What does it mean to design (or develop) a website? We do have to know how to use code, software and graphics applications, but ultimately, we have to understand the purpose behind the website, and more importantly, who is going to use it? If we are making the website for ourselves, and no one else…
Welcome ART 180!
Welcome to Art 180. This blog will serve to provide supplementary information for this class. To start, please complete this short questionnaire!
Tricks to working on your WordPress Blog
Use the Dashboard View: dinapearlman.wordpress.com/dashboard Use the back button to stay in the Dashboard View Use Appearance/Menus to add a new page to a menu Add alt tags to all images in the Media Library. Make the words meaningful sentences
UX and UI: The User Experience and the Beautiful Design the delivers it (we hope)
A great article on the difference between UX and UI Design See some more examples! UX – What is UX Design? A video that talks about the User Experience … why it’s important! See also The Anatomy of User Experience Features of Good Design by Georgia Tech How design successfully for the User of your website: Find…
ugly websites
Class favorites from the past http://www.lingscars.com/ http://www.webkinglasvegas.com/ Good websites http://www.furniture.com/ http://www. discountpoolsdirect.com/ http://www.eastbay.com/?SID= 6222&inceptor=1&cm_mmc=SEM-_- Non-Branded-_-D http://www.heels.com/ http://www.dolcegabbana.com/ beauty/perfumes http://www.purchase.edu/ https://quizlet.com/ http://www.wsworkshop.org/ http://wholesalemeatscoventry.co.uk/ http://www.1001freefonts.com/ https://vote.berniesanders.com/ http://www.morganfreeman.net/ http://airandspace.si.edu/ https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ http://www.germany.travel/en/index.html http://www.wsworkshop.org/ http://ayumihorie.com/ http://www.sonja-hinrichsen.com/ http://www.mikiyakobayashi.com/ https://www.bigcartel.com/ http://monkeyjoe.com/ https://www.newpaltz.edu/ http://www.gildaycreative.com/ http://www.kingstonhappenings.org/ http://www.starbucks.com/ http://carlarozman.com https://www.dragonsearch.com http://www.wingcatwebdesign. com Bad websites http://briandettmer.com/exhibitions/ http://websiteheads.com/users/awp.php?ln=710044 http://www.mrbottles.com/ http://www.jamilin.com/ 5http://www.pennyjuice.com/htmlversion/whoispj.htm 6 http://www.arngren.net/ http://www.achtungpanzer.com/achtung-panzer-home…
Where do I go from here?
Here is my short list, and a few links below to help you on your journey to creating a WordPress hosted site: Get a great Hosting Service! Here is a list, I’ve used two of them, Bluehost and GoDaddy with excellent results. Install Back-up software and use IMMEDIATELY!!!!! My favorite is Updraft. ALWAYS update to…
How WordPress Works and other Intro Stuff
Welcome to Intro to WordPress! Your “textbook” will be this blog, all pertinent material and class notes will be posted here, as well as a wealth of resources to peruse over. First great source material can be found at the The Codex site by WordPress.org. Here is the Introduction page. Second, what is the difference…
Landing Page Resources
Learning About Landing Pages A Free Landing Page Course What is a Landing Page and Why Should You Care? What’s a Landing Page? 10 (Not So Dumb) Digital Marketing Questions, Answered Anatomy of an Optimal Landing Page, an info-graphic from Nifty Marketing Free WordPress Landing Page Themes Onesie Just Free’s list of Free Landing Page Themes…
Preparing for crunch time
Tomorrow we are starting our WordPress portfolio project. This will be using a version of WordPress that is customizable, unlike the free blog software that you’ve been using. I am installing the WordPress today, and you may receive an email from Bluehost, our hosting company about it. If you do, don’t worry, we will address…
WordPress Beginner Tips
Repost: 12 Components Every WordPress Blog Must Have for Success by Machielle Thomas, Content Manager READ Article Download Free WordPress User’s Guide (Dashboard wp-admin version) Cheat Sheets: How to start a free blog with WordPress WordPress For Dummies All-in-One WP Site Helpers
Repost: The 10 Key Elements of Understanding WordPress
Article by Tom EwerWPExplorer.com author https://www.wpexplorer.com/elements-wordpress-back-end/
Color issues on the Web
Tools to test your site: ColorOracle, Coblis and Colour Contrast Analyser Contrast Checker Color Oracle Colour Contrast Analyser Coblis Examples of Color Oracle App:
Design Thinking Resources
Article by Neilson/Norman Group Design Thinking 101 https://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/07/14/how-to-use-design-thinking-in-your-next-project/
Human Centered Design
Human Centered Design can work with Design Thinking. After viewing the video for an overview on Human Centered Design, read this article by Cole Hoover of Moving Worlds Blog. What is Human-centered Design? from IDEO.org on Vimeo.
Why should a programmer learn to design?
I am a dedicated Mobile and Back-end developer who loves coding and problem-solving. I am very happy when I am creating a software, then I am when doing anything else. Then why did I suddenly find the audacity to do the unthinkable, learn design? READ the whole article in Medium. by Rashi Karanpuria
Blog or Website?
from 2createawebsite.com >>> Blogs & Static Websites – What’s the Difference? Back in the day, there was generally one kind of website. You put up web pages manually and linked them together in an organized fashion either using HTML and CSS or software. Read the entire article here What is a blog?
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