1. What are you most proud of on your product website? Explain what it is and why you are proud of that specific item. This could be a design, layout, image, navigation, etc.
2. Looking back on the website process and after seeing other students websites, what would you have done differently? Would you have spent more time on it? Mapped out the original idea better? Explain.
3. Thinking about just the "interaction" element of your website; meaning how the user interacts with the design and layout - where they click and how they navigate through the site. What did you do to make this easier on the user? What could you have done better to make the interaction of your site better? Explain.
4. Think back to all the websites you looked at yesterday in class, was there a website that stood out to your or was a favorite of yours (besides your own)? What made it good? Why was it your favorite. Explain.
5. If you were to give advice to future web design students about this project, what would you tell them? Why would you tell them that?

1. I was most proud of my index page and the layout of my website

2. I would have maybe put more text on my pages and mapped out the original idea better.

3. To make navigation easier, I put pictures on my index page that you could click on to go directly to the give page.

4. One of the websites i liked had a cool background, good colors and a good variety of products.

5. I would tell them to use your time wisely and use lots of pictures because it takes longer than you think and it looks better with a lot of pictures.

Journal - Reflect on your product website so far. What have you learned? What do you like about your website? What have you found frustrating? What do you wish you knew before you started? Go in to detail about the learning process as you have built this site.

I have learned to use dreamweaver better. I like the design of my website and the colors. Dreamweaver can sometimes be frustrating, And I wish I would have 

Journal - Tell me about the color scheme of your product website? What is it? Why did you choose these colors? How do these color relate to your target market and audience? How do the colors relate to the product? What plans do you have to make these colors work for your site?

The color scheme of my website is red, grey, black, navy blue, and dark red. The color scheme represents the colors of Major League Baseball. I chose these colors because they are the MLB colors and represent baseball. They relate to your target market and audience because they are baseball colors

Journal - What have you learned about copyrights when it comes to web design and images this semester? Why is it important to give credit where credit is due (even if it is a lot of work)?

Copyrights are important because it claims someones work and says no one else is allowed to use it as their own. In web design, we have used this rule to  site our pictures and have also used public domains. It is important to give credit where credit is due because it is not your work, it is someone elses.

Journal - Tell me about your Homecoming weekend (whether you went to the activities or not!). Tell me about what you did over the weekend.

On Friday night, I went to the Blue Valley football game and then went to my friend's to sleepover. On Saturday, I watched the Nebraska football game, played football with friends, and had a bonfire. On Sunday, I went to the NASCAR race and went to my sister's soccer game

Journal - Go Google "website wireframe". What do you find? Look at images and web content. What is a wireframe? How can a wireframe be helpful and give you ideas when creating and designing a website?

Looks like a type of web designing software. Websire wireframe is a visual  guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website.

Journal - What three cities did you choose for your travel website? Why did you choose these cities? Explain.

The first city I chose was Lincoln, Nebraska. I chose this city because I am a huge Nebraska Football fan and to me, this city is considered home and one of the world's best city's. The second city I chose was Vail, Colorado. I chose this city because I go here every summer and it is an awesome travel spot with some of the best views of mountains in the world, has a great village with lots of stuff to do, has great hiking and biking, and great fly-fishing. The third city I chose was Newport Beach, California. This place is amazing, the beaches are awesome and has great food and awesome views of the ocean.

Journal - What kind of knowledge do you have in photo editing programs? Do you know how to use Photoshop? Fireworks? Or how about online programs such as Pixlr or Sumo Paint? How do you edit photos or create images? Explain.

I have no knowledge about using these programs. I have never edited or created any images.

Journal - Tell me about your weekend. Where did you go? What did you do?

During the weekend I had a football game on Saturday morning. We lost 24-16. The main event that ruined my weekend was when Nebraska got rolled. On Saturday afternoon, I went dove hunting and later that night, I watched the Canelo vs. Mayweather fight and slept over at my friend's. On Sunday I went to my sister's soccer game, did homework, and watched the Chiefs  game.

Journal - What are some things that you have wished you could do in Dreamweaver that you haven't been able to do? What do you want to learn how to do when making a website? Explain.

One thing that I wish you could do is move a picture where ever you want. Another thing I wish is that Dreamweaver would be easier to use and more user friendly. I want to learn how to make drop-down boxes and side bars because I think it would be a cool thing to have in a website.

Journal - What makes a website “user friendly”? Elaborate on your answer.

A web-site that is "user friendly" is a site that is easy to use, easy to load and easy navigation. These things can all impact whether a reader might stay on the web-site or leave right away. That also means that you need a welcoming index page.

Journal - What is an entrepreneur? Give one example of a famous entrepreneur and what you know about them and their business.

An entrepreneur is a person that creates a business taking on all financial risks greater than normal. One famous entrepreneur is Bill Gates. Bill Gates created the famous business Microsoft. Microsoft does things like , manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computers. Since starting his business, he has come a multimillionaire despite taking on the risks involed. 

Journal - What have you learned about making a website so far? What has been easy about it and what has been frustrating? Explain.

I have learned a lot with Dream Weaver in the last week. I had no clue that websites were made like this. I learned how to link pages to each other, make tabs and insert pictures and content. The easiest part of the project was was adding the pictures and content. Because it's a lot different than Microsoft word and powerpoint, you cant move pictures around like you can in word and powerpoint. The most challenging part of the project was making the tabs and linking all of them together because it became repetitive and boring.

Journal - Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it."

I disagree with this statement because the person who posted the image took the time to upload it and people should not be able to take it and use it as their own. If you take someone else' s work and use it as your own without giving the owner credit it is called plagiarism, and is against the law.

Thursday, August 22

Journal - What do you know about plagiarism? What do you know about plagiarism on the internet? How do web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other? Explain.

Plagiarism is when you take something that is someone else's, like a quote, picture or video, and use it as your own. Plagiarism is also against the law and is classified into 2 different types. One is that you purposely took someone else's work and made it your own or you accidentally committed plagiarism, which is not as serious. Plagiarism on the internet is a lot more widespread and can be committed in many different ways. Web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other because they all relate to each other.

Tuesday, August 20

Journal - After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

He is saying that you are never too good to work and to make money. He also said that the best thing you can do is to work hard and be smart and everything else will fall in its place. The statement he quotes means that everything important in your life was made by people just as smart as you are and that you can, “build your own things that other people can use" (Kutcher).