LECTURE/LAB
Work in progress critiques
ASSIGNMENTS
Due 6/20: Personal portfolio Web sites
Design a portfolio Website using the Organic Showcase theme per in class instructions that includes:
....1. Turn off comments option on all pages except for your Contract page
.............Turning off comments option on home page
.............Managing comments
....2. All typography including subheads, text, and captions professionally sized and styled
....3. On your portfolio "Home" page:
............A logotype or logo plus your name
............Links in your menu for "Home", "About", "Philosophy", and "Contact"
............6 thumbnails of your designs, and or photographs, and or illustrations, and or artwork
....4. When you click on a home page thumbnail you should go to a larger version of the image with:
............A title above the large image
............A brief, couple words to a sentence, caption below the larger image
....5. Your "Philosophy" page should include:
............Your designer or artist statement
............Subhead in a color and typographically different from your text
............Two inspiration quotes - in typography different form the text
............Active link to a relevant website
....6. Your "About" page should include:
............A brief biography or your resume
............Subhead in a color and typographically different from your text
............Text wrapping around a picture -preferably a photo of yourself
....7. Your "Contact" page should include:
............Your email address and preferable your address and phone number
............Leave comments on for this page
Go to the tech support for your portfolio theme as needed
How to make the portfolio display on the home/Portfolio page:
http://www.organicthemes.com/documentation/SimplePortfolioTheme_Setup.pdf
How to write a designer statement - representing you philosophy
FINAL EXAM
All revised
Final Web sites due
1. All assignments need to be liked to your class blog site
2. NOAA Ocean Explore Expidition website
... 1. Critiques my email the week of July 16th.
... 2. Final redesigned website due the week of July 23rd
Pick a NOAA Ocean Explore Expidition from this site: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/welcome.html
Create a website for the NOAA Ocean Explorer expidition using Organic Block theme
... 1. Turn off comments on all pages and posts
.............Turning off comments option
.............Managing comments
....2. All typography including subheads, text, and captions professionally sized and styled
... 3. Socail media icons for each post
... 4. Unique logotype header
... 5. Custom seamless background Seamless backgrounds
... 6. Include a slider with at least 3-5 featured images - full width of slider space
... 7. At least 2 front page article post with photographs, headlines, and text
... 8. Right sidebar with recent posts and a recent comments
... 9. Left sidebar with 2 recent posts' thumbnails and copy
. 10. Three working links to:
........ A. HOME - per reference layout provided
........ B. GALLERY - photo gallery with expidition photographs- Link to adding gallery
........ C. ABOUT with text wrapping around a small picture
. 11. Social networking icons - in one place on the home page
. 12. Embed a NOAA video in one of your aticles or the about page - (scrool down for video) - http://learn.wordpress.com/get-flashy/media
All copy and images should come from the NOAA Ocean Explorer website
you chose to redesign Link to design of finished website |
