Deadline!

Today is the final day to complete our websites, I have completed my website and only have minor finishing touches to finish such as testing my links and spell checking my content. Tomorrow we will be alpha and beta testing our websites which will also provide an opportunity to gain feedback from the rest of the group I will also be able to see what websites the others have created and see how they have adapted their website to their specific purpose. I will also be using this last session as a chance to review my written work for this assignment and make any amendments.

Final week

The deadline for this piece of work is nearing and the website is almost complete, by next Monday everything needs to be submitted. I don't feel like I have any problem with meeting this deadline and I have the next few lessons to add the finishing touches to the site. Once I have done this I will be testing my website, including links, hyperlinks, alt fields and widgets. I also plan on loading all of the images again as they are of a low quality and don't do the shops work justice. I will do this by loading the images into Photoshop and saving them for web and devices but instead of saving them as Gifs I will save them as JPEGs to improve quality. I will then run a final check of the additional features such as the News letter widget to make sure the site is fully functioning.

Liam.

Easter update.

Over the Easter holidays I have been working on the site as much as possible. This included going through to Anatomy's studio to take photos of their shop and disgussing content with John (the owner). Talks went well and he seems very positive about the website. Content still needs to be finalised and this will possibly be the one of the final steps towards completing the website. Images of the companys work have been included on the gallery page and useful features such as news letters and maps have been added. The site is of a professional standard and I am confident that the company will be happy with the final outcome.

-Liam-

Web Design update

Production has begun of the websites we will be soon submitting. A lot of work has gone into Photoshop to ensure that all the images and icons used are of a good quality. After completing all of the perproduction work I have been able to put what I have learned into effect and as a result the website is turning out very well. Below I have included a screenshot of what I have created so far.

Web Design

In the recent weeks we have begun designing our own websites. I decided to make mine for the tattoo company Anatomy. Before begining the production of the site we first had to familiarize ourselves with the software we would be using. We are using Adobe Dreamweave CS5 to do all the designing and coding. We first had to go through lots of web protocols and considerations to make sure that we would not be in breach of any online limitations, this include;

• The data protection act
• The obscene publications act
• The computer misuse act

We also had to take into consideration people who might not be accustom to using the internet and so there will be additional options to aid people. I am making my Website in the Design view of Dreamweaver, this is beacuse I find it easier to visually design my website instead of input XHTML. The buttons and banners I am using have been made in Photoshop and then uploaded into Dreamweaver. Included below is a screen shot of the initial idea I have produced.