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Web Design. MWF 1:00 – 1:50 College Hall 345. MM 210 - Instructor. Dr. Bill Gibbs Associate Professor in the JMA Department. Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. Office – 316 COLH Office hours – Tues 11:00-3:00, WF 2:30 – 3:30 and by appointment
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WebDesign MWF 1:00 – 1:50 College Hall 345
MM 210 - Instructor • Dr. Bill Gibbs • Associate Professor in the JMA Department. • Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. • Office – 316 COLH • Office hours – Tues 11:00-3:00, WF 2:30 – 3:30 and by appointment • Phone – 412-396-1310 • E-mail – gibbsw@duq.edu
Photoshop XHTML Illustrator JMA 318 - Purpose • Introductory course • Overview of principle & theory • Work with software applications CSS
JMA318 – Course goals • Demonstrate understanding of key principles underlying effective web design. • Analyze audience needs to design and develop web sites. • Apply the basic concepts of user-centered design and accessibility in web development processes.
JMA318 – Course goals • Prototype multimedia designs using development tools. • Acquire skill in web technologies to create innovative web designs.
JMA318 – Course goals • Apply rules of design, typography, and color in web designs. • Critically evaluate web designs. • Plan, design, develop, and implement Web sites.
JMA318 - Textbook Fundamentals of CSS for Web Designers Jason Cranford Teague. New Riders, 2009. ISBN: 13:978-0-321-57416-9.
JMA318 - Textbook Transcending CSS Andy Clarke Not required
JMA318 - Assignments • Labs/homework - design exercises (7) • Quizzes (2) • Midterm Exam • Final Exam • Group design exercise • Web Site – Final Course Project
JMA318 - Assignments • Labs/projects are due at the end of the day. • Late assignments receive a 10% per class penalty up to a maximum of 30%. Cannot be accepted after 3 class periods.
JMA318 – Assignments Points assigned to each project
JMA318 – You’ll need Flash drive (recommended) labeled with your name and contact information on them. You should have access to e-mail and a Web browser – outside of class.
JMA318 – Class Web Site http://www.jma.duq.edu/classes/gibbs/JMA318/
JMA318 – E-mailing E-mailing assignments. Use your Duquesne (smith@duq.edu) account.
JMA318 – E-mailing • E-mailing assignments/attachments. • Must have your name • E-mail address • Title of assignment • Label subject of e-mail
JMA318 – Applications • MS Office: • Word • Visio
JMA318 – Applications Adobe Illustrator
JMA318 – Applications Adobe Photoshop
JMA318 – Applications Macromedia Dreamweaver
JMA318 – Applications Web development <html></html> .CSS
Overview: topics • Logging on • Our servers • Using FTP • User folder and class folders • File Extensions
User Name and Password • To connect to our servers from within either of our two labs (205 or 345): • Ctrl-Alt-Delete • Username: YourLastName • PW: Given in class • You will be asked to change your password the first time you login
User Name and Password • 8 characters or more • 1 UPPERCASE character • 1 number • 1 Special character ($, &) – no spaces
Our Server www.jma.duq.edu • Your private folder • It’s a subfolder of users folder • www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLoginName • Save files (drag and drop files) while in either lab (CH205, CH345) • You can also FTP to there from home…
How do I access the server? • Access from either CH345 and CH205 • Start >> Computer (Z: Drive) • \\jma1\users\username
How do I access the server? From dorm or home ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLastName • Example: ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/ • You will be prompted for your user name and password • Use the same name and password you used to login to Windows
How do I access the server? • (from dorm or home) • You will be prompted for your username and password – jma/username
How do I access the server?(from dorm or home) • Folders and files display • Transfer (put) files from your computer, • Download (get) files to your computer.
User Folder The PUB folder
PUB www.jma.duq.edu Your Space User folder Folder Folder File File Folder File File
PUB www.jma.duq.edu Your Space User folder All files for the Web must be in PUB Folder Folder File File Folder File File
User Folder • Your folder on server has a child folder named pub • Inside that folder you should create a folder for each course that requires a web site • In this course, create a sub folder named JMA318
The PUB folder • You might create subfolders, for each course. • Double-click on pub • Right-click on any unused white area
The PUB folder • Create new folder • Name it your course name
Web URL • The URL to your website(s) depend on how you structured your home folder • Using earlier example http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/JMA318/FileName.htm • Assuming your file name is default.htm, or index.htm in the jma318 folder the address would be: http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/JMA318/index.htm
For next time • Room 205 access • Biographical sheet