This week I have completed my web plan so that I can start building the website when I am ready to. Using the information I collected for the web plan especially the completive analysis, all the websites add a certain look to them which was a simple and clean look. It was quiet strange writing the delivery requirement as I am use to writing about HTML and CSS and the website this time is Flash based and using ActionScript. The web is just going to have four pages, which are a Home page which will have a slideshow, about page which will have information about the photographer, Portfolio which will have a photo gallery and a contact page which will have the photographs contact details. The website will have a colour scheme of blue, black and white as that is what Jo (photographer) wants.
Monday, 23 February 2009
Monday, 16 February 2009
Completed essay and research
I have completes the essay which was analysing Flash and ActionScript in the industry. I am happy with the essay but I had to cut it down in the end because I wrote 956 words and my maximum word count was 825words. It was hard cutting the words out as I didn’t which things would be most important but in the end I cut out some bits I thought wasn’t linked to the industry topic.
This week’s research I am still reading the books and doing some tutorials. The tutorials I have been doing are ones that I think would helpful when it comes to making the website, such as navigation and photo galleries. It can be frustrating using Flash when things don’t work the way I want them to work, with me still being new to Flash I don’t know how to solve problems straight way so I have to research ways to fix problems which takes a lot of time up. Once I had fixing a few problems on one of my tutorials I kind of got an idea of the problems could be, so I can tell that I am improving using Flash and ActionScript.
This week’s research I am still reading the books and doing some tutorials. The tutorials I have been doing are ones that I think would helpful when it comes to making the website, such as navigation and photo galleries. It can be frustrating using Flash when things don’t work the way I want them to work, with me still being new to Flash I don’t know how to solve problems straight way so I have to research ways to fix problems which takes a lot of time up. Once I had fixing a few problems on one of my tutorials I kind of got an idea of the problems could be, so I can tell that I am improving using Flash and ActionScript.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Start of essay
I have started writing the essay now which is going along slowly I keep doing bits of it, I should really just sit down and finish it and put it in the template so it’s completed and out of the way. I do like to do different tasks so as well as writing the essay I have started the research. I like to break up my time so I am not stuck on one task for too long and lose concentration.
The researching about ActionScript and Flash is going good at the moment I am understanding all what I am reading. ActionScript seems quiet complicated so I am not looking forward to doing it for the website. I know that I am going to have to do the navigation using ActionScript and some of the other elements might need to use it as well. I have been having a go at doing a few small things in Flash, including basic things like getting to know the tools and the workspace and then going on to learning about tweening and making little animations/moving images.
The researching about ActionScript and Flash is going good at the moment I am understanding all what I am reading. ActionScript seems quiet complicated so I am not looking forward to doing it for the website. I know that I am going to have to do the navigation using ActionScript and some of the other elements might need to use it as well. I have been having a go at doing a few small things in Flash, including basic things like getting to know the tools and the workspace and then going on to learning about tweening and making little animations/moving images.
Monday, 2 February 2009
The start
This is my new journal for keeping record for how I am doing with the self managed learning plan. I am looking forward to learning flash not as much for action script as it’s more coding. From this assignment I hope to be able to understand more about flash and action script and be able to create a web site. I want to start from the very basics and learn details about what Flash and ActionScript is and what is used for before I start learning how to use the program and code.
I am going to using a lot more books than before for this assignment unlike other assignments. I have a few problems understanding the CSS and for that assignment I used tutorial websites, so I thought I would try a different approach and use books more. I am going to use the tutorial website after I have learnt the basic, I suppose books are more trust worthy than websites because anyone can create a website and put it online but with a book it’s a long process and if it’s been sold it should be the correct information.
This week I completed the SMLP plan, I think it’s a good idea to have a plan to work with, so each week I know what I have to do and the tasks I have to complete. I have also started the creative brief, it was hard than I thought to write the brief I wasn’t sure what to put in it, I researched a few on the internet and used some of their ideas but a lot of them were a lot like web plans instead of just a brief. What I have done so far is write what the client wants from the site and things them want on the site.
Overall I think I have got a good start to this assignment and I think to the best out of this assignment is to have good time management, so task get done with plenty of time left to check what I have done is spell and grammar checked or working right.
I am going to using a lot more books than before for this assignment unlike other assignments. I have a few problems understanding the CSS and for that assignment I used tutorial websites, so I thought I would try a different approach and use books more. I am going to use the tutorial website after I have learnt the basic, I suppose books are more trust worthy than websites because anyone can create a website and put it online but with a book it’s a long process and if it’s been sold it should be the correct information.
This week I completed the SMLP plan, I think it’s a good idea to have a plan to work with, so each week I know what I have to do and the tasks I have to complete. I have also started the creative brief, it was hard than I thought to write the brief I wasn’t sure what to put in it, I researched a few on the internet and used some of their ideas but a lot of them were a lot like web plans instead of just a brief. What I have done so far is write what the client wants from the site and things them want on the site.
Overall I think I have got a good start to this assignment and I think to the best out of this assignment is to have good time management, so task get done with plenty of time left to check what I have done is spell and grammar checked or working right.
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