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P1 - Intro to Web Design

Daily Journal
Go the new denvernorth.org site; what photo albums do you think should be added?

Classwork
Create a Photo Album in Dreamweaver

• Create a photo album of at least 10 of your favorite things
• think of activities, food, cars, sports, people (keep it clean!)
• Details:
• create and define a new site in Dreamweaver (make sure you create a new folder in Finder)
• photo album must have two pages:
• main page - this describes your photo album
  
• photos gallery - your photo album with at least 10 of your favorite things
• you must have comments on at least 10 of your photos
• see example here
  
• note: you must save photos first to your images folder in the site folder
• create a link/button between both pages
• Resources - instructions on how to create a photo album
  

Resources:
Video Learning
* www.atomiclearning.com; username: (aacte06; password: atomic)
-view the tutorials on Dreamweaver MX 2004 - Intro and Advanced

P3 - Advanced Web Design2

Daily Journal

Ski trip money must be turned in by this Friday if you wish to go on the March ski trip.

Classwork

Review North High Website design - check for errors.

Continue your individual work on the North High Website re-design.

North High Website Translation

• we need to translate the new North High site
• see example translator at Camden
  
• see if you can add this feature to your site (some research required)

Good School Websites:

• Dearborn Public Schools
• Polyhigh, CA
• Grenada Hills Charter

P5 - Advanced Web Design2

Daily Journal

Ski trip money must be turned in by this Friday if you wish to go on the March ski trip.

Classwork

Denver Homecoming Project Web Page

• create a web page for this DPS community project
• original work – you should view other alumni sites for inspiration, however
• Designed in Fireworks (or Photoshop)
• 800 x 600 pixels
• page should be professional and inviting (no crazy fonts)
• consistent color scheme (see these links: Color Guides

• Web Color Gallery-pick a color set from this page
• Color Palette Guide - pick similar colors from this site
• view other high school alumni sites
• have a join us button (this will link to a larger website)
• use photos related to education, kids, especially adults helping kids
• think of incorporating mascots/logos of DPS high schools (some can be found on their web sites)
• see handout with key messages of the campaign

North High Website Re-design

• review your classmates designs for the North High Website (just look at them; courseware/resources/webapps/AdvWebDesign2/North_website_designs)
  

Flash Banner Design for North High Website

• banner dimensions:200 x 450 (see example here)
  
• department/subject banners (math, English, magnet, art, etc.)

Resources

• www.atomiclearning.com; username: aacte06; password: atomic)
• FireworksMX 2004 lesson on creating a slice
• lesson on adding pop-up menus in Fireworks8: click here
  

Color Guides

• Web Color Gallery-pick a color set from this page
• Color Palette Guide - pick similar colors from this site