Progressive enhancement is basically how well will content be presented in a variety of browsers. The main idea is to understand how your content is presented on the web because it is the most important aspect, people go to see your content, not your design. You have to think about the layers of content. Your […]
Web Skills
Centaur
I never thought that I would be able to build a web page, let alone a microsite. However, I did just that. The first page I made I made was my index.html page and made a template to base my other pages off of, so I didn’t have to write four pages of code. This […]
An Image Is Worth a Thousand Words
Web sites usually contain one or more images and each one has to be downloaded to fully view the web page. If the image files are too large it will take a while for the page to load and often times that could be the difference between someone staying on your page or going to […]
Fireworks
I have never used Adobe Photoshop, so I was hesitant about using fireworks because I had little to know idea on how to use it. Once we started to use it didn’t seem as hard I thought, my wireless mouse was a lifesaver when working on editing the photos. The first photo I edited was […]
Usability
Technology has made life easier, and this includes websites as a way to access information. If a website is difficult to use then, it’s more or less worthless. As a user, if I can’t find the information that I want to know quickly then I move to another site to access the information. After watching […]
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Vox thinks outside the box
Site URL http://www.vox.com/ I’m a news junkie. I like to know what is going on all the time. So I frequent various news websites. My favorite website is vox.com. It is a great place to access stories, and some of the journalists take unique approaches to stories, that some other news organizations do not do. […]
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Google it
Some of the simplest tips and tricks are also the best tips and tricks. After taking the power searching with Google course, this proved to be true. There were tons of tips and tricks, many of those tips I knew but there were also quite a few I didn’t know. One of the first tips […]
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Google, more than just a search engine
If there is any web-based service that I use on a daily basis, it would be Google Drive and other Google-based web applications. My favorite aspect of the Google applications is that I can use them anywhere and on any device and it’s free. Google docs contains all of the office type applications you would […]