Technical Skills

Today, after two weeks of working on Dreamweaver, I discovered I had to show all of my working on Dreamweaver by using Jing to capture videos and photos. Since I am almost done, I cannot believe this, and do not know how I shall manage to recreate all of the things I have done so that I may video them.

PHP

Because there are so many dynamic elements required in my website (the calendar, keyword search) it would be much faster for me to use a scripting language called PHP along with HTML and CSS, instead of just HTML. So instead of designing several independant html pages for each event day, we will just build one page to which we can pass the date and the script will dynamically change the result-set of the page. Since I do not have to do a line by line code, it will be faster for me to do it using PHP.

Fireworks vs. Photoshop

03.10.11
Mr. Brown helped me discover that Fireworks was not the best option for editing pictures, advising instead, to use Photoshop as a better alternative. He also helped me decide how I was going to crop my picture, instead of complicating everything by attempting to edit the pixels of the photos.

Analysising Client Comment

After thinking about whether I shall be able to create everything I put on my final design, including everything my Client requested, I realized I would have a lot more work to do. So I am going to download a free trial version of Dreamweaver on my laptop, so I shall be able to work on it at home as well as in school.

Client Communication about Final Design

I have finally managed to organize a meeting with my client. We discussed several areas of improvement for my final design, however overall, she was extremely happy with it, and cannot wait to see it up and running. She would like to know if I can have a circle or a balloon to show when Todays date is in the Calendar, and I said I would try to the best of my abilities to create that.

Initial Checklist

Today I looked over and filled in the initial checklist for Research and Planning, Originality and Creativity and Communications. I also checked the rubric, to identify weaker areas. I am now going to work on the areas that need working on, to make them to a higher standard. I believe I have a lot more work to do.

More Tutorials Needed

After a week on my website, I discovered that I would need more tutorials in order to create a better project. So I have to now research more on how to use Dreamweaver. My Fireworks skills are also greatly lacking.