Welcome Again!

Welcome to ADV2450 Wed Design 1

Last class we discussed

1. course description (ADV2450 Syllabus-FALL2014)
2. portfolio website
3. Introduction to HTML (structural markup)

This is a required course for all Advertising Design and Graphic Arts students. Topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practice. Students will design a website using an (X)HTML template, and will develop design, typography and web programming skills. (X)HTML and CSS will be taught.

Over the semester, you will:
Design and build an effective portfolio site
Gain a solid foundation in current markup languages and applications.
Explore industry standards in layout design and functionality
Upload a fully operational site to a personal URL

Assignment

• Choose an appropriate domain name and purchase
• Sign up for ISP (hosting) service
• Compose design statement about yourself
• Create a HTML file with design statement and image

Today we will discuss

1. Introduction to the C-Panel admin interface
2. Set up email accounts
3. Upload a html document to the FTP server
4. Continue with the introduction HTML (structural markup)
5. Format a resume

Assignment

1. Have 3 examples of websites used for inspiration/reference
2. Complete welcome page (use design statement and image) – index.html
3. Formal a resume page – resume.html
4. Create 3 logo options for website – logo-options.html
5. Upload the 3 html documents to your server.
   • index.html,
   • resume.html
   • logo-options.html