Sunday, March 20, 2011

WebKing Site - Final

I tried to upload my files to the ftp site. I got on the ftp site and moved the files over. But each time I tried to go to the site in my browser, it kept bringing up the Archer site. Even after I completely deleted the archer site. So who knows what's going on. I'll try to figure it out when I get onsite to Moravian tomorrow night. At that point, I'll post the link.

**UPDATE!**  Here's the link:
WebKing Internet Services

Until then, here are screen shots:



What I Liked:
I like the overall look of the pages. I think I was able to keep the "royal" feel that Mr. Hinden seems to enjoy, but in a more subtle way.

On a personal level, I like all that I learned from doing this. I finally started to really feel my mindset shift away from the old rigid table layout mentality to the more dynamic div approach. I liked learning how to successfully implement the google webfonts (although I had to restrain myself from using them all over the place!). I liked figuring out how to make it work from photoshop to html.

What I Didn't Like:
I didn't like the fact that I couldn't figure out the image rollover that I wanted to do on the index page. From my prior coding experience, I remembered that it was done before using JavaScript. Since it has been a long time since I used JS, I went online to reacquaint myself.That's when I found a whole lot of conflicting info. Not only did I read many different JS solutions, then I read a whole lot of sites that said the JS way is antiquated and should not be used. So I tried to learn about the CSS way, but again, everyone has a different way of doing it. I tried a few ways, but couldn't get it to work. I'm really hoping we go over this in class.

What I Want to Learn More About:
I definitely would like to learn more about image rollovers and what is the best way to handle this (CSS/JavaScript), as mentioned above.

Disclaimer:
I did use tables on the pricing page. But in my defense, I feel this is the only area/type of situation where the use of tables is warranted. Using divs to line up this info would have been ridiculous. This information was in a table form, so that is what I used. (yes, I have table guilt!)

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Archer Site

Here's my Archer site so far:

 Archer Site

I'm pretty pleased with it, though I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way I could have coded the css files.  Right now I have a separate css file for each page.  Guess that will come with experience.  Coding CSS, while MUCH easier than tables (ie. the old way), is still new for me.  Gotta get my head around that mindset. : )

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