Bring top 5 questionnaire strengths and examples of each from your own life experiences.
3) Start gathering portfolio pieces for use in the Web Site Project. Try and locate 10 pieces to include.
4) Know how to set up root folder and assign a local root folder for a site using dreamweaver.
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Other things I should do this week:
• Check out YouTube, ... try searching with the words Dreamweaver, Web tips, HTML
• Bring headphones to each class.
• View the YouTube video's on this site.
• Eat healthy, get lots of sleep, and start the project today!